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13-Nov-2015 The Conversation
The Trans-Pacific Partnership poses a grave threat to sustainable development
It is essential that future trade deals promote human development, access to knowledge, public health, human development, and climate action. -
13-Nov-2015 TTIP2015.eu
US State legislators ‘shocked’ by EU trade deal implications
Rules envisioned under TTIP could give EU officials power to interfere in US State affairs -
12-Nov-2015 3 Ways the TPP Will Hurt the Climate
3 Ways the TPP Will Hurt the Climate—If We Let It Pass
The Trans Pacific Partnership is in climate denial - nowhere in its more than 5,000 pages does it mention climate change. -
12-Nov-2015 TNI
The great ISDS & TTIP quiz
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. -
12-Nov-2015 ABS-CBN
Philippines studying prospects of joining TPP
The Philippines is scrutinizing the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), consulting stakeholders and assessing the TPP’s economic impact on the country. -
12-Nov-2015 Imipono
TPP- the cooperation and capacity building chapter
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. -
12-Nov-2015 EurActiv
Israel fumes over planned EU labelling of ‘settlement’ products
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. -
12-Nov-2015 International Business Times
As US promotes TPP as a way to improve labor standards, Guatemala shows failed promises of previous trade deals
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. -
12-Nov-2015 Dawn
China to push alternative trade pact at Apec
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. -
12-Nov-2015 The Mainichi
LDP considering national ’farming MBA’ program as part of TPP policy
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. -
12-Nov-2015 European Commission
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft investment chapter (EU proposal, Nov 2015)
As published by the European Commission -
11-Nov-2015 World Trade Online
U.S. auto safeguard in TPP identical to KORUS, but different in practice
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 -
11-Nov-2015 Business World Online
DTI consultations to help set EFTA deal agenda
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). -
11-Nov-2015 The Guardian
TPP’s clauses that let Australia be sued are weapons of legal destruction, says lawyer
Leading arbitration lawyer says there are critical loopholes in the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s investment chapter that leave Australia wide open -
10-Nov-2015 Tele Sur
TPP set to worsen food insecurity in Mexico
The TPP’s free trade agenda, described by some as a NAFTA on steroids, would worsen economic, food security, and agricultural challenges in Mexico. -
10-Nov-2015 Global Meat News
Obama punishes South Africa over chicken row
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. -
10-Nov-2015 The Globe and Mail
TPP is about many things, but free trade? Not so much
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. -
9-Nov-2015 AFR
Trans-Pacific Partnership: read the side letters not just the headlines
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 -
9-Nov-2015 The Asahi Shimbun
Japan, U.S. agree to protect alcoholic drinks linked to special areas by banning knock-offs
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. -
9-Nov-2015 National Geographic
How the Trans-Pacific Partnership will—and won’t—protect wildlife
New 12-country trade deal has protections for wildlife built in, but it’s unclear if they’ll be enforced.