Lots of TPP News: Salt Lake City "19th round" Edition

[cali]

it's good to know that there are major divisions going into this 19th and supposedly final round of negotiations: The negotiations begin today and go through Sunday.

Leak shows major divisions in Asia-Pacific trade talks

The United States is demanding provisions under a proposed Asia-Pacific trade deal that would force Ottawa to make dramatic changes to its copyright laws and Internet enforcement, and to revisit key provisions of the agreement it recently concluded with the European Union.

In 12-country talks toward a Trans Pacific Partnership deal, the U.S. has proposed far-reaching changes to the way countries enforce patent, trademarks, copyright and even Internet usage, according to a draft chapter released last week by Wikileaks editor Julian Assange that shows various countries’ positions.

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“The prospects for a deal at least in a short term are not very good,” Mr. Geist said Sunday. “Canada finds itself opposing the United States on many provisions in this chapter and the U.S. often finds itself pretty isolated.”

Negotiators are due to meet this week in Salt Lake City for what has been billed as a major push toward concluding a deal, and ministers will convene in Singapore next month. The TPP agreement would cover 12 nations including Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Chile, Peru, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei and Japan.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/leak-shows-major-divisions-in-asia-pacific-trade-talks/article15480890/

Law Professors Call for Public Process for Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Intellectual Property Chapter

n the midst of the controversy surrounding the release of a Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiating text on intellectual property by Wikileaks yesterday, over 80 law professors of intellectual property law and related disciplines have written to President Obama, Members of Congress and the United States Trade Representative calling for the creation of a public process to vet the TPP’S intellectual property proposals.

The letter specifically notes that “even in light of yesterday’s release by WikiLeaks,” public debate on the agreement’s proposals “beyond speculation would be impossible since there has not been any official release of text.”

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http://infojustice.org/archives/31217

More recent articles:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/11/18/tpp_wikileaks_white_house_claims_to_support_cellphone_unlocking_but_treaty.html

How Secret Global Trade Talks Can Destroy the Internet - See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/11/18/How-Secret-Global-Trade-Talks-Can-Destroy-Internet#sthash.Y5ovQLyD.dpuf

And finally, a huge thank you and good luck to all those protesting against the TPP this week in SLC.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57147356-78/trade-talks-agreement-lake.html.csp

[cali]

1. kick for the protestors

[mtasselin]

2. Great

This whole TPP thing needs to be stopped entirely not just this part or that part part entirely. Nothing good is going to come from this trade agreement except for corporations. America does not need anymore trade agreements at all, we have lost way to many jobs.

[Berlum]

3. The Salt Lake City Corpor-O-Caper.

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[Pakid]

4. Hang tough those of you in SLC

We need to bury this pile of corporate crap once and for all