Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

TPPA Campaign: Fair Deal or No Deal!

TPPA Campaign: Fair Deal or No Deal!

Have your say! Send the Minister for Trade a message.

As pressure mounts to finish the negotiations, email Craig Emerson directly to tell him of your concern over the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (TPPA) and its corporate-influenced agenda.

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International Actions on the TPPA Negotiations in May

People on five continents took action leading up to the Lima negotiations, with a focus on World Fair Trade Day on May 11.

In Australia there were protests in Sydney and Melbourne.Photos are at

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Fair-Trade-and-Investment-Netw...

Educational events about the TPP took place in the United States in Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, St Louis, Washington. Detroit, New York, Berkley, San Antonio, Chicago and Tampa.

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Access to medicines a matter of life and death in Trans-Pacific negotiations

MSF Activist Stephen Cornish's opinion piece in the Canadian National Post shows how TPPA proposals on medicines would limit access to affordable medicines in Canada, and have even more devastating impacts in developing countries

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/06/04/stephen-cornish-access-to...

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Wall Street Attacks Finance laws Via Trade Deals

Wall Street Seeks to Change Dodd Frank rules Via Trade Deals

U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.

Their effort is drawing fire from groups who argue that Wall Street wants to make the trade negotiations a new front in its three-year campaign to stop or alter the law.

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Chile’s ex-chief negotiator slams TPPA

Chile’s former chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPPA) Rodrigo Contreras warns that TPPA proposals will restrict options for development in health and education, in biological and cultural diversity and in the design of public policies

See http://www.scribd.com/doc/143151705/The-New-Chessboard-English-Translati...

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Consumer groups say TPPA proposals will hurt consumers

South American consumer groups say proposals at TPP negotiations in Peru would weaken protections for consumers on food, privacy and labor standards

See

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/26233-consumer-rights-gro...

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Digital coalition demands fair deal on TPP copyright provisions

A coalition of organisations has started a ‘Fair Deal’ campaign against copyright provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement

The Fair Deal coalition includes the Australian Digital Alliance, Electronic Frontiers Australia and InternetNZ and represents Internet users, schools, universities, consumers, IT firms and business.

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TPPA protests Sydney and Melboune, May 11, 2013

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a free trade agreement being negotiated between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam.

US global corporations are driving the agenda to expand their rights at the expense of peoples' rights. Pharmaceutical companies want higher prices for medicines, tobacco companies want to sue governments for health regulation, and there is so far no agreement to implement workers' rights or environmental standards.

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Peru lead pollution case shows dangers of investor rights to sue governments

As TPPA negotiations begin in Peru, a US mining company is suing the Peruvian government because it dared to fine the company for pollution and lead poisoning

See
  • http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-09/rennert-800-million-toxic-lead-...

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    Trans Pacific Partnership puts member countries' health at risk

    International trade agreements bring new transnational food companies into countries, along with new food advertising and promotion. This has often led to an increase in unhealthy foods entering the domestic market. The TPPA could go even further and increase the influence of the food industry on domestic regulatory regimes and policies. See the link to the Conversation blog

    http://theconversation.com/trans-pacific-partnership-puts-member-countri...

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