ISDS Case Map
CPTPP
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The members common to two agreements (TPP and RCEP), especially developed countries such as Australia, Japan and New Zealand, want talks at the RCEP trade bloc to move ahead full steam
If we can manage our own economies well, new trade pacts will become largely redundant.
This paper identifies TRIPS-Plus provisions in leaked RCEP negotiating texts and examines their implications for low and middle-income countries.
The RCEP is part of the efforts of Asian countries to explore avenues of collaborative regional governance. It should be seen as the extension of an integrated ASEAN community
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and other health groups have reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the RCEP
A curious thing happened when the Japanese Parliament voted to ratify Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even though the agreement has been widely proclaimed to be "dead"
Although seemingly dead due to opposition from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement was approved by the Diet.
Matters such as intellectual property rights, as well as trade in goods and services, remain unresolved. The next talks will be held in Japan in February.
"We are only nine months into a 24-month process, we need to give the Americans time to consider the pros and cons of the TPP."
Threats to affordable access to medicines continue unabated
