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TPP

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP or TPP for short) is a trade and investment agreement that was signed on 7 March 2018 between 11 Pacific Rim countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The pact went into force on 30 December 2018 among the members who have ratified it. The US withdrew from it in January 2017.

The investment chapter includes investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions. 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 can resort to a parallel system of justice specifically made for them to challenge public health, the environment and other public-interest ‘safeguards’, and bypass national justice courts.

(March 2020)

Alphachat podcast: Joe Stiglitz on minimum wage, monetary policy, TPP and more
FT Alphaville | 26-Aug-2015
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, discusses TPP.
agriculture | farmers | food, audio, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: copyright law, the creative industries, and Internet freedom
Medium | 26-Aug-2015
A number of chapters of the TPP will affect the creative artists, cultural industries and internet freedom — including intellectual property, investment, and electronic commerce.
culture, e-commerce | digital rights, intellectual property, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP
Brooklyn will suffer with the passage of TPP
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | 23-Aug-2015
TPP would stand above U.S. laws. That means a corporation could sue New York state if we pass a law they do not like.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP, US
GE issues – The Trans-Pacific Partnership and our political will
The Online Citizen | 20-Aug-2015
What TPP means for Singapore, politics and you.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, Singapore, TPP
TPP: Australia considers ’modified’ ISDS clause
Financial Review | 29-Jul-2015
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb says he won’t sign off on investor-state dispute settlement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership "until we’re satisfied that there’s a carve out for public policy on health and the environment,"
Australia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP
How global trade agreements undermine sustainable business: The American Sustainable Business Council perspective
Just Means | 15-Jul-2015
The American Sustainable Business Council explains that the point of greatest concern in TPP, TTIP and especially the TiSA agreement is the proposal to allow corporations to sue governments in an international tribunal.
corporate interests , corporate positions (texts of), investor-state disputes | ISDS, TiSA, TPP, TTIP
9 ways the TPP is bad for developing countries
Foreign Policy | 8-Jul-2015
Oone issue that has received comparatively little attention is how the Trans-Pacific Partnership is likely to impact the developing countries slated to join.
intellectual property, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, TPP
Editorial: New Zealand must tread carefully on Trans Pacific Partnership
The Dominion Post | 6-Jul-2015
New Zealand needs to be ready to walk away from the Trans Pacific Partnership, says The Domion Post, worried about the impact of its drug patenting rules and investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
intellectual property, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, New Zealand, TPP
AFTINET: Reply to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Myths and Realities document, June 2015
Scoop | 30-Jun-2015
The Australian government misrepresents the claims of critics and fails to address substantial criticisms of the Trans Pacific Partnership, says civil society network AFTINET.
actions | resistance, Australia, environment, food safety | SPS, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, TPP
Analysis: OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing ’trade’ under the TPP?
TeleSur | 25-Jun-2015
The Central American country of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million to Canadian-Australian mining multinational OceanaGold as the two face off in a World Bank investor-state tribunal with proven tendency to favor corporate interests over arguments for protecting national sovereignty, the environment, and human rights.
Canada, El Salvador, ICSID, investor-state disputes | ISDS, NAFTA, TPP, TTIP

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