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Trading strategies
22-May-2012 The Economist
China and America compete to lead regional free-trade arrangements
Dallas Party ends badly for U.S. trade reps and federal agents
21-May-2012 http://www.yeslab.org/tpp
Two dozen rogue "delegates" disrupted the corporate-sponsored welcome gala for the high-stakes Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations yesterday with a fake award ceremony and "mic check." Other activists, meanwhile, replaced hundreds of rolls of toilet paper (TP) throughout the conference venue with more informative versions, and projected a message on the venue’s facade.
Plain packaging risks lawsuits
21-May-2012
Smoking is bad for our health. Smoking is detrimental to our economic well-being - smoking-related conditions and diseases cost the health service in this country millions and millions of dollars each year. But moves to reduce or stop smoking in this country could cost us just as much if not more.
Chile threatens to pull out of TPP because of US IP demands
11-May-2012 Info Justice
Chile’s top trade official Rodrigo Contreras makes clear that intellectual property issues are at the forefront of his mind when he questions whether Chile should continue in the TPP.
Professors demand TPP Transparency; USTR says detailed response forthcoming
11-May-2012 Bloomberg
A group of law professors sent a letter to the U.S. trade representative criticizing the process surrounding a multilateral trade agreement. The USTR says that a detailed response is forthcoming.
Professors Demand TPP Transparency; USTR Says Detailed Response Forthcoming
10-May-2012
Key Development: A group of law professors sent a letter to the U.S. trade representative criticizing the process surrounding a multilateral trade agreement. The USTR says that a detailed response is forthcoming.
Right to be troubled about secret partnership
9-May-2012
Getting lawyers to agree on anything is notoriously difficult. So when 100 retired judges, prominent legal academics, lawmakers and leading practitioners from New Zealand and overseas put their names to something, it’s time to sit up and take notice.
Secrecy blankets trade talks
8-May-2012 IPS
The latest round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), potentially the largest free trade agreement to be signed by the United States, began Tuesday with a blanket of secrecy over their content.
’Chasm’ in trade talks
4-May-2012
An American business lobbyist has given a sober assessment of Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] talks, citing a ’’chasm’’ between leaders’ ambitions and their negotiators’ positions.
Thousands in Japan protest Asia-Pacific trade pact
25-Apr-2012 AFP
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Thousands in Japan protest Asia-Pacific trade pact
25-Apr-2012
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Lost in translation: Anti-TPP campaign befuddles Washington
25-Apr-2012 WSJ
Japan’s agricultural lobby has taken its campaign against a global free trade agreement to the US, buying a full-page advertisement in Tuesday’s Washington Post opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Tokyo’s trade priorities
22-Apr-2012
Achieving full free trade among its members by 2020 remains the stated goal of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group, but few expect it to materialise due to the non-binding nature of the agreement.
Milne says free trade deal would hurt apple and pear growers
20-Apr-2012
The Greens leader says the proposed Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement would put the Australian apple and pear industry at risk.
Harper gets support of Chile in bid to join TPP free-trade pact
18-Apr-2012 Montreal Gazette
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper secured the support Monday of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for Canada’s bid to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Occupy for "fair trade, not free trade"
11-Apr-2012 People’s World
Talk of a major international protest at the Dallas negotiations on May 8-18th for the Trans-Pacific Partnership dominated the discussion at the Occupy Dallas Six-Month Anniversary Celebration at Pioneer Park downtown on Apr. 7th.
Govt to explain TPP stance to U.S.
8-Apr-2012
The Japanese government will try to make sure the United States understands its stance toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, according to Katsuyuki Ishida, senior vice minister at the Cabinet Office.
New Canadian strategy for Americas expected
1-Apr-2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is poised to unveil a reinvigoration of his government’s muddled Americas strategy when he meets with hemispheric leaders next month.
VN attends dialogue towards TPP signing
1-Apr-2012
Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong underscored Vietnam’s determination to speed up the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement at a dialogue between ambassadors of the TPP member countries and the US New Democrat Coalition, in the US on March 28.
Taiwan makes lemonade from SKorea-US FTA
26-Mar-2012
The news this week that the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement came into force sent jitters through the ranks of Taiwan exporters. It is no secret that the island’s businesses have been doing it tough recently, and the last thing needed was more pain in sectors where they have been fighting hard to remain competitive.