2013 Bulletins Index

DECEMBER 2013 Bulletin

Inside this edition:

  • Thank you, happy holidays and see you in 2014!

  • TPP Singapore talks fail to finish the deal as leaked documents show divisions over US agenda: Campaign continues in 2014

  • TPP in the media

  • Campaign against inclusion of ISDS in the Korea-Australia agreement

  • World Trade Organisation meeting in Bali

  • AFTINET’s AGM with guest speaker Vidalina Morales

  • Rally for a FAIR DEAL or NO DEAL in the TPP

  • Take action!

 

OCTOBER 2013 Bulletin

Inside this edition:

  • TPPA Seminar October 22, 12 noon, NSW Parliament House

  • Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) meeting in Bali, October 4-8

  • Australian media coverage of the TPPA

  • The campaign for a Fair Deal or No Deal in the TPPA gains momentum

  • Ways you can support the campaign

  • SMH: APEC summit wraps up with new commitments to free trade

 

SEPTEMBER 2013 Bulletin

Inside this edition:

  • 19th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations: Dr Patricia Ranald reports from Brunei

  • Australian Election: How do the major parties stack up on fair trade?

  • Free Trade Agreement could prevent regulation of Coal Seam Gas mining

  • The global union movement's new video: Workers speak out against the TPP

  • State-Owned Enterprises and our public hospitals

  • Trade deal threatens essential services in the Pacific Islands

  • Tobacco clause might burn free trade agreement

 

AUGUST 2013 Bulletin

Inside this edition:

  • 18th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations in Malaysia

  • Take Action: Send a letter to the Minister for Trade and the Opposition Trade Spokesperson, or see your MP

  • AFTINET letter to Trade Minister Richard Marles signed by 30 organisations

  • China-Australia free trade agreement a priority for Marles

  • Australia and the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)

  • PACER-Plus Update

  • Dr Patricia Ranald wins Public Health Impact Award 2013

  • Sydney Morning Herald: Marles vows not to cave to US Pressure

  • AFTINET on Facebook and Twitter

 

JUNE 2013 Bulletin 

Inside this edition

  • 17th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations in Peru : Actions and outcomes

  • Opposition LNP Policy supports Investor rights to sue governments (ISDS)

  • Digital coalition demands fair deal on TPPA copyright provisions

  • Wall Street Attacks Finance Regulation through Trade Deals

  • Obama’s Covert Trade Deal : New York Times

  • AFTINET Submission on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

 

APRIL 2013 Bulletin 

Inside this edition

  • Trade Justice Dinner May 8, 2013: book now!

  • TPPA International Rally May 11, 12 noon Martin Place

  • Successful seminar and AFTINET’s new leaflet and fact sheets on the TPPA

  • Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations in Singapore March 4-13, 2013

  • MSF’s Kelly Nicholls says put health ahead of profits in the TPPA in The Australian

  • TPPA a threat to public health in The Lancet medical Journal

  • Friends of the Earth video on TPPA threat to the environment

  • AFTINET submission on new Trade in Services negotiations

FEBRUARY 2013 Bulletin 
 

Inside this edition

  • Women and Globalisation: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Seminar

  • AFTINET Membership Renewals 2013

  • AFTINET op-ed: Why the Philip Morris case raises the alarm for rural health and wider public health concerns

  • AFTINET lobbies MPs in lead-up to Trans Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations in Singapore March 4-12

  • AFTINET and health organisations make submission to the IP Australia review of pharmaceutical patents

  • Consultations begin on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free-trade agreement: submissions due April 5