According to TPP's leaked text on Intellectual Property, the U.S. is pushing for agressive measures that would further endanger access to affordable medicines against cancer, heart disease and HIV/AIDS, among others.

This is a study of the Public Citizen under the Golbal Access to Medicine Program. It provides a comparison of the Patent Linkage Provisions in U.S. FTAs and U.S. Proposal to the TPP.

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal by Mitsuru Obe suggests that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will announce a decision to participate in the TPP after a cabinet reshuffle (scheduled for early October).

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a sweeping, plurilateral free-trade agreement spanning the Pacific Rim.

LEESBURG, Va. -- With 1,350 employees in its five U.S. factories, New Balance is proud that it still produces 7 million pairs of shoes each year at its plants in Maine and Massachusetts, the last major athletic footwear company that still has manufacturing jobs in the United States.

In the frame work of VCCI advocacy program on the Trans-pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations, basing on the VCCI Recommendation on the TPP Intellectual Properties (IP) Chapter, VCCI has sent a Letter to the US Trade Representative about recommendations of Vietnam business community and other concerned groups on IP issue in TPP negotiations.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hanoi, August 31, 2012

A REVIEW of the possible benefits of joining the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) will be accelerated by the Philippines now that negotiations for Mexico and Canada’s entry have picked up.Exporters are also urging the Aquino administration to hasten the country’s TPP bid, saying competitors who become members could move into the prime US export market.

You don't have to blame mainstream media or be outright paranoid to think there must be a news blackout about the newest scheme by corporations trying to grease another way to move jobs overseas and move money around the world.

Joint Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Australian Greens, Green Party of Canada) As the Green parliamentary political parties of three nations whose governments are currently in the process.

Implementing the Decision 06/2012/QĐ-TTG of the Prime Minister on Consulting the business community about international trade negotiations, following other Recommendations on TPP specific issues, the WTO Center of VCCI has studied and made a Recommendation on negotiating IP Chapter in TPP.