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Yukos: the saga continues
6-Oct-2015     The Global Legal Post
The bankruptcy of oil and gas giant Yukos led to multiple proceedings against the Russian state and some enormous awards.
Secret Trans - Pacific (TPP) deal lacks detail on medicines, includes corporate rights to sue governments
6-Oct-2015     AFTINET
The lack of access to details in the text means governments can put a positive spin on the deal, but the devil is in the detail.
Trade officials announce conclusion of TPP—now the real fight begins
6-Oct-2015     Electronic Frontier Fondation
The fact that close to 800 million Internet users' rights to free expression, privacy, and access to knowledge online hinged upon the outcome of squabbles over trade rules on cars and milk is precisely why digital policy consideration do not belong in trade agreements.
Lack of local land rights harms fight against poverty, climate change - researchers
5-Oct-2015     Trust
Indigenous people and local communities lack legal rights to almost three quarters of their traditional lands, sparking social conflict and undermining international plans to curb poverty, hunger and climate change.
Some highlights of the new 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
5-Oct-2015     The Brandon Sun
Some highlights of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement as described by the Canadian government Monday as it shared details of a deal to create the largest-ever regional trading bloc.
Trans-Pacific Partnership ministers’ statement
5-Oct-2015     USTR
The trade ministers of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, have successfully concluded the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Trans-Pacific Partnership: '50/50' chance of trade deal today as negotiators lock horns over medical patent protection
4-Oct-2015     ABC
Australia — along with others such as New Zealand and Chile — has been unwilling to offer more than five years protection for the medicines, because longer terms would increase the cost of state-subsidised medical programs.
U.S., Australia agree on complicated compromise on biologic drugs
4-Oct-2015     WSJ
Countries in the trade bloc would have an alternative of either providing eight years of exclusivity to biologic drugs, or providing five years of so-called data exclusivity plus up to three more years under a regulatory framework in the TPP.
Tentative U.S.-Vietnam 'consistency plan' links tariff benefits to labor compliance
4-Oct-2015     World Trade Online
Vietnam has tentatively agreed with the United States on a fully enforceable implementation plan to bring its labor regime into compliance with the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Don’t let TPP lock Peru into unequal trade
4-Oct-2015     La República
TPP negotiators hope to finalize the agreement in the next few days. Political leaders will boast of promoting the well-being of their people and countries. But the reality is that special interests have been given far too much influence on the negotiations.