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Today’s release of the TPP agreement confirms that its Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) chapter would expand the rights of private companies to challenge limitations and exceptions to copyrights, patents, and other intellectual property rights in unaccountable international arbitration forums. The text contains broader provisions than are being used by Eli Lilly to challenge Canada’s invalidation […]
[Reposted from michealgeist.ca, Link (CC-BY)] The New Zealand government posted the official Trans Pacific Partnership text today after years secret negotiations and occasional leaks of the text. It is an enormous deal with dozens of side letters between countries – Canada alone has eight side letters on intellectual property with seven TPP countries – that […]
USTR has pointed to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) development chapter, the first such chapter in any U.S. trade agreement, as evidence that the TPP is an advancement over previous ones. Last night’s release of the official TPP text provides the first opportunity to read the development chapter text (which I believe had not been […]
The government of New Zealand has posted the complete text of the Trans Pacific Partnership, along with the acknowledgement that “the text will continue to undergo legal review and will be translated into French and Spanish language versions prior to signature.” Here it is! Full text of the TPP. Author Mike Palmedo Mike Palmedo is […]
[Pedro Roffe, Xavier Seuba, Mariano Genovesi, ICTSD, Link] El 5 de octubre de 2015 se oficializó el cierre exitoso de las negociaciones sobre el Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico (TPP, por sus siglas en inglés) iniciadas en el 2010[1] y que al final de su largo recorrido incluye a 12 países, entre ellos tres latinoamericanos: Chile, […]
[Reilly Yeo, Open Media, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] Who should make the policies that will determine the future of the Internet? A select list of corporate lobbyists and unelected government officials, meeting without public oversight or involvement? Or — Internet users and digital policy experts, using digital tools and thoughtful processes, combined with review and sign-off by […]
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