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Civil society in Latin America campaigns against Trans-Pacific Partnership
22-Jun-2016 Inter-Press Service
Civil society organisations from Chile, Mexico and Peru are pressing their legislatures and those of other countries not to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
US supports TPP bid
13-Jun-2016 Khmer Times
The United States threw its support behind Cambodia becoming a member of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership
Un traité transpacifique au seul profit des multinationales américaines
13-Jun-2016 La Tribune
Le traité transpacifique (TPP), entre les États-Unis et l’Asie, ne contribuerait en rien au développement du commerce. Il renforcerait simplement des droits de propriété intellectuelle, au profit des grandes entreprises américaines.
TPP study gives one side of story
10-Jun-2016 The Farmer’s Exchange
"These so-called studies are really more about trying to influence political votes for the commodity groups’ members than contributing to farmer and rancher welfare or congressional understanding"
Groups urge U.S. Congress to reject TPP over environmental concerns
6-Jun-2016 Reuters
More than 450 groups on Monday called on Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if it comes up for a vote this fall, saying the trade deal would allow fossil fuel companies to contest U.S. environmental rules in extrajudicial tribunals.
APEC membership for India likely focus in Narendra Modi’s talks with Barack Obama: Arvind Panagariya
3-Jun-2016 India
India’s membership in the APEC forum will likely be an important topic in Modi’s talks with President Barack ObamaI while it is too early to think of the TPP.
Dairy farmers to protest trade deals on Parliament Hill
3-Jun-2016 CFRA
Dairy farmers are bringing cows and tractors to Parliament Hill to protest two big trade agreements: The EU free trade agreement, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Conjuring growth from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
31-May-2016 SUNS
The Peterson Institute of International Economics (PIIE) has provided the fig-leaf for the empire’s new clothes with exaggerated projections of supposed growth gains from the TPP.
Emails show TPP ’collusion’ between big banks & Obama administration
30-May-2016 Common Dreams
Emails obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman discussing TPP with Goldman Sachs lobbyists
Mappinginvestmenttreaties.com: Uncovering the secrets of the investment treaty universe
27-May-2016 IISD
The IIA universe remains full of surprises. The examples presented here are just some of the otherwise hidden consistency trends we came across during our research.
At landmark BRICS meet, India raises public health, pharma sector concerns
25-May-2016 First Post
A high-level panel hosted by India discusses the issues of trade deals that inhibit access to medicines and also limit policy space for governments to legislate in public interest.
Is India holding the line against another TPP?
20-May-2016 East Asia Forum
Of the RCEP negotiating countries, it is India, rather than China, that has been the most outspoken in opposing US-style trade rules.
APEC ministers: Free trade area study on path to conclusion
20-May-2016 Politico
Trade ministers from the United States, China and other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum nations say a study on the proposed "Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific" agreement is on track.
Study predicts modest economic boost for US from Obama trade pact
20-May-2016 Washington Post
New report from the International Trade Commission says the TPP would marginally boost the US economy over the next 15 years, but it also would erode employment in manufacturing sectors
Trans Pacific Partnership makes it “quite likely” that Canadians’ confidential data would be subject to US Patriot Act: MP
19-May-2016 Canadian Underwriter
A provision in the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement makes it “quite likely” that banking information could be “accessible to American security intelligence agencies.”
Colombia not enforcing US trade deal labor standards - unions
18-May-2016 Reuters
Colombia has failed to enforce worker protections in a free trade agreement with the United States, U.S. and Colombian labor unions said, raising questions about similar provisions in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Letter from Colombian Embassy regarding Senate Finance, USTR pressure on Novartis compulsory license
12-May-2016 KEI
The letter says that this dispute over the compulsory license could prejudice resources for a new initiative called "Paz Colombia", as well as the US FTA with Colombia, and access to the TPP.
Cambodia urged to join TPP
10-May-2016 Phnom Pehn Post
US Ambassador to Cambodia said that given Vietnam’s participation in the TPP, “it would be a shame for Cambodia to miss out and be left behind”.
Waitangi Tribunal ruling on TPPA – “it was unlikely that the Tribunal in this claim would opt to talk truth to power”
10-May-2016 The Daily Blog
The Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a paradox. Time and again the Tribunal says it is ‘troubled’ and ‘concerned’ about aspects of the TPPA and its implications for Maori.
NAFTA asparagus
6-May-2016 Crozet Gazette
After Peru signed a TPP-like free trade pact with the U.S. in 2007, it has become the largest exporter of fresh asparagus. But asparagus monoculture/agribusiness has resulted in water shortages in the Ica Valley.