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Tag Archives: TPP
WTO rules against India solar PV(action called by USA)
…”In 2014, however, the United States launched a WTO(WorldTradeOrgnisation) case against India’s ambitious solar program. The United States claimed that the “buy-local” rules of the first phases of the program, which say that power companies must use solar components made in India … Continue reading
No gain, much pain, for Oz in TPP
TPP opens up trade between members but makes trade more difficult with non-members through a process known as “cumulative rules of origin” where members lose privileges if they source inputs from countries outside the TPP…The Productivity Commission has been strongly critical … Continue reading
Transcanada’s Keystone XL Suit illustrates problem with TPP, Free Trade fantasies
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secret trade agreement that will adversely affect the environment, worker’s rights, cost of medicines, internet freedoms, food safety, intellectual property rights and indigenous rights. Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) has long warned that … Continue reading
Reasons to be fearful 1,2,3 of TPP
“The TPP is not so much about trade as it is about deregulation and forcing governments to pay corporations and wealthy investors for the cost of complying with environmental and other public interest safeguards. The TPP contains all the worst elements of NAFTA plus … Continue reading
The scariest treaty you’ve never heard of
It’s curious that we continue to see top of the news headlines about Free Trade but no explanation that it’s about anything but trade. It’s about big corporations being empowered, even more, to strong arm governments into de-regulation of environmental, health … Continue reading
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