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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.

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(March 2020)

Chile Mejor sin TPP: Interpelación a poder judicial
Kaos en la Red | 19-Dec-2016
"Nos dirigimos a Uds. como Plataforma Chile Mejor sin TPP porque nos parece indispensable que el poder judicial de nuestro país informe a la sociedad civil sobre su posición respecto del Acuerdo Transpacífico TPP suscrito por la Presidenta Bachelet, cuyo envío al Congreso ha sido diferido a la espera de que se conozca la posición oficial de Estados Unidos y su nuevo Presidente."
Chile , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Accords commerciaux : rien à regretter !
La Tribune | 15-Dec-2016
Les accords commerciaux entre pays ont du plomb dans l’aile, à l’exemple de l’accord transatlantique Europe-Etats-Unis (Tafta/TTIP). Mais faut-il vraiment le regretter?
CPTPP , health , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Don’t cry over dead trade agreements
Live Mint | 14-Dec-2016
If we can manage our own economies well, new trade pacts will become largely redundant.
CPTPP , health , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Scrapping TPP won’t make a lick of difference
ABC | 6-Dec-2016
The problem with free trade deals is they rarely are about trade. In fact, trade usually is a side issue. And the TPP was a classic case in point.
Australia , CPTPP , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS
To safeguard the Paris agreement, trade deals must align with climate policy
Alternet | 16-Nov-2016
Our trade agreements—current and proposed—don’t send the right signals for the U.S. and other countries to meet their Paris commitments.
climate , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP , US
Libre-échange: haro sur les tribunaux de l’ombre
L’actualité | 8-Nov-2016
Le règlement de différends qui opposent des États et des entreprises étrangères devrait se faire devant les tribunaux et non devant des arbitres qui officient derrière des portes closes, affirme le professeur de droit Gus Van Harten.
Canada , CPTPP , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
El Salvador lessons for the TPP fight
Inequality | 28-Oct-2016
In a tale of people power over corporate power, a tribunal has ruled against a global company in a case over mining rights. Now we need to block trade deals that allow these “investor-state” lawsuits.
Canada , CPTPP , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Peruvians urge Himes to oppose TPP
Stamford Advocate | 27-Oct-2016
"Our experience in Peru demonstrates how the TPP model prioritizes trade and investment above the protection of the environment, ecosystems, and life itself."
CPTPP , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru , US
Trans-Pacific Partnership makes Australia vulnerable to court challenges, report claims
The Guardian | 25-Oct-2016
Threat of action from multinationals one of the ‘enormous risks’ Australia faces if trade deal is ratified, GetUp says
Australia , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Free trade’s chilling effects
Taylor & Francis | 17-Oct-2016
The TPP threatens to extend the most draconian feature of the contemporary free trade model: private corporation’s ability to sue sovereign nations.
CAFTA , Central America , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US