Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
2-Oct-2015
Sputnik
New regional mega-agreements on free trade between the United States, Europe, Pacific Rim nations and some World Trade Organization (WTO) members will create numerous legal problems within the WTO framework.
2-Oct-2015
The Malaysian Insider
Malaysia should withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) now, said a Malay economic group, warning that the contentious trade deal will result in negative economic growth and have implications on the country's sovereignty.
2-Oct-2015
The Edge Markets
Governments will be allowed to block tobacco companies from suing over anti-smoking measures under a US proposal being considered by Pacific trading partners as part of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
2-Oct-2015
Hurriyet Daily News
The talks remained bogged down after two days of negotiations between ministers from the United States, Japan, Australia and nine other countries over a handful of sticky issues.
2-Oct-2015
La Libre
Les représentants de 12 pays riverains du Pacifique se réunissent à Atlanta pour tenter de parvenir à une entente sur un vaste accord commercial, connu sous son acronyme TPP.
2-Oct-2015
SBS
Major challenges in three areas remain in concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to officials involved in the discussions.
2-Oct-2015
The Star
What little we know about the Harper government's many international trade deals is cause for grave concern.
1-Oct-2015
Health and Trade Network
Emma Woodford from the Health and Trade Network examines SDG3 on health and well-being and questions if its targets are achievable given the damaging nature of legally binding trade agreements being simultaneously negotiated by SDG signatories.
1-Oct-2015
Common Dreams
Arrested from hotel demanding to see the secret "death sentence clause"
1-Oct-2015
SSRN
Despite the deep irony of free trade agreements being subverted to codify and extend anti-competitive monopoly rights the joining of enhanced intellectual property rights (IPRs) and strengthened investor rights is creating a wild-west opportunity for unbounded corporate power.