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Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, has written a piece on the TPP in the American Prospect. Regarding the lack of transparency, she warns: “The implications for the principle and practice of democratic governance are dire. Not only would a vast array of decisions affecting our daily lives be made in venues […]
The opposition to the “access window” medicines chapter is drawing increased press coverage. A recent article by Inside-U.S. Trade reports on the opposition, explaining that other TPP member countries “have refused to accept the U.S. access to medicines proposal or its underlying principle of a so-called ‘access window.’” The opposition to the “underlying principle” of the […]
The Maine House of Representatives unanimously resolved to demand that President Obama increase transparency and public participation in the increasingly controversial Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations. The resolution explains its concerns as arising from the shift of trade agreements away from “traditional trade matters, such as tariffs and quotas,” toward the new dominant focus on […]
Billboard Magazine has an excellent story about Eme Navarro, a musician who has asked his fans to upload illegal copies of his new song, “Nobody’s Death.” He then complains to the government under its newly enacted Sinde Law. Billboard calls it “a strategy meant to logjam enforcement of the law and to require that the […]
By Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang The HADOPI legislation is a significant and controversial measure with passionate supporters and passionate detractors. As co-authors of a study analyzing the impact of the HADOPI law on music sales, we have watched with concern as our finding have been interpreted in ways that are removed from […]
The next round of Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations on intellectual property issues are slated to be negotiated in an “intersessional” meeting April 9-13 in Santiago, Chile, several sources in Chile have confirmed. The Santiago round will be focused on the highly contentious issues contained in the U.S. proposal for ACTA-plus intellectual property enforcement measures for […]
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