Leaked documents expose deep divisions
Press Release – Patricia Ranald Leaked documents expose deep divisions, Australian positions and US pressure to complete TPP deal in Singapore
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Crunch decisions on medicines in TPPA today or tomorrow
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Enormous pressure on the non-US ministers in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations is likely to see some governments cave in this afternoon or tomorrow morning on medicines and copyright, according to Professor Jane Kelsey in Singapore.
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TPP Leak: Daunting Obstacles for Obama’s 2013 Deadline
Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch New Leaked TPP Documents Reveal Daunting Obstacles for Obama’s 2013 Deadline to Complete the Deal at Ministerial Meetings Midpoint
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Second release of secret TPP Agreement Documents
Press Release – Wikileaks On 13 November 2013, Wikileaks released the draft text of the crucial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agremeent (TPP) intellectual property chapter during the lead up to a TPP chief negotiators meeting in Salt Lake City on 19-24 November 2013. Today, 9 …
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Second release of secret TPP Agreement Documents
Press Release – Wikileaks On 13 November 2013, Wikileaks released the draft text of the crucial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agremeent (TPP) intellectual property chapter during the lead up to a TPP chief negotiators meeting in Salt Lake City on 19-24 November 2013. Today, 9 …
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TPPA: New Huffington Post leaks expose major divisions
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey Two internal documents from a country inside the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations have been leaked to Huffington Post and published this morning under the headline Obama Faces Backlash Over New Corporate Political Powers In Secret …
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New poll shows majority of Kiwis oppose secretive TPP deal
Press Release – Avaaz **Open letter to trade negotiators slams deal as IPSOS poll reveals 71% of the New Zealand public find secrecy of the deal unacceptable **
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Bali WTO package welcomed by NZ businesses
Press Release – NZ International Business Forum The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) has welcomed the package of measures agreed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Bali. This limited agreement shows the WTO’s 159 members can still make decisions. While it is not the …
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Heavy-handed tactics in TPPA talks aim to isolate dissenters
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey In an outrageous practice borrowed from the WTO, known as green room negotiations, small groups of Ministers are meeting to broker compromise texts to put to the rest of the parties negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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NZ shaping up as broker to get the US over the TPPA line
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey On the eve of the trade ministers meeting in Singapore to decide the terms for a final deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, there are signs that New Zealand may become the broker for a deal that the US finds acceptable, according …
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Fair Trade group slams investor rights to sue in TPP
Press Release – Patricia Ranald Trade Minister Robb has admitted today that he is ready to allow foreign investors the right to sue governments as part of the TPP. This would result in more cases like Philip Morris suing the Australian government for billions of dollars in an …
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Call for release of secret Trans-Pacific Trade text
Press Release – AFTINET The Australian Senate yesterday passed a motion supported by Greens and the ALP calling on the Government to release the TPP text before it is signed. The consumer group Choice has collected 11,000 signatures calling for the release of the text, …
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