3-Sep-2015
New Straits Times
The pharmaceutical industry, with worldwide sales of more than US$980 billion in 2013, stood to be one of the biggest winners under TPP. The developing countries would lose out. The United States and Canada looked set to win big.
1-Sep-2015
Third World Network
Less well known than the notorious Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is engendering growing opposition because of its similar oppressive provisions.
19-Aug-2015
Intellectual Property Watch
Failure to reach agreement over expanded intellectual property (IP) protections for medicines has proven to be a stumbling block to completion of the 12-country Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations.
19-Aug-2015
Electronic Frontier Fondation
Hollywood groups are behaving like spoiled children: if they don’t get exactly what they want, they’ll whine to policymakers until they do.
10-Aug-2015
Electronic Frontier Fondation
The Trans-Pacific Partnership leans towards rules that lock up works of art and stifle independent creators’ output
4-Aug-2015
Knowledge Ecology International
Knowledge Ecology International released text from three sections of the 95-page secret negotiating text on the Intellectual Property Chapter being used in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement trade negotiations
31-Jul-2015
Radio New Zealand
Prime Minister John Key has conceded New Zealand will have to pay more for some medicines under the Trans-Pacific Partnership but he says it is in the country’s best interests