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Ministers must respond to call for release of the TPPA text

Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Seven countries senior legislators call for release of the TPPA text, Ministers must respond There has been unprecedented call today from senior legislators in seven countries for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement text to be released before …

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Gordon Campbell on Obama’s domestic problems with the TPP

Column – Gordon Campbell On Wednesday, I reported on a local analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, which argued, among other things, that the TPP is not primarily a trade deal at all – but more of a package of entitlements for US corporates and financiers.

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Secret TPP Environment Chapter Consolidated Text released

Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass …

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TPP result likely in a couple of months, says APEC’s Bollard

Article – BusinessDesk Jan. 14 (BusinessDesk) The final shape of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement should emerge in the next couple of months, although how far the new trade pact will go in new generation issues such as intellectual property remains …

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