Title: TransPacific Parnership Released Online Post by: freedomno1 on November 06, 2015, 02:28:03 AM This is the trade deal of trade deals so it time to talk about it, now that the full documents are released and what you think it will do for the world economy before it gets ratified in this form.
FULL Text of TPP is around 6000 Pages: http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Treaties-and-International-Law/01-Treaties-for-which-NZ-is-Depositary/0-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-Text.php Interesting Sections in my Opinion: Sections 11, 14 and 18 as they relate to Internet Privacy and Commerce. Canada http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/tpp-ptp/index.aspx?lang=eng http://www.torontosun.com/2015/11/05/full-text-of-tpp-agreement-released-online EFF Highlights against Privacy: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/release-full-tpp-text-after-five-years-secrecy-confirms-threats-users-rights http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/05/tpp-vs-privacy/ The most shocking revelation from today’s release is how the TPP's Investment chapter defines "intellectual property" as an asset that can be subject to the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) process. What this means is that companies could sue any of the TPP nations for introducing rules that they allege harm their right to exploit their copyright interests—such as new rights to use copyrighted works for some public interest purpose. Now that we finally have the final text of this agreement, we'll be digging deeper into the implications of this sprawling agreement in the days and weeks to come. However, if there's one thing we can take away from this, it's that the TPP's secretive, lobbyist-controlled policymaking process has led to a deal that upholds corporate rights and interests at the direct expense of all of our digital rights. Feel Free to add your own articles and speculation on these trade deals. |