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LDP to offer farmers revenue insurance to cushion TPP impact
13-Nov-2015 The Japan Times
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to set up an insurance system to cushion the blow for farmers when the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact comes into effect
The Trans-Pacific Partnership poses a grave threat to sustainable development
13-Nov-2015 The Conversation
It is essential that future trade deals promote human development, access to knowledge, public health, human development, and climate action.
US State legislators ‘shocked’ by EU trade deal implications
13-Nov-2015 TTIP2015.eu
Rules envisioned under TTIP could give EU officials power to interfere in US State affairs
3 Ways the TPP Will Hurt the Climate—If We Let It Pass
12-Nov-2015 3 Ways the TPP Will Hurt the Climate
The Trans Pacific Partnership is in climate denial - nowhere in its more than 5,000 pages does it mention climate change.
The great ISDS & TTIP quiz
12-Nov-2015 TNI
SOMO and TNI launch a new a quiz on ISDS & TTIP. The quiz is intended to increase everyone’s critical knowledge of ISDS and TTIP.
Philippines studying prospects of joining TPP
12-Nov-2015 ABS-CBN
The Philippines is scrutinizing the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), consulting stakeholders and assessing the TPP’s economic impact on the country.
TPP- the cooperation and capacity building chapter
12-Nov-2015 Imipono
Broadly focusing on the militarization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, “the Cooperation and Capacity Building” chapter should provide context to just how threatening this Pacific partnership is to the region.
Israel fumes over planned EU labelling of ‘settlement’ products
12-Nov-2015 EurActiv
Few issues have caused more friction between Israel and the European Union than EU plans to impose labelling on goods produced in Jewish settlements on occupied land.
As US promotes TPP as a way to improve labor standards, Guatemala shows failed promises of previous trade deals
12-Nov-2015 International Business Times
When Guatemala joined CAFTA in 2006, proponents of the deal said it would improve conditions for workers. Seven years later, Guatemala was named the most dangerous country for trade unionists. Supporters of the TPP are making many of the same promises.
China to push alternative trade pact at Apec
12-Nov-2015 Dawn
China will seek to push its own vision of an Asia-Pacific trade pact at a regional summit next week, senior officials said, after this month’s release of a rival US-led deal that pointedly excludes the Asian giant.
LDP considering national ’farming MBA’ program as part of TPP policy
12-Nov-2015 The Mainichi
The government may support "MBA in agriculture" programs across Japan as part of domestic agricultural policies to prepare for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft investment chapter (EU proposal, Nov 2015)
12-Nov-2015 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
U.S. auto safeguard in TPP identical to KORUS, but different in practice
11-Nov-2015 World Trade Online
The special motor vehicle safeguard that the United States has secured in its bilateral auto deal with Japan under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is identical to the one included in the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement, but will have a different lifespan
DTI consultations to help set EFTA deal agenda
11-Nov-2015 Business World Online
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is to meet members of business groups and nongovernment institutions to discuss the state of trade negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
TPP’s clauses that let Australia be sued are weapons of legal destruction, says lawyer
11-Nov-2015 The Guardian
Leading arbitration lawyer says there are critical loopholes in the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s investment chapter that leave Australia wide open
TPP set to worsen food insecurity in Mexico
10-Nov-2015 Tele Sur
The TPP’s free trade agenda, described by some as a NAFTA on steroids, would worsen economic, food security, and agricultural challenges in Mexico.
Obama punishes South Africa over chicken row
10-Nov-2015 Global Meat News
US president Barack Obama has suspended agricultural benefits to South Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) after its repeated refusal to resume imports of US chicken.
TPP is about many things, but free trade? Not so much
10-Nov-2015 The Globe and Mail
Let’s be clear about the just-released, negotiated-in-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership deal: it is definitely not a “free-trade” agreement. It’s much more than that.
Trans-Pacific Partnership: read the side letters not just the headlines
9-Nov-2015 AFR
Australia has entered a wide range of bilateral agreements with countries around the Pacific in a web of special deals which underline the complexity of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Japan, U.S. agree to protect alcoholic drinks linked to special areas by banning knock-offs
9-Nov-2015 The Asahi Shimbun
Japan and the United States have struck a deal to ban alcoholic beverages that are not produced in the geographical area included in its brand name under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact.