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Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP

Press Release – Joint Press Release The recent announcement at the G20 summit of Canada’s inclusion into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has got member countries the United States of America (US), New Zealand (NZ) and Australia up in arms over Canada’s open agricultural subsidisation …

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Fair trade group welcomes EU rejection condemns TPPA

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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Parliamentary Committee rejection of ACTA welcomed

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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Fair trade group welcomes rejection of ACTA

Press Release – Australian Fair Trade 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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Reduced community access in US TPP trade negotiations

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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Eminent Jurists Say ‘No’ to Investor Right to Sue in TPP

Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey More than 100 jurists from New Zealand and other countries currently or potentially engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, including some of their most eminent lawyers, ave sent an open letter to the negotiators calling for the right …

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