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TPP - healthcare annex of draft transparency chapter (Dec 2014)
11-Jun-2015     WikiLeaks
as leaked by Wikileaks on 10 June 2015
Civil Society raises major concerns on India’s engagement with the massive RCEP trade deal
11-Jun-2015     Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)
As the eighth round of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement take place in Kyoto, Japan this week, farmer’s groups, trade unions, civil society and patient groups are urging the Indian Government to halt the negotiations, make the negotiating texts public and hold consultations with all the relevant stakeholders, in light of the potential negative impact this agreement could have on access to medicines, livelihood of farmers, quality public services and overall social and economic development of the country.
WikiLeaks publishes healthcare annex to "transparency" chapter of TPP
11-Jun-2015     WikiLeaks
On Wednesday 10 June 2015, WikiLeaks published the Healthcare Annex to the secret draft "Transparency" Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), along with each country's negotiating position.
AFL-CIO head sends angry letter to Obama on trade deal
11-Jun-2015     Washington Post
AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka has sent a sharply worded letter to President Obama chiding him for having "repeatedly isolated and marginalized labor and unions" in the debate over the president's Pacific Rim trade accord.
What does the TPP do as regards prices of drugs and other medical technologies?
11-Jun-2015     KEI
Two-page summary of the main provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) that will lead to higher prices for drugs and other medical technologies.
Open letter to the governments of EU-CELAC
10-Jun-2015    
Statement from diverse collectives and organizations from Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting in Brussels around the Days of Mobilization for Peoples Sovereignty against TNC Corporate power and the Architecture of Impunity established through Free Trade and Investment Treaties, during the second EU-CELAC summit.
The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries
10-Jun-2015     The Guardian
Fifty years ago, an international legal system was created to protect the rights of foreign investors. Today, as companies win billions in damages, insiders say it has got dangerously out of control
Divided EU lawmakers postpone vote on US trade deal
10-Jun-2015     Reuters
The European Parliament failed on Tuesday to agree a unified stance on a proposed trade deal with the United States, postponing a vote that was meant to cement its support for the biggest accord of its kind.
Canada's new trade deals good for Canadian corporations, bad for African democracy
9-Jun-2015     rabble.ca
What do we call it when Ottawa signs a deal with an unelected regime that would prevent any future elected government in a small African nation from changing its laws regulating Canadian-owned mines for almost two decades?
How developing countries like India are petrified of being dragged into international arbitration
9-Jun-2015     Economic Times
India is caught in a pincer at this moment in time as it is faced with the twin need of FDIs to propel and sustain growth and also the need to fi rewall its sovereign rights to formulate policies without extraneous pressures from its trade partners and the corporate world.