A previous post showed a video about the secret negotiated draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter, released by Wikileaks on 13 November 2013. The full text can be read at the Wikileaks website here; the text in PDF can be downloaded at the link provided below.
Image source: Wikileaks
From Wikileaks:
Today, 13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s GDP. The WikiLeaks release of the text comes ahead of the decisive TPP Chief Negotiators summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013. The chapter published by WikiLeaks is perhaps the most controversial chapter of the TPP due to its wide-ranging effects on medicines, publishers, internet services, civil liberties and biological patents. Significantly, the released text includes the negotiation positions and disagreements between all 12 prospective member states.
The TPP is the forerunner to the equally secret US-EU pact TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), for which President Obama initiated US-EU negotiations in January 2013. Together, the TPP and TTIP will cover more than 60 per cent of global GDP.
Video: WikiLeaks speaks out against Trans-Pacific Partnership secrecy
More articles:
1. Trade Agreements Part I: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Economic Enslavement
2. Trade Agreements Part II: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Betrayal
2. Trade Agreements Part II: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Betrayal
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