ISDS Case Map
CPTPP
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Many contract manufacturers in Vietnam are likely to see little benefits if the TPP goes through.
Corporations can still sue governments over public policy decisions they don't like but the real lesson from the ISDS reforms, in fact, is that public opposition and political mobilization can change things.
TPP could disrupt the fast fashion momentum and a fledgling made-in-America clothing rebound by renewing the attractiveness of offshore manufacturing via lower tariffs.
This is the fifth time Peruvians have demonstrated against the free-trade agreement since the beginning of the secret negotiations. Police violently clashed with protesters.
If copyrights are excessively protected, it could hinder creative work. Some people have expressed concerns that this could have a chilling effect on creators.
It’s no joke. The consequence that the Transpacific Treaty on Economic Cooperation (the English acronym for which is the TPP) recently signed by 12 countries in the Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Peru and Chile on this side of the Pond, has on access to medicines is brutal.
This threat to the law and to democratic processes has no place in a 21st century trade agreement and should be removed before these agreements can be seriously considered.
IBON said that President Aquino should primarily push for the people and the nation's interests. The President should not allow the TPP to exploit the country's natural resources and industries.
Indonesian society #TolakTPP (#RejectTPP) represented by Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ), Indonesian Farmers Alliance (API), the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Struggle (KPBI), ASEC Indonesia, and Kemitraan, dialogue with Members of Parliament from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) related with the Indonesia’s intention to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
A group of civil society organizations urged that the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo did not make any commitments towards the TPP in a meeting of the US-ASEAN Summit which will be held on March 15-16 in California, USA.
