2014 Media Releases
December 18, 2014 Services trade leak threatens privacy, civil rights, data security [1]
December 12, 2014 Call for release of secret TPP texts as EU releases Trans-Atlantic trade texts [2]
November 18, 2014 China FTA allows foreign investors to sue governments over domestic law [3]
October 27, 2014 AFTINET slams possible shameful trade-offs and calls for release of TPP text [4]
October 17, 2014 Leaked TPP text shows delays in cheaper essential medicines and draconian internet controls [5]
September 4, 2014 ALP and Greens MPs reject Korea Free Trade Agreement after Parliamentary Committee review [6]
August 28, 2014 Senate Inquiry reveals community opposition and dangers of foreign investor rights to sue governments despite claimed “safeguards” [7]
August 13, 2014 Website reveals how US could rewrite Australian medicine, media content and data storage laws through Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP) [8]
August 6, 2014 Don’t let foreign investors sue governments over domestic laws, fair trade groups tell Senate inquiry [9]
July 24, 2014 Australian aid and trade watchdogs denounce Pacific Islands free trade agreement [10]
July 7, 2014 Warning: Trade deals threaten health care and the environment [11] (AFTINET and NSWNMA joint release)
July 2, 2014 Brunei Sharia Law scandal and failed bilateral meetings haunt secret Trans-Pacific talks in Ottawa [12]
June 20, 2014 Secret talks to prevent governments from regulating banks foreshadow Trans-Pacific trade agreement (TPP) [13]
June 12, 2014 Abbott’s US visit will not solve Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) stalemate [14]
May 19, 2014 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) not in Australia’s interest, say community organisations [15]
April 22, 2014 Failed US-Japan bilateral talks show Trans-Pacific Deal offers nothing to Australia ahead of Obama’s Asian visit [16]
April 8, 2014 Japan FTA secret text means announcement lacks detail about downsides [17]
April 4, 2014 Trade Minister Robb desperate to agree to investor rights to sue governments in Japan FTA as Germany and Indonesia reject them [18]
March 10, 2014 Newtown Public Meeting to discuss Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) impacts on health, environment and other Australian laws [19]
March 6, 2014 Public Meeting in Newtown on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) [20]
February 25, 2014 Another deadline missed as Trans-Pacific Singapore talks end with US-Japan rift on market access [21]
February 21, 2014 Trade Minister Robb should reject TPP tradeoffs in Singapore as Australian study warns of health impacts of US proposals [22]
February 17, 2014 (Public Health Association Media Release) Protecting the Health of Australians in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Negotiations [23]
February 17, 2014: “Safeguards” for investor rights to sue governments in Korea FTA text will not work [24]
February 16, 2014: Australia should resist US push to finish Trans-Pacific talks this week in Singapore with no Fast Track in US Congress [25]
February 12, 2014: Senior legislators in seven countries call for release of Trans-Pacific Trade Text [26]
February 5, 2014: Petition challenges foreign investor rights to sue government over domestic laws [27]
January 30, 2014: US Congress Fast Track for Trans-Pacific (TPP) trade deal suffers another body blow [28]
January 16, 2014: Leaked TPP Environment Chapter weakness contrasts with foreign investor rights to sue against environmental regulation [29]
January 10, 2014: US fast track Bill for Trans-Pacific Trade deal (TPP) faces stiff opposition in Congress [30]