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Big Pharma battle threatens to derail Pacific trade pact
A US-led Pacific free trade pact faces further delays as a row between Big Pharma and activists supporting access to generic drugs erupts ahead of an October deadline, officials say. Negotiators from the United States and 10 other countries are holding closed-door talks in Singapore from March 4-13 on the…
U.S. trade proposal would let corporations overrule laws
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a forthcoming U.S. trade agreement that looks to solidify a seamless regional economy in the Pacific-rim, would give multinational corporations the power to challenge and even avoid compliance with laws in member countries — including the U.S. — provided a super-national corporate tribunal agrees with their…
U.S. Trade Rep. given ‘Corporate Power Tool’ award for secret treaty talks
The 12th round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were interrupted in Dallas this weekend by protesters who commandeered a microphone and attempted to present the U.S. Trade Representative with a “Corporate Power Tool” award. The TPP, a wide-ranging economic treaty that looks to solidify a Pacific-rim regional economy…
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