"The Vietnamese Government is negotiating a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) free trade agreement in with the US, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam. We, the undersigned, declare our opposition to the TPPA as it puts the profits of multinational pharmaceutical companies ahead of the people’s right to health...."
A comparision between a Leaked U.S. TPPA Proposal and Vietnamese Law On Intellectual Property
According to leaked documents from the talks, U.S. negotiators are seeking to impose a set of restrictive intellectual property laws that would help American drug companies secure long-term monopolies overseas. The result? Higher prices for drugs. That's good for corporate profits, but disastrous for relief programs like PEPFAR that depend on cheaper generic medications to treat the global poor.
Just what the global trading system needs: another acronym. The TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership to give it its full title, is a proposed trade agreement between, to put it politely, a disparate collection of nations.
The statement of the administration continues its practice of actively thwarting the release of meaningful information about its positions in closed door international law making. The statement says little about what the administration’s actual trade policy on medicines issues is or what justifies it.
This is a presentation by the Third World Network on “Possible Development implications of the TPP” at Stakeholders’ Forum, held at the sidelines of the 7th Round of the TPP in Ho Chi Minh City.
This is a presentation by American Apparel & Footwear Association on “Achieving 21st Century Terms of Trade for Apparel and Footwear in the TPP” and "TPP Apparal Coalition" at Stakeholders’ Forum, held at the sidelines of the 7th Round of the TPP in Ho Chi Minh City.
This is a presentation by Australian Fair Trade an Investment Network on “The experience of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA): lessons for the TPP Agreement negotiations” at Stakeholders’ Forum, held at the sidelines of the 7th Round of the TPP in Ho Chi Minh City.
This is a presentation by the Information Technology Industry Council, the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Alliance for Network Security on “Trans-Pacific Partnership: ICT and Internet Growth through Open Trade in Products with Encryption” at Stakeholders’ Forum, held at the sidelines of the 7th Round of the TPP in Ho Chi Minh City.
This is a presentation by GE Energy on “Trans-Pacific Partnership: Environmental Goods and Services” at Stakeholders’ Forum, held at the sidelines of the 7th Round of the TPP in Ho Chi Minh City.
