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All posts tagged Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
The Post-TPP Future of Digital Trade in Asia
Favorite On March 8, trade representatives from eleven Pacific rim countries including Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Australia are expected to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The agreement has been slimmed down both in its content—22 items in the text have been suspended, including the…
Despite A Victory on IP, the TPP’s Resurgence Hasn’t Cured Its Ills
Favorite Update: The official Ministerial statement on the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), including the schedule of suspended provisions, was released on November 11. Ever since the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) back in January, the remaining eleven countries have been quietly attempting to bring a version of the agreement into force. Following some…
Will TPP-11 Nations Escape the Copyright Trap?
Favorite TPP-11 nations have the historic opportunity to rein in excessive copyright term extension Latest reports confirm that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being revived. The agreement had been shelved following the withdrawal of the U.S. from the negotiation process. Over the past year, countries eager to keep the pact alive have continued dialogue…
Will the TPP Live on in NAFTA and RCEP?
Favorite The collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was the worst defeat suffered by big content since we killed SOPA and PIPA five years ago. But our opponents are persistent, well-funded, and stealthy, and we can’t expect them to give up that easily. So, just as they have continued to push for SOPA-like Internet censorship…
Does Trump’s Withdrawal From TPP Signal a New Approach to Trade Agreements?
Favorite Today, President Trump signed an executive order fulfilling his campaign promise to withdraw the signature of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). Although EFF was a strong opponent of the TPP, President Trump’s reasons for withdrawal from the agreement are not EFF’s reasons for opposition to it. Whereas the President contended in…
Top 5 Threats to Transparency: 2016 in Review
Favorite As we approach the end of 2016, it’s disturbing to note the wide variety of ways in which government transparency has languished—even under an administration rhetorically committed to it. With the next administration poised to even further extend executive secrecy, it becomes ever more crucial for the courts and Congress to aggressively seek meaningful…
TPP: un post-mortem
Favorite La muerte del Tratado de Asociación Transpacífico (TPP) a la que EFF se refirió la semana pasada ha sido confirmada desde entonces por funcionarios de la Casa Blanca. Esto marca el final de una larga campaña contra el acuerdo secreto que EFF comenzó en 2012. No hay que equivocarse; aunque la causa inmediata de…
TPP: A Post-Mortem
Favorite The death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that EFF called last week has since been confirmed by White House officials. This marks the end of a long-running campaign against the secretive agreement that EFF began back in 2012. Make no mistake; although the proximate cause of the TPP’s demise was the U.S. Presidential election result,…
The Battle Against TPP Isn’t Over, But It Has Shifted
Favorite With President-elect Trump’s victory last night, the last hopes of the Obama administration passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the lame duck session of Congress have evaporated. The passage of the TPP through Congress was dependent upon support from members of the Republican majority, and there is no realistic prospect that they will now…