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Musicians, actors set to campaign against the Pacific trade deal
22-Jul-2016 The Hill
A group of entertainers is hitting the road to kick off a campaign to build opposition against a Pacific trade agreement.
TPP will have negative consequences for Canada’s auto sector, study says
21-Jul-2016 BNN
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will have negative consequences for the auto sector in Canada, an analysis of the automotive measures in the agreement says.
Is TPP a public health threat?
21-Jul-2016 Viet Nam News
The Vietnamese Government should bar certain industries from exploiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) lest they damage public health, health activists warned.
TPP, WTO and Japan’s rice
20-Jul-2016 NOUMINREN
At the time of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement, Japan accepted the import of Minimum Access (MA) rice. This situation will get worse by the additional import quotas set by the TPP.
The Philippines and TPP: opportunities and challenges
19-Jul-2016 US Chamber of Commerce
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a study that assesses a number of aspects of Philippine trade and investment law against the obligations contained in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement
Digital trade on the hill: hearing on expanding U.S. digital trade and eliminating digital trade barriers
19-Jul-2016 The Innovation Files
Digital trade issues continue to grow in importance to the U.S. economy as people and businesses find new and innovative ways to use data and technology to deliver more goods and services via the Internet.
New trade deals legalise corporate theft, make farmers’ seeds illegal
18-Jul-2016 GRAIN
FTAs negotiated outside the WTO go further and help US and European corporations get what they weren’t able to achieve under TRIPS.
Financial services: the challenge of data flows
15-Jul-2016 Lexology
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a proposal to resolve the data localization issue in financial institutions in future trade agreements.
Abe seeks TPP approval in autumn
13-Jul-2016 NHK
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested that he will seek approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal at an extra session of the Diet.
TPP heightens urgency for national drug coverage in Canada
6-Jul-2016
Adopting a national pharmacare program would offset the higher drug prices expected with the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, write Tanishq Suryavanshi and Jake Hirsch-Allen.
VN Gov’t to toughen IP rights enforcement
5-Jul-2016 Vietnamnet Bridge
Improving enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights is now high on the Government’s agenda as part of its efforts to uphold international IP commitments, especially those in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Free Trade Agreements have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis in Central America
4-Jul-2016 Institute for Policy Studies
Proposals like the Alliance for Prosperity Plan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will only accelerate a race to the bottom for families in the Northern triangle of Latin America.
Potential effects of the Transpacific Agreement (TPP)
1-Jul-2016 La Razón
It is possible that the Transpacific Agreement may stimulate global trade flows. However, those of us that think that this mega – agreement, as in previous cases, will provide unequal benefits, have good reasons to be worried.
Trade or human rights? Integrity of State Department trafficking report still an open question
1-Jul-2016 AFL-CIO
"The Administration appears to be resolute in forging a flawed trade agreement with countries that currently violate fundamental labor and human rights."
Mexican activist says NAFTA should act as a warning against TPP
30-Jun-2016 Tele Sur
teleSUR spoke with Victor Suarez Carrera, who is campaigning against the TPP in Canada as Obama, Peña Nieto, and Trudeau push the trade pact.
Asean told to refocus on RCEP
27-Jun-2016 The Nation
Thailand and other Asean nations should review their stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and rather refocus on materialising the Regional Cooperation on Economic Partnership, said former WTO chief.
Free trade agreements not the great deal we’ve been sold
27-Jun-2016 Sidney Morning Herald
Australian governments of late seem only to listen to the din of money as though that equates with national interest.
RCEP countries conclude Auckland round, eye next steps
24-Jun-2016 ICTSD
Negotiators meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, continued their efforts to finalise talks this year for a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Taiwan making a list, checking it twice
23-Jun-2016 Politico
In anticipation of its bid to join TPP, Taiwan has made a list of roughly 45 changes to its law, from intellectual property to food safety, that would bring it into compliance with the Asia-Pacific deal.
Farmers’ GMO fears ’unfounded’
22-Jun-2016 The Bangkok Post
Farmers are concerned about the impact of the TPP intellectual property chapter that prevents them from saving and using seeds that contain patented plant material.