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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.
How the Trans-Pacific Partnership will—and won’t—protect wildlife
9-Nov-2015     National Geographic
New 12-country trade deal has protections for wildlife built in, but it’s unclear if they’ll be enforced.
The highlights of the Trans-Pacific Partnership e-commerce chapter
9-Nov-2015     Public Citizen
The E-commerce chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) sets rules that, if ratified, will shape the development of the digital economy for years to come.
Critic: TPP deal has ‘exclusions up the wazoo’
9-Nov-2015     Politico
The exceptions, laid out in multiple annexes and embedded in various chapters of the 1,000-page-plus Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, range from obscure provisions to controversial measures
Reach of TPP's SOE disciplines limited by definition, scope, exceptions
7-Nov-2015     World Trade Online
The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement reveals that the parties have agreed on groundbreaking new rules aimed at preventing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from harming privately owned firms
TTIP offers would eliminate 87.5 percent of tariffs on entry into force
7-Nov-2015     World Trade Online
The tariff offers tabled by the United States and European Union during the 11th Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) round both eliminate duties on 87.5 percent of tariff lines immediately upon entry into force of the agreement
Switzerland’s largest city declares “Tisa-Free Zone”
7-Nov-2015     PSI
Zurich joins a growing number of Swiss cities, including Lausanne and Geneva, to declare themselves TISA-free.
UAE firms sue India, desi co for Rs 5 lakh cr over Mumbai plots
7-Nov-2015     Times of India
Two UAE firms are claiming Rs 5 lakh crore ($85billion) as compensation, perhaps the highest arbitration demand in India's history.