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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was concluded in October 2015 between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
Indonesia and Taiwan declared their intention to join in. The treaty has yet to be ratified.

The investment chapter has revealed the deal includes investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Civil society groups have blasted the mechanism, as it gives a foreign investor or company disproportionate powers vis-à-vis governments or domestic companies. Foreign investors would be able to bypass national justice courts and resort to a parallel system of justice specifically made for them.

Public health, the environment and other public-interest ‘safeguards’ would be undermined under the ISDS provisions in the TPP.

(November 2015)

Free trade agreements not the great deal we’ve been sold
Sidney Morning Herald | 27-Jun-2016
Australian governments of late seem only to listen to the din of money as though that equates with national interest.
Australia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, sovereignty | democracy, TPP
TPP y Sistemas de Arbitraje Inversor-Estado: La soberanía de los pueblos retrocede ante las transnacionales
Mapuexpress | 18-Jun-2016
El Acuerdo Transpacífico o TPP representa un sofisticado instrumento jurídico orientado a maximizar los beneficios de empresas transnacionales que operen en los países adheridos a él.
Chile, corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS, sovereignty | democracy, TPP
Foreign investor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
CCPA | 15-Jun-2016
This study examines the special privileges, enforced through investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which would be given to foreign investors under the TPP.
Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP
Partenariat transpacifique: bombe sur la culture
Le Devoir | 7-Jun-2016
Les négociateurs canadiens ont donné de grands avantages aux multinationales du Web, ce qui risque d’avoir des conséquences fâcheuses sur notre production et de limiter la diversité culturelle.
Canada, culture, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP
Groups urge U.S. Congress to reject TPP over environmental concerns
Reuters | 6-Jun-2016
More than 450 groups on Monday called on Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if it comes up for a vote this fall, saying the trade deal would allow fossil fuel companies to contest U.S. environmental rules in extrajudicial tribunals.
environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP, TTIP, US
Emails show TPP ’collusion’ between big banks & Obama administration
Common Dreams | 30-May-2016
Emails obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman discussing TPP with Goldman Sachs lobbyists
finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP, US
New analysis shows ’frivolous’ corporate sovereignty suits increasingly used to deter regulation rather than win compensation
Tech Dirt | 1-Apr-2016
Why would investors continue to file these highly costly cases, if the expected success rate is so low?
investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP, TTIP
CETA announcement shows it’s possible to fix trade deals
Huffington Post | 4-Mar-2016
Corporations can still sue governments over public policy decisions they don’t like but the real lesson from the ISDS reforms, in fact, is that public opposition and political mobilization can change things.
Canada, EU, investor-state disputes | ISDS, reformed ISDS, TPP
The real danger in TPP
CNN | 22-Feb-2016
This threat to the law and to democratic processes has no place in a 21st century trade agreement and should be removed before these agreements can be seriously considered.
environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP
TPP may bankrupt Indonesia, activists say
The Jakarta Post | 16-Feb-2016
Indonesia could fall into bankruptcy if the biggest market in Southeast Asia join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would allow investors to sue the government.
Indonesia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP

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