Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is now in doubt following the defeat in the US Senate of a proposal to advance the FastTrack Bill. The Fast Track Bill would prevent the U.S. Congress from amending the TPP, and instead …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network Media Release Website reveals how US could rewrite Australian medicine, media content and data storage laws through Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP)
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The stated goal of the TPP Leaders and Ministers Statements to conclude the TPPA this year is unlikely to be achieved. The bland language hides deep divisions between the 12 diverse governments, caused by extreme US demands, Dr Patricia …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) talks resume in Peru next week between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam. Japan will join the talks later this year.
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “Over 20 international representatives of health, union, consumer and environment organisations have been locked out of the Trans-Pacific talks venue in Auckland,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “A hot-button issue to be discussed at the Trans-Pacific free trade talks next week is the US proposal for foreign investor rights to sue governments for damages if a law or policy harms their investments,” said Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network Media release July 5 2012 Fair trade group welcomes EU rejection of Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (ACTA) condemns similar proposals in Trans-Pacific (TPPA) negotiations in San Diego “We welcome the European Parliament’s overwhelming cross-party decision …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network Fair trade group welcomes Parliamentary Committee rejection of Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (ACTA) and condemns similar proposals in Trans-Pacific negotiations
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “We welcome the criticism of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, which has today released a report recommending a delay in ratification of the agreement,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the …
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network “The leaked investment chapter of the Trans- Pacific trade agreement (TPPA) being negotiated between the US Australia, New Zealand and six other Pacific countries contains special rights for foreign investors to sue governments if a law or policy …
Australia says no to investor rights to sue in leaked TPP Read More »
Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The 12th round of Trans-Pacific partnership (TPP) negotiations begins in Dallas, Texas today between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam, amid criticism by fair trade groups and prominent lawyers.
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Press Release – Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network The 11th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement negotiations between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Malaysia and four other countries ends today, slowed again by resistance to US corporate demands on medicine prices and broad investor …
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