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Waitangi Tribunal backs TPP treaty clause
6-May-2016 Radio NZ
The Waitangi Tribunal has backed the Treaty of Waitangi clause in the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal.
160 farm and food groups ask Congress to reject TPP
28-Apr-2016 KTIC
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become a divisive issue in the nation’s capital, and criticism intensified after 161 food, farm, faith and rural organizations sent a letter to Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to reject the trade pact.
Farmers vow protests if TPP gets nod
28-Apr-2016 The Bangkok Post
Farmers nationwide have threatened to organise protests against the government if it decides Thailand should take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
Maori leaders dismiss TPP at Northland hui
22-Apr-2016 NZ Herald
Northlanders delivered on being the most raucous opponents to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, during a Government jaunt to Whangarei to promote the deal.
Gov’t abandons plans for TPP ratification during current Diet session
21-Apr-2016 The Mainichi
The government and ruling parties have given up on passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact and related bills during the current ordinary Diet session.
Kelsey claims Government seeking to stymie Waitangi Tribunal report on TPPA
20-Apr-2016 Evening Report
The Government has given the Waitangi Tribunal just three weeks to produce its report on a claim brought by prominent Maori that the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement violates the Crown’s obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.
The TPP: A huge boulder welded to the US elections.
14-Apr-2016 ALAI
The US presidential electoral campaign is the most important political process of the year. It takes place amid a crisis which is clearly economic in nature but which has also been transformed into a crisis that is all too clearly about the traditional political party system.
TPP: Integration or finance and profit?
14-Apr-2016 La República
The last ten years have left in our America important elements for reflecting on continental integration, and respecting the recent agreement of the Transpacific Economic Partnership (TPP), which has 12 state parties.
Peru – The TPP quandary and access to medicines
14-Apr-2016 El Comercio
Signing the TPP has provoked a debate on whether, when it comes into force, there will be a potential spike in medicines prices.
America’s beef with Aussie farmers over Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
12-Apr-2016 News.com.au
American food and agriculture groups want to cut Australia out of their export markets.
Diet erupts in outrage as ex-minister’s TPP manuscript reveals details Abe kept under wraps
8-Apr-2016 The Japan Times
A manuscript of memoirs authored by former farm minister Koya Nishikawa reveals details of what went on in negotiations behind closed doors.
TPP dumping on U.S. dairy farmers
8-Apr-2016 IATP
U.S. dairy processors are dumping millions of gallons of raw milk into sewers. Yet the USDA projected a 20 percent increase in U.S. dairy imports by 2025 due to TPP rules.
Diet debate on TPP deal begins amid opposition
6-Apr-2016 Japan Today
The Diet started deliberations on a Pacific Rim free trade deal, with the ruling parties looking to have it ratified and related legislation enacted during the current session ending June 1.
TPP will push Japanese farmers to grow cheaper rice in bid to boost exports
5-Apr-2016 The Japan Times
The nation’s farmers are set to produce less expensive rice than existing brands to boost exports, following the signing of a Pacific free trade deal that will expose them to fierce foreign competition.
A trade deal for the 21st century: an alternative to the TPP
5-Apr-2016 Huffington Post
It is possible to envision a different pattern of trade which will offer benefits for the bulk of the population of the United States and also for our trading partners in the developing world.
New analysis shows ’frivolous’ corporate sovereignty suits increasingly used to deter regulation rather than win compensation
1-Apr-2016 Tech Dirt
Why would investors continue to file these highly costly cases, if the expected success rate is so low?
Chrystia Freeland’s ’public’ TPP consultations are anything but
31-Mar-2016 Huffington Post
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, International Trade minister Chrystia Freeland has claimed to be in “listening mode." But it is not clear whom she is actually consulting. From our experience, it has been the usual blue-chip industry reps.
Firms ignorant of intellectual rights
24-Mar-2016 Viet Nam News
Many Vietnamese firms are indifferent to intellectual property rights regulated in the Trans Pacific Strategic Partnership (TPP) agreement, despite the fact that Việt Nam is a signatory to the deal.
From TPP to TTIP: clues to new food trade rules
24-Mar-2016 IATP
A new paper focuses on TPP provisions that could affect food and farm systems in Europe if they were adopted in TTIP
TPP will be toothless for environmental protection: study
18-Mar-2016 CCPA
Far from being a milestone for environmental protection, as claimed by the U.S. and Canadian governments, the TPP will not safeguard or promote effective environmental protection measures.