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Validated News – 31 Jan 2013

Press Release – Project Censored and Media Freedom Foundation Project Censored Subscriber, below is a sampling of Validated Independent News from Project Censored college and university affiliates. These news stories are from independent sources and have been researched and reviewed by students and faculty at the cited …

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Producers and food processors call for trade liberalisation

Press Release – Federated Farmers Farmers and food processors from Australia, New Zealand and Canada are calling on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to conclude a 21st century trade agreement in 2013 that liberalises trade across all goods and services.

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Investor rights to sue governments hotly debated – TPP talks

Press Release – AFTINET “The US proposal in the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement for foreign investor rights to sue governments in international tribunals is a challenge to national sovereignty and should be rejected,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convener of the Australian Fair Trade …

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Tri-National Campaign Launched in Opposition to the TPPA

Press Release – Washington Fair Trade Blaine, Wash. — Activists from Canada, Mexico and the United States are unveiling a new tri-national unity statement opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during a cross-border organizing summit on the U.S./Canada border on Saturday. On the eve …

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Canada Weighs In – Peter Clark on the TPP

Article – Gordon Campbell For a fresh perspective on the TPP, here is a comprehensive paper on the regional trade talks published late last week by Canadian trade specialist and trade lawyer Peter Clark, of the multinational legal firm Gray, Clark, Shih and Associates. Clark …

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DSC demands immediate withdrawal from TPPA negotiations

Press Release – Democrats for Social Credit “If you asked for a cup of coffee and were given something that was 17% coffee and 83% bleach, you wouldn’t be very happy,” says John Ring, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for New Zealand Democrats for Social Credit.

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TPPA Free Trade negotiations resume in Auckland, December 2

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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