Taking the TPPA to the streets

Press Release – ItsOurFuture.org.nz From today until 12 December an enormous mobile billboard will be roaming the streets of Auckland to draw attention to the many issues raised by the Trans-Pacific Partnership for New Zealanders, in particular its implications for affordable medicines, environmental …

New Rule Shuts Out Civil Society from TPP Negotiation Venue

Press Release – Electronic Frontier Foundation Academics, experts, consumer groups, Internet freedom organizations, libraries, educational institutions, patients and access to medicines groups have flown a long way from around the world to Auckland, New Zealand, to engage with delegates in the 15th round …

Canada Weighs In – Peter Clark on the TPP

Article – Gordon Campbell For a fresh perspective on the TPP, here is a comprehensive paper on the regional trade talks published late last week by Canadian trade specialist and trade lawyer Peter Clark, of the multinational legal firm Gray, Clark, Shih and Associates. Clark …

Nethui 2012: Copyright Plenary With David Farrar

Article – Nethui Live Notes We don’t have to seek consensus, we don’t have to write the new © act, this is just about identifying issues that should be looked at in the review of the © Act so people at the appropriate time next year can take submissions and have that …