CPTPP (previously TPP)

Comprehensive and Porgressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Letter to Trade Minister Richard Marles

The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) has sent a letter to Trade Minister Richard Marles detailing our concerns about clauses in trade agreements which would enable foreign investors to sue governments for damages on the grounds that government regulation harms their investment, known as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).

The letter has been endorsed by more than 30 organisations Australia-wide.

 

Senator Questions the Secrecy of TPP Negotiations

Senator Abdul Shukor Mohd Sultan has called on the Malaysian government to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations public in order to allow feedback from the people.

He said the people had the right to know the details of the agreement as it would affect their cost of living.

"Why won't the government disclose the TTPA talks to the public? Is it too technical? Even the senators have not been provided with any information on it for our debates. Why the secrecy?"

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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