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Trans-Pacific Partnership talks hit roadblock over anti-smoking policies
25-Aug-2013
Fast-moving trade talks aimed at reaching an ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal have hit a major snag over anti-smoking policies, as divisions emerged over a proposal critics say would expose governments to lawsuits from tobacco companies.
Malaysian civil society’s red lines on the TPPA negotiations
25-Aug-2013 Malaysia Kini
The Malaysian government must not sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) given the ‘Red Lines’ issued by civil society groups are not accepted by the other TPPA countries.
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Canadian groups demand end to secrecy
24-Aug-2013 rabble.ca
Ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, including International Trade Minister Ed Fast, should stop their secret negotiations and immediately make public the 26 chapters of the TPP when they meet in Brunei this week, say Canadian groups
How a secretive trade deal could help American tobacco companies hook new smokers
22-Aug-2013 Washington Post
Pretty soon, if US representatives negotiating a secretive trade deal get their way, tariffs on tobacco in poor Asian countries will sink to zero — and those countries will have a hard time protecting their citizens against a tidal wave of cheaper cigarettes.
RCEP is not a bloc to compete with TPP, says Mustapa
21-Aug-2013 Bernama
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is not a bloc to compete with the ongoing negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said today.
Japan to propose lifting tariffs on 85% of items under TPP, but not farm produce
20-Aug-2013 Asahi Shimbun
Japan plans to abolish tariffs on up to 85 percent of items in trade with potential partners in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, but politically sensitive agriculture products are not included, sources said Aug. 18.
M’sia Cabinet drops TPP timeline
19-Aug-2013 The Malaysian Reserve
Under pressure from the a larger coalition against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, the Malaysian Cabinet has decided to stick to several “red lines” and to drop any timeline for the signing of the disputed trade deal, a senior government official said last week in Kuala Lumpur.
Japan, US trade chiefs want TPP deal this year
19-Aug-2013 Kyodo
Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Trade Representative Michael Froman agreed Sunday to work together toward concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks by the end of the year.
TPPA is not in our national interest
13-Aug-2013
Malaysia should reject the TPPA outright until and unless a comprehensive and impartial CBA and comparative advantage study are conducted whose results are extensively communicated to the public
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A threat to democracy and food sovereignty
8-Aug-2013 Food First
This Backgrounder outlines the agreement’s assault on democracy and food sovereignty and examines the TPP’s likely impacts on food and agriculture in Japan, the latest country to join negotiations.
The deadly cost of secret free trade deals
8-Aug-2013
Once again, our government is negotiating a trade deal in secret — and once again, the chorus of “free market” fundamentalists is assuring us that what’s good for lining corporate pockets must be good for us all.
A guide to the TPPA–Why Bantah?
6-Aug-2013 Free Malaysia Today
The TPPA may be a free trade agreement in form, but it is an imperialist regulatory agreement in substance.
FTAs actually restrict free trade
3-Aug-2013
We are told that when trade is free, there will be more trade and nations will prosper. To achieve even freer trade the nations of the world must enter into free trade agreements.
IP Rights chapter of TPP far from final, says ministry
3-Aug-2013
The Intellectual Property (IP) Rights chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is far from being finalised.
TPPA gets hostile response during public meeting
3-Aug-2013
A public consultation session here intended to gather feedback on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) garnered mostly hostile response from the participants.
Nurul Izzah: Don’t bow down to pressure on TPP
31-Jul-2013
Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat VP Nurul Izzah Anwar has accused the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of bowing down to pressure when it agreed to clauses on investor-state dispute settlement in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
Diverse international coalition launches alternative process to secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
29-Jul-2013 Our Fair Deal
The Fair Deal Coalition has launched a new initiative that will give Internet users a platform to discuss what copyright should look like under the TPP.
US auto workers send petition demanding No Free Trade Agreement with Japan on same day Japan formally joins 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
23-Jul-2013
U.S. auto workers have started delivering to Washington petitions demanding trade concessions from Japan on the same day Japan formally announced it had joined in U.S.-led effort to create the multi-lateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the largest free-trade agreement in history that would cover 40 percent of the global economy.
’TPP must strike a balance in IP’
22-Jul-2013
The Asia Pacific region is leading the world in mobile computing, enabling the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to leapfrog into large business opportunities.
TPPA: NGOs want medical and tobacco business excluded in free trade talks
20-Jul-2013
Malaysia should exclude medical and tobacco businesses in the ongoing free trade talks under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).