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TPP Senate Inquiry welcomed by community groups
Friday, 16 September 2016, 11:03 am | AFTINET
September 16, 2016 TPP Senate Inquiry welcomed by community groups A Senate inquiry has been called into the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, in response to a letter sent to parliamentarians from 60 community organisations representing over 2 million ... More >>
US pressures Australia for stronger TPP biologics monopolies
Friday, 9 September 2016, 1:01 pm | AFTINET
“We are alarmed by reports that US Senate Finance Committee Orrin Hatch says the US administration has “made progress” in talks with Australia and other TPP countries to find a way to increase data protection for costly lifesaving biologic drugs from ... More >>
Asia Pacific civil society groups condemn investor rights
Thursday, 4 August 2016, 10:43 am | AFTINET
Asia Pacific civil society groups condemn investor rights to sue governments in RCEP as Trade Ministers meet More >>
Fair Trade Network election scorecard
Monday, 20 June 2016, 11:07 am | AFTINET
The Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network of 60 community organisations has analysed policy documents, public statements and past records to compare the trade policies of the major parties on key issues, summarised below. More >>
US seeks more in TPP on medicine monopolies at APEC meeting
Tuesday, 17 May 2016, 11:09 am | AFTINET
“The US government is making a desperate attempt to placate domestic US corporate and Republican opposition to the TPP implementing legislation by demanding stronger monopolies for pharmaceutical companies and other concessions at a meeting of TPP ... More >>
Stop rush to finish India and Pacific Island trade deals
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 11:47 am | AFTINET
“Trade Envoy Andrew Robb’s stated intention to complete secret negotiations on the India FTA in the next six weeks could violate the Caretaker Conventionwhich states that governments should not finalise trade deals in the election period, which is ... More >>
TPP: Record numbers of submissions to inquiry
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 10:26 am | AFTINET
TPP: Record numbers of submissions to inquiry show opposition to more rights for global corporations “The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific trade deal received a record number of 175 substantial submissions, ... More >>
Trade Minister Robb shoots the messenger
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 11:30 am | AFTINET
Trade Minister Robb today rejected calls from 59 community organisations representing over two million Australians for an independent assessment by the Productivity Commission on ABC national radio this morning. He claimed that the broad alliance of public ... More >>
ALP, Greens and independents co-host TPP forum
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 1:19 pm | AFTINET
Fifty-nine community organisations representing more than two million Australians from all walks of life have endorsed a letter to parliamentarians asking for an independent review of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its impact on Australians before Parliament ... More >>
Tans-Pacific trade deal a hard sell for PM Turnbull
Monday, 18 January 2016, 4:16 pm | AFTINET
“Prime Minister Turnbull faces an uphill battle convincing members of the U.S. Congress to support legislation for the TPP, given recent studies which show negligible or negative impacts from the TPP on the Australian and US economies, and threats ... More >>
TPP text demonstrates corporate rights over citizens
Friday, 6 November 2015, 8:11 am | AFTINET
“Preliminary analysis of the thousands of pages of the main chapters of the TPP text show that community campaigns pressured governments to resist some of the most extreme corporate proposals in previous leaked drafts. But there are still devils ... More >>
China FTA inquiry reports show divisions
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 10:24 am | AFTINET
China FTA Inquiry reports show divisions between Coalition, ALP and Greens on labour rights, investor rights to sue governments More >>
TPP leak shows devil in the detail
Sunday, 11 October 2015, 9:54 am | AFTINET
“The final version of the intellectual property chapter the TPP was leaked today on WikiLeaks with several technical analyses” said Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network. “The deal was announced on ... More >>
Secret TPP deal lacks detail on medicines
Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 7:34 am | AFTINET
“The announcement of a secret ‘in principle’ TPP deal without publication of the text may hide shameful trade-offs on issues like medicines and corporate rights to sue governments. These should be decided though open democratic parliamentary ... More >>
TPP talks: Robb should reject “death sentence” deal
Monday, 5 October 2015, 9:36 am | AFTINET
“The TPP negotiations in Atlanta, Georgia have been extended for a day in a desperate attempt to reach a deal. The US has delayed its offers on market access for sugar and dairy products until the last minute, and is now pressuring Australia to agree ... More >>
TPP talks: Robb should reject “death sentence” deal
Monday, 5 October 2015, 9:15 am | AFTINET
“The TPP negotiations in Atlanta, Georgia have been extended for a day in a desperate attempt to reach a deal. The US has delayed its offers on market access for sugar and dairy products until the last minute, and is now pressuring Australia to agree ... More >>
TPP talks delayed again
Monday, 5 October 2015, 9:00 am | AFTINET
“The extension of secret TPP talks into Sunday October 4 shows the US desperation to force a deal, despite fundamental differences remaining over medicines and access to US sugar and dairy markets,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian ... More >>
TPP: Robb should reject new sneaky tricks to extend medicine
Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 2:37 pm | AFTINET
“As TPP trade ministers meet in Atlanta Georgia tomorrow, a proposal based on Japanese practice could provide a secret administrative means for extending monopolies on expensive biologic medicines used to treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases,” ... More >>
Minister should resist tradeoffs
Monday, 3 August 2015, 11:56 am | AFTINET
Trade Minister Robb should resist tradeoffs on medicines and investor rights to sue governments at August TPP meeting More >>
Failed Trans-Pacific (TPP) talks show folly of trading
Saturday, 1 August 2015, 5:01 pm | AFTINET
“The failure of TPP Ministers to reach agreement in what was supposed to be the final round of negotiations vindicates the deep concerns of community groups that the TPP is secretly trading away issues like access to affordable medicines and governments’ ... More >>
