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Chinese investors flock to Vietnam to wait for TPP
19-Sep-2013 VNN
Three years ago, Chinese businessmen, when asked if they would make investment in Vietnam, all said “no.” However, they have changed their mind.
AFL-CIO to fight "trade" deals like TPP
16-Sep-2013 Truth Out
This week’s AFL-CIO convention passed a resolution vowing to fight any trade agreement that promotes the rise in corporate power at the expense of working people.
US Trade Representative, Inc
13-Sep-2013 Asia Sentinel
"Is the TPP being put together to benefit the usual gang of thieves and thugs?" asks former US trade negotiator Clyde Prestowitz
Did Obama administration duck smoking issue in free trade talks? Sherrod Brown suggests so
13-Sep-2013 Plain Dealer
US Senator Sherrod Brown is challenging the Obama administration’s handling of the tobacco issue in the TPP
Trans Pacific Partnership might include international ban on GMO labeling
13-Sep-2013 Mint Press
A burgeoning global trade agreement with nations such as Japan, Vietnam and Australia is leaving GMO-labeling advocates concerned that it could result in a ban on GMO labeling not only in the US, but in all countries taking part in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.
Replay: What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
11-Sep-2013 Maclean’s
University of Ottawa’s Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, “decodes” the TPP for the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
S. Korea considering joining TPP: report
9-Sep-2013 Kyodo
South Korea has decided to join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership and is studying the schedule and potential impact, a Seoul daily reported Monday, citing a high-ranking South Korean government official.
Dhaka keen to join a free-trade move
5-Sep-2013 Dhaka Tribune
The government of Bangladesh has already taken up its desire to join the Trans Pacific Partnership talks through its embassy in Washington
TPPA goes into overdrive and underground
4-Sep-2013 Scoop
Moves to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to the point of sign-off by the end of the year went into overdrive at the round just ended in Brunei, according to Professor Jane Kelsey. Remaining negotiations will be tackled through informal intersessional meetings.
US’s controversial TPP proposal is smoking gun for corporate agenda
3-Sep-2013 Tanh Nien News
Vietnam and other countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations face aggressive interference from Big Tobacco in the passage and implementation of public health policies, critics warn
NPPC, other organizations urge adoption of TPP principles
2-Sep-2013 Agri-Pulse
A coalition of agricultural and food organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council and Cargill sent a letter recently to urge U.S. trade negotiators to include its “core” principles for a final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
Japanese farmers’ opposition to TPP waning, Malaysian minister says
29-Aug-2013 Global Post
Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamad told Kyodo News, "The Japanese shared with us some issues they have in agriculture, but they told me that opposition is slowly dying down. It wasn’t as serious as it was six months ago. In their view, it’s manageable."
TPP sides set to keep food safety regimes
28-Aug-2013 Japan Times
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are unlikely to ease their individual food safety standards as the subject is not being discussed in the free-trade talks, negotiation sources said Wednesday.
Minimal progress made at 19th round of TPP negotiations
28-Aug-2013
Minimal progress has been achieved on most outstanding areas in the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations taking place in Brunei since Aug 22.
US economic hegemony: Consolidation and deepening of the Pacific Alliance trade bloc
28-Aug-2013 Be Your Own Leader
In many ways, the Pacific Alliance represents a resurgence of the failed U.S. initiated FTAA which was part of an agenda to consolidate corporate control.
Malaysia should abandon TPP talks, ex-PM Mahathir says
27-Aug-2013 Kyodo
The Malaysian government should pull out from the trans-Pacific free trade talks, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday, calling the proposed trade pact a US tool to extend its hegemony.
US stance on TPP criticized
26-Aug-2013 Yomiuri Shimbun
After the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade negotiations concluded in Brunei on Friday, Malaysia and Singapore openly expressed opposition to U.S. demands, including its push for conclusion of the talks by year-end, indicating a rough road lies ahead for the negotiations.
US pledges patience as Pacific free trade talks stumble
26-Aug-2013 iNet Bridge
Representatives from countries negotiating a free trade pact that will cover nearly 40 percent of global economic output said on Friday that differences between them persisted, as the US sought to assuage concerns over a looming year-end deadline.
Hundreds of Minnesota activists march against free trade deal
26-Aug-2013 Workday Minnesota
Hundreds of labor, fair trade, environmental and community activists marched through downtown Minneapolis Tuesday to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive trade deal that could jeopardize American jobs, wages, consumer safety, health care and environmental standards.
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.