Press Release – AFTINET The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network of 60 community organisations has analysed policy documents, public statements and past records to compare the trade policies of the major parties on key issues, summarised below.
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Press Release – AFTINET The US government is making a desperate attempt to placate domestic US corporate and Republican opposition to the TPP implementing legislation by demanding stronger monopolies for pharmaceutical companies and other concessions at a meeting of TPP …
US seeks more in TPP on medicine monopolies at APEC meeting Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET TPP: Record numbers of submissions to inquiry show opposition to more rights for global corporations The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific trade deal received a record number of 175 substantial submissions, …
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Press Release – AFTINET Trade Minister Robb today rejected calls from 59 community organisations representing over two million Australians for an independent assessment by the Productivity Commission on ABC national radio this morning. He claimed that the broad alliance of public …
Trade Minister Robb shoots the messenger Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET Prime Minister Turnbull faces an uphill battle convincing members of the U.S. Congress to support legislation for the TPP, given recent studies which show negligible or negative impacts from the TPP on the Australian and US economies, and threats …
Tans-Pacific trade deal a hard sell for PM Turnbull Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET Preliminary analysis of the thousands of pages of the main chapters of the TPP text show that community campaigns pressured governments to resist some of the most extreme corporate proposals in previous leaked drafts. But there are still devils …
TPP text demonstrates corporate rights over citizens Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET The final version of the intellectual property chapter the TPP was leaked today on WikiLeaks with several technical analyses said Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. The deal was announced on …
TPP leak shows devil in the detail Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET The announcement of a secret in principle TPP deal without publication of the text may hide shameful trade-offs on issues like medicines and corporate rights to sue governments. These should be decided though open democratic parliamentary …
Secret TPP deal lacks detail on medicines Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET The TPP negotiations in Atlanta, Georgia have been extended for a day in a desperate attempt to reach a deal. The US has delayed its offers on market access for sugar and dairy products until the last minute, and is now pressuring Australia to agree …
TPP talks: Robb should reject “death sentence” deal Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET The TPP negotiations in Atlanta, Georgia have been extended for a day in a desperate attempt to reach a deal. The US has delayed its offers on market access for sugar and dairy products until the last minute, and is now pressuring Australia to agree …
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Press Release – AFTINET The extension of secret TPP talks into Sunday October 4 shows the US desperation to force a deal, despite fundamental differences remaining over medicines and access to US sugar and dairy markets, Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian …
TPP talks delayed again Read More »
Press Release – AFTINET As TPP trade ministers meet in Atlanta Georgia tomorrow, a proposal based on Japanese practice could provide a secret administrative means for extending monopolies on expensive biologic medicines used to treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases, …
TPP: Robb should reject new sneaky tricks to extend medicine Read More »
