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...
South American consumer groups say proposals at TPP negotiations in Peru would weaken protections for consumers on food, privacy and labor standards
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http://www.santiagotimes.cl/world/chile-abroad/26233-consumer-rights-gro...
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.
It has called on TPP negotiators to reject copyright proposals which would restrict internet use by requiring [the] termination of Internet access for infringement of copyright or encourage service providers to police Internet use
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.
The next round of negotiations starts next week in Peru
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
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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...
A new video from Friends of the Earth, U.S highlights the threats to the environment and human rights posed by the secret negotiation of the TPP deal and in particular its draft investment chapter.
Kelly Nicholls from Medecins Sans Frontieres writes in The Australian that US proposals in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations for restrictive intellectual property rights on medicines would make the TPPA the most damaging trade agreement ever for access to essential medicines in developing countries. http://www.msfaccess.org/content/trans-pacific-partnership-threat-afford...
An article by Dr Deborah Gleeson of Latrobe University, published recently in the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, says the ability of governments world-wide to make sound public health policies and laws is increasingly threatened by trade and investment treaties.
