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TPP claims debunked by senior UN economist
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 1:24 pm | AFTINET
“A new economic study has completely undermined previous claims that the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement without access to the giant US market would still result in significant economic gains for the remaining 11 countries,” AFTINET Convener Dr ... More >>
TPP 11 Sydney meeting vindicates community concerns
Friday, 1 September 2017, 2:43 pm | AFTINET
“Australian trade Minister Steve Ciobo’s call for minimal changes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership text appears to have been rejected by the other TPP 11 negotiators who met in Sydney this week. Instead the 11 governments* have agreed to suspend controversial ... More >>
Fair trade group slams attempt to revive TPP without US
Friday, 18 August 2017, 12:19 pm | AFTINET
Trade negotiators from 11 of the original 12 TPP countries are meeting in a secret location in Sydney from August 20 for their fourth set of talks to see if the TPP can be revived without the US. They aim to complete talks by November this year. ... More >>
Trade Agreement Allows Queensland Procurement Policy
Monday, 14 August 2017, 12:29 pm | AFTINET
“Trade Minister Ciobo is wrong to suggest that the Queensland government procurement policy to give preference to small local suppliers contradicts Australia’s current trade agreements. All of these agreements have exceptions which allow some preference ... More >>
No legislation before WTO procurement negotiations finished
Monday, 7 August 2017, 3:13 pm | AFTINET
“The Australian Fair Trade network of community groups condemns the attempt by the Coalition government to rush through implementing legislation for the WTO Government Procurement Agreement before the negotiations are even finished. This is like signing ... More >>
Cold reception to RCEP as People’s Resistance consolidates
Monday, 24 July 2017, 10:18 am | AFTINET
“The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network strongly supports the community mobilisation taking place in India on July 24 to challenge TPP-like corporate proposals in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,” said AFTINET Convenor Dr Patricia ... More >>
Govt should release Philip Morris plain packaging case costs
Monday, 10 July 2017, 4:02 pm | AFTINET
Government should release Philip Morris plain packaging case costs says Fair Trade group “We welcome the international tribunal decision that Philip Morris tobacco company should pay the costs of its failed case against Australia’s 2011 plain ... More >>
Pacific trade deal weakened by Fiji, PNG, Vanuatu withdrawl
Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 11:44 am | AFTINET
“ Vanuatu’s decision to join Fiji and Papua New Guinea to boycott the signing tomorrow of the PACER-Plus trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and now only 11 Pacific island countries shows there are serious weaknesses in the agreement because ... More >>
TPP revival not in Australia’s interest, says AFTINET
Monday, 22 May 2017, 8:54 am | AFTINET
The revival of the TPP without the US proposed by trade ministers meeting in Hanoi would not be in Australia’s national interest, AFTINET Convener Patricia Ranald said today. More >>
International Health Community Rejects TPP Revival
Friday, 19 May 2017, 3:03 pm | AFTINET
Prominent public health, advocacy and professional organisations have called on trade ministers from eleven remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries not to attempt to resurrect the deal at their meeting in Hanoi tomorrow. More >>
Fair Traders welcome Shorten’s rejection of dead TPP
Friday, 12 May 2017, 12:01 pm | AFTINET
‘The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network welcomes Bill Shorten’s confirmation last night in his budget reply speech that labour won’t back Coalition Government efforts to revive the TPP without the United States, “AFTINET Convener Patricia ... More >>
PACER-Plus trade deal without PNG and Fiji a bad deal
Friday, 21 April 2017, 9:09 am | AFTINET
AFTINET Convener Dr Patricia Ranald said today that Australia should not proceed with the PACER-Plus trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and only 12 of the original 14 Pacific Island countries. The deal was finalised in Brisbane today, and ... More >>
China FTA review should ditch controversial clause
Friday, 24 March 2017, 9:20 pm | AFTINET
China FTA review should ditch controversial temporary worker clause, says AFTINET “The Australian and Chinese governments’ announcement of a review of the Investment Facilitation Memorandum of Understanding attached to the China-Australia free trade ... More >>
Leaders ignore calls for fairer trade deals
Thursday, 16 March 2017, 2:10 pm | AFTINET
Representatives from all TPP countries except the US missed an opportunity to strive for fairer trade deals when they praised the dead TPP in a statement following a meeting today in Viña del Mar, Chile. The meeting was held on the sidelines of a ... More >>
Don’t revive the dead TPP at Chile trade meeting
Monday, 13 March 2017, 10:40 am | AFTINET
Two hundred organisations from 15 countries have urged trade ministers meeting in Chile tomorrow not to use the failed TPP as a model for future agreements. The ministers from some of the 12 TPP countries plus China, Korea and Colombia are meeting on the ... More >>
Don’t revive dead TPP, say 200 organisations in 15 countries
Thursday, 9 March 2017, 11:48 am | AFTINET
Two hundred organisations from 15 countries have urged trade ministers meeting in Chile next week not to use the failed TPP as a model for future agreements. The ministers from some of the 12 TPP countries plus China, Korea and Columbia are meeting on the ... More >>
Fair trade group says no to TPP-like proposals
Monday, 27 February 2017, 11:05 am | AFTINET
The Australian Government should oppose attempts to replicate the TPP in the Asian-based Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as negotiations continue in Kobe, Japan this week, AFTINET Convener Dr Patricia Ranald said today. More >>
Call for Senate to vote down TPP as Aus Govt backs dead deal
Monday, 16 January 2017, 5:27 pm | AFTINET
Fair trade groups call for Senate to vote down TPP as government backs a dead agreement More >>
RCEP must not be another TPP, say civil society groups
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 11:59 am | AFTINET
The failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should not be used as a model for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)*, 316 civil society organisations from across the Asia Pacific have warned as the sixteenth round of negotiations begin ... More >>
RCEP: Public health condemn stronger medicine monopolies
Tuesday, 18 October 2016, 10:47 am | AFTINET
Public health and community groups condemn stronger medicine monopolies as RCEP mega trade deal talks continue this week. More >>
