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Beef move to aid TPP entry / Relaxing controls on US imports likely to boost Japan’s bid
7-Sep-2012 Yomiuri Shimbun
Japan’s decision to ease regulations on imports of U.S. beef will likely provide a boost to the government’s plan of joining negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.
Trade deal to curb generic-drug use
6-Sep-2012 Nature
Some countries whose governments purchase drugs with a set budget are also alarmed by signs that the TPP may grant new negotiating powers to the industry.
The Pacific free trade deal that’s anything but free
27-Aug-2012 The Guardian
Just Foreign Policy is offering a reward, now up to $21,100, to WikiLeaks if it publishes a draft copy of the TPP. People could add to the reward fund, or if in a position to do so, make a copy of the draft agreement available to the world.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: free trade at what costs? – analysis
22-Aug-2012 COHA
The most significant issue regarding the TPP is the very lack of transparency. Hailed as a new century trade agreement, the lack of information made available to the public, including the US Congress, hardly embraces the realities of the twenty-first century, writes COHA.
Anti-free traders to copy anti-nuke protestors in weekly Tokyo demos
22-Aug-2012 WSJ
The Japanese prime minister’s office — for months the scene of weekly anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo — got a new group of demonstrators on Tuesday: A group protesting Japan’s proposed participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP.
Asia Pacific talks not aimed at containing China - US official
9-Aug-2012 Reuters
Some in China see the Trans Pacific Partnership as a US attempt to rewrite the rules of trade for the region to economically contain China, whose rapid growth continues to rattle many lawmakers and companies in the United States. Deputy USTR Demetrios Marantis rejects the charge.
Malaysia says no to TPP
7-Aug-2012 The Sun Daily
Malaysian Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, which is being negotiated among eleven countries including the US and Malaysia, would be detrimental to the local medical industry.
Leaked US proposal on copyright’s limits: TPP draft looks more restrictive than some had hoped.
6-Aug-2012 Ars Technica
Last week, a few short paragraphs of text were leaked that revealed something of the terms on fair use being negotiated in secret by the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Japan’s free-trade nemesis built on part-time farmers empire
3-Aug-2012 Bloomberg
Japan’s government wants it. Mitsubishi Corp. backs it. Toyota Motor Corp. says they need it to compete. Yet, whether Japan joins the biggest attempt at a global free-trade pact may hinge on part-time rice farmers like Tadashi Hirose. And he doesn’t much like it.
Ma touts FTAs as way to revive flagging economy
21-Jul-2012
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday pledged to speed up trade liberalization and raise the nation’s international competitiveness by seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership within the next eight years and signing free-trade agreements with major trade partners.
TPP talks likely to conclude by October 2013
16-Jul-2012 The Sun Daily
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has gone through 13 rounds of negotiations, could be concluded by October next year, East Asian International Economic Law and Policy Programme chairman Lim Chin Leng said.
USCSI - Business Community TPP Services Letter to USTR
12-Jul-2012
We are writing to express our strong support for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that includes major commitments aimed at further liberalizing cross-border trade and investment in services.
San Diego says no to the TPP
11-Jul-2012 Socialist Worker
Rick Greenblatt reports on the Obama administration’s secret negotiations for a new free-trade agreement—and the voices raised in dissent against it in San Diego.
CETA is the new ACTA: Leaked intellectual property chapter sparks angst
10-Jul-2012 Council of Canadians
According Michael Geist, Canada and the European Union are trying to ratify the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement through the backdoor, by including almost all its Internet and enforcement provisions in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Trans Pacific Partnership protest marches on San Diego; Arrests made
8-Jul-2012 San Diego City Buzz Examiner
Arrests were made Saturday as the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement protest marched on the Gaslamp district in downtown San Diego.
About 200 Protest Against Trans-Pacific Partnership
8-Jul-2012
About two hundred people banging pots and pans marched downtown from the Civic Center Plaza to the Hilton Bayfront Hotel Saturday morning to protest a meeting of negotiators working to craft the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
We’ll lose under trade deal, says Groser
6-Jul-2012
Trade Negotiations Minister Tim Groser admits that the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal involves some loss of sovereignty for New Zealand - but says that is normal for trade agreements.
Canada can’t crack inner circle of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement
4-Jul-2012 Macleans.ca
When it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP), Canada may have been invited to the party, but we are not yet part of the club.
Trans-Pacific free trade zone protest
3-Jul-2012 CNS
A coalition of groups affiliated with the Occupy San Diego movement and organized labor will protest outside the 13th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Canada won’t have input into TPP trade talks: Paul Martin
2-Jul-2012
Canada is in a position where it’s likely going to have to either sign on the dotted line or walk away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership entirely, said former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin.