Trans-Pacific Partnership

More tobacco, less health care as Trans-Pacific Partnership secrecy tightens

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 06/09/2013 - 9:31am

The secret Trans-Pacific Partnership is about to become even more secret, perhaps seen as a necessity in light of plans to make it easier for tobacco companies to sue while making health care more difficult to obtain.

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Global/International
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Free Trade
Trans-Pacific Partnership

Hints of official Trans-Pacific Partnership resistance

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 30/05/2013 - 9:23am

A shroud of secrecy, by design, continues to envelop the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. The latest statements from participating governments as usual offer nothing of substance, but that rebellion might be afoot is intimated in an article by Chile’s former chief TPP negotiator, who recently resigned his posts.

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Global/International
Keywords: 
globalisation
Trans-Pacific Partnership