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Look to Honduras for reasons the TPP will fail
1-Feb-2016 AFL-CIO
The U.S. government claims the labor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership are “gold standard,” but we need to look no further than Honduras to see how inadequate and unenforced labor obligations endanger workers’ lives.
TPP protesters alarmed by corruption, urge leaders not to sign
1-Feb-2016 Tele Sur
Bribery allegations against Japan’s lead TPP negotiator have sparked public concerns that corruption may have influenced the corporate-friendly deal.
India plans own FTA template to counter zero tariff formula
29-Jan-2016 Hellenic Shipping News
To counter the zero tariff formula championed by the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, India plans to advocate its own template for future free trade agreements (FTAs) wherein trade partners have to lower tariffs to 5%.
Malaysian Parliament approves TPP agreement
28-Jan-2016 The Nation
The Malaysian Parliament approved the country’s participation in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement
RCEP agreement: Eye on ’essential pillars’, meetings to be smaller and more focussed
28-Jan-2016 The Economic Times
"We will try for RCEP to be TPP minus because RCEP standards will be lower than TPP ones," said a commerce department official.
CAP calls on MPs to reject TPPA
28-Jan-2016 CAP
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked that the Government is making a mockery of Parliament by seeking a blank cheque for the country to be tied to the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
Corporate power doesn’t always win: remembering the FTAA
27-Jan-2016 Foreign Policy in Focus
A decade ago, a transnational coalition beat back the largest corporate trade deal in history. Here’s what they can teach opponents of the TPP.
Trade deals and the TPP corporate power grab - resistance must continue!
27-Jan-2016 IUF
Unions and their allies have a window of opportunity to stop the TPP.
Peterson Institute study shows TPP will lead to $357 billion increase in annual imports
27-Jan-2016 Medium
There are several important issues that may have been missed thus there are reasons for believing that these projections may not prove correct.
Anti-TPPA rally tells deaf gov’t off
25-Jan-2016 The Heat Malaysia
Protestors at the anti-TPPA (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) demonstration say the people are sending the message that they do not want the secretive agreement signed by the government.
Chilean social groups to protest Monsanto, anti-democratic TPP
22-Jan-2016 Tele Sur
Citizen opposition to the signing of the TPP will take place throughout the region, with joint mobilizations taking place in Peru and Argentina.
Ngapuhi considers Waitangi day protest if TPP signed
21-Jan-2016
A Ngapuhi elder is threatening to block the Government from Te Tii Marae on Waitangi Day if the Trans Pacific Partnership is signed, saying the signing is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Lametti on CETA: ’We’ll get this deal to work’
21-Jan-2016 Embassy
CETA, China, softwood lumber among government’s top trade priorities for 2016. Canada’s government is willing to address ISDS concerns.
30% of SMEs risk going bust post-TPPA
20-Jan-2016 The Malaysian Insider
About 30% of small and medium companies risk going under once the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) comes into force.
US targets new opportunities in Latin America
20-Jan-2016 America Fruit
Economic growth and expanding middle class is fuelling demand for US agricultural products.
Thanks to TPP, Canada could get caught in global privacy battle
20-Jan-2016 The Tyee
Trade deal coupled with EU court decision could spell trouble for our laws.
The TPP will cost Canada 58,000 jobs — and won’t grow the economy
19-Jan-2016 Rabble
New study shows that Canada can expect a mere 0.28 per cent increase to GDP growth and will lead to 58,000 net job losses over the next ten years.
TPPA briefing to NGOs by Ms. Sanya Reid Smith
19-Jan-2016 Empower
Ms. Reid Smith analyses the implications of trade agreements on economic and social sectors and various policies in developing countries.
The geopolitics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a US imperial strategy
18-Jan-2016 Global Research
It is a trade deal that seeks to buttress the dominant role of the United States in shaping the political and economic world order by fending off a formidable challenger like China. At its very core, TPPA is geopolitical.
DPJ set to block Abe government’s push to ratify TPP in current Diet session
16-Jan-2016
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan is considering blocking moves by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact during the current Diet session, a senior DPJ lawmaker said Friday.