Press Release – Auckland University Proposals from the US on climate change and biodiversity, tabled as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks resume this week in Singapore, have been leaked by Peru environment group RedGE.
US Takes Hard Position On Climate Change In TPPA Read More »
Column – Undernews Vivek Murthy, 36, has been nominated to be the next surgeon general. Murthy has Ivy League degrees and years spent in a hospital, Dr. Soumitra R. Eachempati writes, but has never served as a traditional physician. Murthy is a “hospitalist” who doesn’t …
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Press Release – New Zealand First Party The clock is ticking – its time for the Prime Minister to give a straight answer over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, says New Zealand First leader Rt Hon Winston Peters.
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Column – Gordon Campbell On Wednesday, I reported on a local analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, which argued, among other things, that the TPP is not primarily a trade deal at all – but more of a package of entitlements for US corporates and financiers.
Gordon Campbell on Obama’s domestic problems with the TPP Read More »
Press Release – Sustainability Council of New Zealand The TPPs economic benefits are less than a quarter of those the government has claimed – and the proposed trade deal would impose serious costs. The government has repeatedly used estimates from a team of US economists to justify the Trans Pacific …
TPP’s Benefits Less Than a Quarter of Government’s Claim Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey If trade ministers from the countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) were looking for a signal from President Obama in yesterdays State of the Union address that he was serious about cutting a deal, they will be …
Obama’s ‘State of the Union’ downplays TPPA Read More »
Press Release – Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Obama Downplays Trade Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership: Fleeting Mention Doesnt Even Reference Recently Introduced Camp-Baucus Fast Track Bill
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Column – Binoy Kampmark Nothing happens at the supposedly dazzling do at the World Economic Forum held at Davos at least, of the constructive sort. It is a heavily catered talk bonanza on what people have already agreed to. It has a huge pretence to discuss policy.
Fictitious Withdrawals: The Myth of US Disengagement Read More »
Press Release – Wikileaks Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass …
Secret TPP Environment Chapter Consolidated Text released Read More »
Press Release – Professor Jane Kelsey The governments negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement need to wave a white flag and agree to release the whole draft text, said University of Auckland Professor Jane Kelsey as another leaked chapter was posted on Wikileaks.
Another Month, Another Leak – Wikileaks Posts TPPA Text Read More »
Press Release – Patricia Ranald US fast track Bill for Trans-Pacific Trade deal (TPP) faces stiff opposition in Congress
US fast track Bill for TPP faces stiff opposition Read More »
Press Release – Public Citizen USA Legislation to Provide Fast Track Trade Authority for President Obama Finally Introduced, But Can It Pass? Considerable House Opposition on Day One, Tight Calendar in Election Year WASHINGTON, D.C. Legislation introduced today by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) …
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