How the TPP would impact you and everything else
Although it is called a "free trade" agreement, the TPP is not really mainly about trade.
http://www.exposethetpp.org/TPPImpactsYou.html
Sunday, 16 November 2014
TPP : a direct threat to democracy
Monster trade deals like the TPP represent a direct threat to democracy
It would be a disaster were the TPP to pass and go into effect, for multiple reasons: it deregulates financial speculation; it eviscerates the ability of nations to enforce environmental regulations; it locks in a deeply unequal trade and intellectual property-rights regime, granting a handful of the world’s largest corporations monopoly protection; and it encourages the privatization of public services and public property.
Worst of all, it, it globalizes the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement, or ISDS, which allows corporations and investors to “sue governments directly before tribunals of three private sector lawyers operating under World Bank and UN rules to demand taxpayer compensation for any domestic law that investors believe will diminish their ‘expected future profits.’”
It would be a disaster were the TPP to pass and go into effect, for multiple reasons: it deregulates financial speculation; it eviscerates the ability of nations to enforce environmental regulations; it locks in a deeply unequal trade and intellectual property-rights regime, granting a handful of the world’s largest corporations monopoly protection; and it encourages the privatization of public services and public property.
Worst of all, it, it globalizes the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement, or ISDS, which allows corporations and investors to “sue governments directly before tribunals of three private sector lawyers operating under World Bank and UN rules to demand taxpayer compensation for any domestic law that investors believe will diminish their ‘expected future profits.’”
TPP - healthcare costs
See step-by-step how TPP would inflate your healthcare costs, reduce access to medicines
http://www.citizen.org/tpp-ip-wikileaks
Why health professionals need to know what's in our free trade agreements TPP
Critics challenge US plans for the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could block access to much-needed medicine for the world's poorest people, opponents say.
Why health professionals need to know what's in our free trade agreements TPP
Critics challenge US plans for the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could block access to much-needed medicine for the world's poorest people, opponents say.
Saturday, 15 March 2014
WikiLeaks releases new documents exposing secret Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
In November, WikiLeaks published a rare draft of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty — revealing the United States' covert international push for stronger intellectual property rights. Now, nearly a month after the first documents were published, the group is back on the case, publishing a new raft of documents from the TPP negotiations currently taking place in Singapore. The revelations are mostly the same, with the United States leading the charge for SOPA-like penalties on file-sharing and stringent patent reforms, but the new documents suggest that the public outcry against these proposals has had little effect on the negotiations.
The leaks come at a particularly inconvenient time for negotiators, as they enter into their fourth day of talks in Singapore amid growing criticism. The talks are premised on secrecy, allowing countries to push for particular proposals without having to justify their positions publicly, but the continued pressure from WikiLeaks has brought unintended attention to the proceedings. These latest documents highlight the United States' role in the process, as it attempts to force the smaller nations to adopt more stringent rules. "The US is exerting great pressure to close as many issues as possible this week," says a state-of-play summary included in the leaks. "This pressure will increase with every passing day."
Report: U.S. Faces Opposition on Pro-Corporate Agenda in TPP Talks
As the World Trade Organization meets in Indonesia, negotiators and lobbyists from the United States and 11 other countries are also in Singapore for secretive talks on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP would establish a free trade zone stretching from Vietnam to Chile to Japan, encompassing nearly 40 percent of the global economy. The Huffington Post reports the United States has received almost no support for a series of proposals that would grant "radical new powers to corporations." Internal memos from an unnamed government involved in the talks show the Obama administration has tried to push through guarantees for corporations to sue governments for lost profits in a private court. The administration has also called for new intellectual property regulations that would give pharmaceutical giants long-term monopolies over medications, freezing out cheaper generic alternatives. Another U.S. proposal facing resistance would limit governments from negotiating lower prices with pharmaceutical companies. On bank regulation, the United States has faced opposition for seeking restrict "banking controls," a series of measures that can help a government respond to financial crises. Activists observing the talks, meanwhile, say the United States has been trying to push through an agreement by January 1, hosting secretive invite-only sessions with key delegates.
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