Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWe are reminded of Hillary's Support as TPP's 12 Nation Negotiations Wrap Up in Atlanta...
Pacific Rim nations close in on a landmark trade deal
Source: Reuters
Fri Oct 2, 2015 10:41pm EDT
Pacific trade ministers are optimistic of closing a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal after progress on Friday on hurdles involving autos, dairy products and intellectual property protections for expensive biologic drugs.
Ministers represented in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks in Atlanta met for 20 minutes before breaking for negotiators to resume work on specific issues, work that Japan's Economy Minister Akira Amari said on Friday would likely go on all night.
The United States and Australia are locked in intense negotiations over the length of time pharmaceutical companies have exclusive rights to produce and market next-generation medicines.
Australia is one of a group of half a dozen countries resisting a U.S. push to set a standard of eight years protection and see five years as a red line
"Negotiators hope to wrap up Trans-Pacific Partnership talks by Saturday when a joint news conference by all 12 ministers has been scheduled."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/03/us-trade-tpp-japan-idUSKCN0RX00L20151003
-------------------------
Hillary Clinton promotes the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Singapore in November of 2012.
A few days before that, she was in Australia, where she described the TPP as the Gold Standard of trade agreements:
http://www.state.gov/secretary/200920...
Visit our page at http://facebook.com/socasusa
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
3 replies, 683 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (12)
ReplyReply to this post
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
We are reminded of Hillary's Support as TPP's 12 Nation Negotiations Wrap Up in Atlanta... (Original Post)
KoKo
Oct 2015
OP
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)1. Quick! Turn the Evolution Machine up to "Maybe".
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)2. And this is why her recent announcement against KXL is MEANINGLESS!!!
Because TPP's ISDS courts makes our government meaningless in trying to avoid debt or legislating for the corporate owners of our society. And her support for TPP is what should be underlined as to why she REALLY wants to help companies like Transcanada instead of standing against them, which she tries to present the illusion later of standing on.
olddots
(10,237 posts)3. to me the TPP is like Hillary
the more I learn about them the more I don't like .