Pat Ranald’s article on the TPP in The Conversation is a challenge to democracy is part of a critical series over the last week on the TPP
This Crikey editorial reinforces our claims that the TPP undermines the national interest.
ABC Radio National 40-minute Background Briefing Programme on September 14, 2014 on the TPP and ISDS featured AFTINETand other critics.
by Dr Patricia Ranald, Research Associate, University of Sydney and Convenor, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
This week, the Senate Committee Inquiry has been hearing submissions into the bill proposed by Senator Whish-Wilson to ban the right for foreign investors to sue governments (ISDS) from trade agreements.
Tom Faunce was interviewed on Radio National Saturday Extra programme and is very critical of these ISDS provisions.
Listen to the interview on Radio National here.
19/08/2014
AFTINET's Convener, Dr Patricia Ranald, gave evidence to the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs Defense & Trade on the 6th August 2014 about the dangers of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in trade agreements.
6.30pm, Wednesday, 20th August
A community-run public meeting on the TPP will be held in Brighton, VIC on the 20th of August, in Trade Minister Andrew Robb's electorate.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for Australia to reject provisions in the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement that could undermine the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and compromise the ability of governments to improve public health.
The Labor party is hosting a forum in Perth on the 31st of July called ‘Trade – Opening Australia to the World’.
The G20 Trade Ministers met in Sydney this weekend. We teamed up with the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association to perform some street theatre in Circular Quay which sent a strong message for fair trade in deals like the TPP.
21/07/2014