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World Leaders React to Trade Agreement
The United States trade representative, Michael Froman, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
By REUTERS on October 5, 2015. Watch in Times Video »
ATLANTA — The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday reached final agreement on the largest regional trade accord in history, teeing up what could be the toughest fight President Obama will face in his final year in office: securing approval from Congress.
The conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, after years of negotiations and a series of sleepless nights here, was merely “an important first step,” conceded Michael B. Froman, the United States trade representative, as he and other weary officials announced their accord.
Now the deal faces months of scrutiny in
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/business/trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-is-reached.html?_r=0
TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter - 5 October 2015
Today, 9 October, 2015 WikiLeaks releases the final negotiated text for the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP encompasses 12 nations representing more than 40 per cent of global GDP. Despite a final agreement, the text is still being withheld from the public, notably until after the Canadian election on October 19.
The document is dated four days ago, October 5th, or last Monday, the same day it was announced in Atlanta, Georgia that the 12 member states to the treaty had reached an accord after five and a half years of negotiations.
The IP Chapter of the TPP has perhaps been the most controversial chapter due to its wide-ranging effects on internet services, medicines, publishers, civil liberties and biological patents. “If TPP is ratified, people in the Pacific-Rim countries would have to live by the rules in this leaked text,” said Peter Maybarduk, Public Citizen’s Global Access to Medicines Program Director. “The new monopoly rights for big pharmaceutical firms would compromise access to medicines in TPP countries. The TPP would cost lives.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-reaches-trade-deal-with-11-pacific-nations-1444046867
https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/
Top Five Georgia exports
1) Aircraft, aircraft components
2) Automobiles
3) Wood pulp and forest products
4) Poultry products
5) Turbo jets, gas turbines and related parts
U.S. Census Bureau 2014 data
Top Georgia Export destinations
1) Canada*
2) China
3) Mexico*
4) United Kingdom
5) Singapore*
6) Brazil
7) Japan*
8) Germany
9) South Korea
10) Australia*
*Trans-Pacific Partnership nations
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2014 data
THE TREATY OF ATLANTA
Trans-Pacific Partnership talks started more than five years ago and took place periodically in several nations and other U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Atlanta was asked to be the next host, following a round in Hawaii last summer that many expected to produce a deal but did not. Discussions opened on Wednesday Sept. 30 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza downtown and were extended through the weekend before the deal was announced Monday at the nearby Ritz-Carlton.
Top Georgia Export destinations
1) Canada*
2) China
3) Mexico*
4) United Kingdom
5) Singapore*
6) Brazil
7) Japan*
8) Germany
9) South Korea
10) Australia*
*Trans-Pacific Partnership nations
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2014 data
THE TREATY OF ATLANTA
Trans-Pacific Partnership talks started more than five years ago and took place periodically in several nations and other U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Atlanta was asked to be the next host, following a round in Hawaii last summer that many expected to produce a deal but did not. Discussions opened on Wednesday Sept. 30 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza downtown and were extended through the weekend before the deal was announced Monday at the nearby Ritz-Carlton.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/work/695576/us-led-trade-agreement-tpp-could-hurt-thailand-auto-industry
Japan wants to continue getting auto parts from Thailand, but TPP was forcing Japan to shift to TPP countries such as Canada and Mexico. Lucky for Thailand, negotiations failed.
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
US-led trade agreement: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
16/09/2015
Adapted from article by Dominique Lam, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
Adapted from article by Dominique Lam, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
RECENT FAILURE TO FINALIZE AGREEMENT
ความตกลงการค้า TPP กระทบผู้ใช้เน็ต ความเป็นส่วนตัว และการเข้าถึงความรู้
2015.10.13 15:48
“ความตกลงหุ้นส่วนยุทธศาสตร์เศรษฐกิจเอเชีย-แปซิฟิก” (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership – TPP) ในส่วนที่เกี่ยวข้องกับลิขสิทธิ์ จะมีผลกระทบต่ออินเทอร์เน็ต การเข้าถึงความรู้ และความเป็นส่วนตัวอย่างไร มาฟังกัน
เช้าวันนี้ (13 ต.ค.58) มีการจัดแถลงข่าวเกี่ยวกับความตกลงหุ้นส่วนยุทธศาสตร์เศรษฐกิจเอเชีย-แปซิฟิก (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership – TPP) หรือทีพีพี ในชื่องานว่า “ประเทศไทยควรเข้าเป็นสมาชิก ‘ทีพีพี’ หรือไม่?” จัดโดยสถาบันส่งเสริมสุขภาพไทย มูลนิธิสาธารณสุขแห่งชาติและภาคีเครือข่าย ณ โรงแรมเดอะสุโกศล กรุงเทพฯ
https://thainetizen.org/2015/10/trans-pacific-strategic-economic-partnership-and-copyright/
http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/work/718576/us-led-tpp-trade-agreement-thai-auto-industry
http://www.myajc.com/news/business/hope-concern-in-georgia-over-pacific-trade-deal/nnyCR/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-reaches-trade-deal-with-11-pacific-nations-1444046867
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/tppa-wont-be-tabled-in-dewan-rakyat-at-next-sitting-says-minister
nternational Trade and Industries Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed says those in Parliament should understand the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement before voting for it. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, October 16, 2015. The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will only be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat after the next sitting, International Trade and Industries Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said.
He said when the Dewan Rakyat reconvenes next week, it will be looking at other bills and the 2016 Budget, which will be tabled next Friday and debated thereafter.
"So at this time, in my opinion, the TPPA agreement will only be presented after the next sitting," he told reporters after a dialogue session, #tanyagomen on the agreement in Kuala Lumpur today.
- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/tppa-wont-be-tabled-in-dewan-rakyat-at-next-sitting-says-minister#sthash.KyNHyJZo.dpufhttp://fortune.com/tag/trans-pacific-partnership/
http://for.tn/1jQA9ZB
Trans-Pacific Partnership Ministers’ Statement
We, the trade ministers of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, are pleased to announce that we have successfully concluded the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After more than five years of intensive negotiations, we have come to an agreement that will support jobs, drive sustainable growth, foster inclusive development, and promote innovation across the Asia-Pacific region. Most importantly, the agreement achieves the goal we set forth of an ambitious, comprehensive, high standard and balanced agreement that will benefit our nation’s citizens.
TPP brings higher standards to nearly 40 percent of the global economy. In addition to liberalizing trade and investment between us, the agreement addresses the challenges our stakeholders face in the 21st century, while taking into account the diversity of our levels of development. We expect this historic agreement to promote economic growth, support higher-paying jobs; enhance innovation, productivity and competitiveness; raise living standards; reduce poverty in our countries; and to promote transparency, good governance, and strong labor and environmental protections.
To formalize the outcomes of the agreement, negotiators will continue technical work to prepare a complete text for public release, including the legal review, translation, and drafting and verification of the text. We look forward to engaging with stakeholders on the specific features of this agreement and undergoing the domestic processes to put the agreement in place.
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