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New leak of TPP consolidated text on intellectual property provides details of pandering to drug companies and publishers
16-Oct-2014     KEI
KEI's first impression in reading the document is the extent to which the United States has sought hundreds of changes in intellectual property norms, some small and subtle, others blunt and aggressive, nearly of all of which favor big corporate right holders, and undermine the public’s freedom to use knowledge.
TPP - draft IP chapter (May 2014)
16-Oct-2014     Wikileaks
as leaked by Wikileaks on 16 October 2014
Vietnam to spend nearly $5bn on meat, animal feed material imports in 2014
16-Oct-2014     Tuoi Tre News
Vietnam is forecast to spend as much as US$4.5 billion on imports of animal feed material, plus another $400 million on cattle and poultry meat shipments this year, a trend that will grow under TPP.
Hupacasath First Nation puts China on notice over FIPA
16-Oct-2014     Vancouver Observer
The Hupacasath First Nation put the Chinese government on notice today, stating it does not acknowledge the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month.
US, Sri Lanka sign trade and investment agreement to boost bilateral trade
16-Oct-2014     Colombo Page
Sri Lanka and the United States inked a joint trade and investment agreement on Wednesday in Colombo.
Indonesia challenges Australian cigarette packaging laws
16-Oct-2014     Wall Street Journal
Tobacco producers Indonesia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Ukraine are challenging Australia's plain-packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, bolstering support for Philip Morris' private dispute against Canberra.
S. Korea pushes to strike FTAs with China, Vietnam, New Zealand this year
16-Oct-2014    
South Korea said Thursday it will push to conclude free trade agreements (FTA) with China, Vietnam and New Zealand before the year's end.
EU-Singapore investment talks concluded, says EU Trade Chief
16-Oct-2014     EU Trade Insights
The European Union and Singapore have finally concluded negotiations over a bilateral investment agreement, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has told EU Trade Insights in an exclusive interview.
TTIP Day One
16-Oct-2014     Agir pour la Paix
Video by Agir pour la Paix for the D1920 Alliance and Alter Summit
ASEAN Integration, mockery of World Food Day, PH farmers say
16-Oct-2014    
the peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) picketed the Department of Agriculture opposing the planned participation of the Philippines to next year’s ASEAN integration, calling it “a mockery of World Food Day and gateway to intense land-grabbing, hunger, and poverty.”