<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Greetings<br><br>Pirate Party Australia has been campaigning against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement since we first became aware of it. We attended the round of negotiations in Melbourne and gave a speech to the delegates. The info, including speech is in the link below:<br>
<br><a href="http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/TPPA">http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/TPPA</a><br><br></div>We also helped PP California so they could make a speech at the round in San Diego (I believe it was there).<br><br></div>
Here is our PR we did about the current round in Singapore:<br><br><a href="http://pirateparty.org.au/2013/03/07/pirate-party-highlights-continued-opacity-of-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement/">http://pirateparty.org.au/2013/03/07/pirate-party-highlights-continued-opacity-of-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement/</a><br>
<br></div>We also have a Freedom of Information request, trying to find out what Australia's negotiating positions are, but they are trying to not release the information.<br><br></div>Reports from the most recent round of negotiations state there is still serious opposition to the pharmaceutical patent proposals pushed for by the US. The original clauses on this were rejected completely and there is concern the US will try it on again which will cause the Treaty to fall over (we hope).<br>
<br><a href="http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/top-business-news/43153-pharma-battle-threatens-to-delay-pacific-trade-pact">http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/top-business-news/43153-pharma-battle-threatens-to-delay-pacific-trade-pact</a><br>
<br></div>Another possibility is the Treaty will fail because of what is called an Investor State Tribunal where foreign companies can sue countries for passing Laws that harm their profits. So for EG if a country wanted to pass environmental restrictions, companies who have to comply can sue for the costs of compliance. This is what caused the Multi-lateral Agreement on Investment to fail about 12 years ago.<br>
<br></div>Regards<br><br></div>Simon Frew<br></div>Pirate Party Australia<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 7:09 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eduardo@partidopirata.com.ar" target="_blank">eduardo@partidopirata.com.ar</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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In the erd world the Pirates Parties are necessary, look at the negotiaton of the trade EU-India<br>
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<a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/03/12/leaked-ip-chapter-of-india-eu-fta-shows-trips-plus-pitfalls-for-india-expert-says/" target="_blank">http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/<u></u>03/12/leaked-ip-chapter-of-<u></u>india-eu-fta-shows-trips-plus-<u></u>pitfalls-for-india-expert-<u></u>says/</a><br>
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And the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is coming with sames clauses:<br>
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<a href="http://www.derechosdigitales.org/tpp-sopa-en-chile/" target="_blank">http://www.derechosdigitales.<u></u>org/tpp-sopa-en-chile/</a><br>
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The pirate parties in poor countries we have to be vigilant!<br>
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(I know, is wrong to say Intellectual property :-0 but my english is so poor too!!!)<br>
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