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News ReleasesEFF Joins Dozens of Groups in Call for Transparency in Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks2014-12-11 Electronic Frontier Foundation The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined dozens of civil society groups from around the world in calling for the release of the secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- a massi... Sources Select ResourcesAll Rights Reserved: Now We Know the Final TTP is Everything We FearedMalcolm, Jeremy Article 2015 CounterPunch The release by Wikileaks of what is believed to be the current and essentially final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) confirms our worst fears a... Fighting the TPPMay, Elizabeth Article 2016 Canada has a choice and should decide to reject the TPP. We shouldn’t sign. In that, the new government would have a solid argument – the agreement was concluded in secret by the previous Conservativ... Let's Talk TPPArticle letstalktpp.ca/ By now, many of us have heard that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was negotiated in complete secrecy, with no opportunity for Canadians to engage with the process or to have their voices heard. T... The Lie MachineThe Media and the TTIP Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2014 Counterpunch I have come to the conclusion that the West is a vast lie machine for the secret agendas of vested interests. Consider, for example, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Transpa... Netizen Report: Rights at Risk Under Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Roberts Biddle, Ellery; Myers West, Sarah Article 2015 Global Voices Advocacy The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement may soon become reality after years of high-level trade deliberations that have been held almost entirely behind closed doors. OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP? Gies, Heahter Article 2015 TeleSUR The Central American country of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million to Canadian-Australian mining multinational OceanaGold as the two face off in a World Bank investor-state tribunal wit... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 8, 2015Elections Diemer, Ulli (editor); Richwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 connexions Elections are the topic of the week, with items related to the October 19 Canadian federal election, and also to broader issues of parliamentary democracy, voting and whether voting can bring about ch... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 7, 2015Corporate rights treaties Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions Our focus is on the corporate rights treaties that are misleadingly sold as trade agreements. In particular, the spotlight is on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated in secret, and now scheduled ... Release of the Full TPP Text After Five Years of Secrecy Confirms Threats to Users' RightsMalcolm, Jeremy; Sutton, Maira Article 2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation Trade offices involved in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement have finally released all 30 chapters of the trade deal today, a month after announcing the conclusion of the deal i... Scenes From a Wonderful Parade Against the TPPGrossman, Victor Article 2015 CounterPunch A quarter of a million people protested against the "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership", TTIP, and its equally spurned Canadian sister, CETA. Time for a national conversation on TPP's Investment ChapterSchneiderman, Dan Article 2015 National News Watch Now that the legal text of the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) has been released it is time for a national discussion to begin. The new Liberal government has announced that there will be a '... TPP a Gift to Plutocrats? Canada's Trade Minister Wrote the Book on ThemNuttall, Jeremy J. Article 2015 The Tyee Canada's new trade minister has sitting on her desk the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal some say will accelerate the gap between rich and poor by protecting corporations' interests over tho... TPP: Big Pharma's Big DealNelson, Joyce Article 2015 CounterPunch We still don't know all the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal tentatively agreed to on Oct. 5 by negotiators from 12 Pacific Rim countries, but already critics are slamming it ... TPP is "Worst Trade Agreement" for Medicine Access, Says Doctors Without BordersYakupitiyage,Tharanga Article 2015 Interpress News Service The TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] will…go down in history as the worst trade agreement for access to medicines in developing countries, said Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in... TPP Trade Pact Would Give Wall Street a Trump Card to Block RegulationsDayen, David Article 2015 The Intercept Banks and other financial institutions would be able to use provisions in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership to block new regulations that cut into their profits, according to the text of the trad... TPP Undermines User Control and That's Disastrous for AccessibilitySutton, Maira Article 2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens all users' ability to access information and participate in culture and innovation online, but it's especially severe for those with disabilities or who o... Trade agreements and the corporate war on democracyIntroduction to the November 7, 2015 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2015 Connexions The Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated in secret, and now scheduled to be rubber-stamped by national governments on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, is best understood as a major milestone in the long-... The Trans Pacific Partnership Will Not Help Struggling FarmersGoodman, Jim Article 2016 CounterPunch A recent Associated Press article claimed that Wisconsin dairy producers "see nothing but advantages" if the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) were passed during the final session of Congress. A more ac... Transpacific Partnership and MonsantoChicherio, Barbara Article 2013 The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has the potential to become the biggest regional Free Trade Agreement in history, both in economic size and the ability to quietly add more countries in addition to... TTIP: the Corporate Empowerment ActRoberts, Paul Craig Article 2015 CounterPunch The Transatlantic and Transpacific Trade and Investment Partnerships have nothing to do with free trade. "Free trade" is used as a disguise to hide the power these agreements give to corporations to u... Users Have Been Betrayed in the Final TPP Deal -- Help Us Tell Washington How You FeelMalcolm, Jeremy Article 2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation Trade negotiators from the U.S. and its 11 Pacific Rim partners announced their agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) today, concluding the final round of closed negotiations in A... What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)?Article 2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multinational agreement that, among other things, threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite inter... 'Worse Than We Thought': TPP A Total Corporate Power Grab NightmareArticle 2015 Common Dreams On issues ranging from climate change to food safety, from open Internet to access to medicines, the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) is a disaster. Sources BookshelfBeyond BankstersResisting the New Feudalism Nelson, Joyce Book 2016 Beyond Banksters explores how the powers of the Bank of Canada were appropriated in the 1970s, resulting in billions of dollars in public debt. From Milton Friedman to Justin Trudeau's Canada Infrastr... |
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