The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What It Means for Canada
On October 5, 2015, Canada announced that it had successfully concluded negotiations with respect to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (the TPP), an ambitious free trade agreement among 12 countries:...
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The Trans Pacific Partnership and the Auto Industry: Will Six Thousand Pages...
Summarizing the behemoth 12-nation TPP agreement in a few-hundred word blog is a task beyond the reach of a practicing attorney . . . assuming he wants to continue practicing. In this article we will...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What It Means for Canada
The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s promise of significantly enhanced trading relationships between Canada and Pacific Rim markets such as Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore – to name just a few — will...
View ArticleThe TPP’s Electronic Commerce Chapter
Notwithstanding its title, the TPP’s chapter on Electronic Commerce (Chapter 14) includes commitments that apply well beyond traditional e-commerce to a wide range of digital communications and trade...
View Article12-Nation Pacific Rim Deal Aims to Spur Commerce in Countries Accounting for...
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, witnessed the release of the long-awaited text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. This 12-nation[1] Pacific Rim deal aims to spur commerce in countries...
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China’s New NGO Law and Calculating China Business Risks
There are a handful of China people (note that I am not using the term China expert) who just seem to nail China every time they write about it. And by nailing it, I mean that I read what they write...
View ArticleThe Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Chapter: Maintaining Important...
The final text of the TPP’s Investment Chapter remains broadly consistent with other U.S. investment agreements and includes some important new language that is consistent with the model bilateral...
View ArticleThe Trans-Pacific Partnership: Impact On Trade and Procurement
Late in the night of October 5, 2015, twelve countries concluded negotiations on a groundbreaking free-trade agreement to liberalize trade. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) is a free-trade...
View ArticleWhat’s New in the TPP’s Intellectual Property Chapter
One of the primary U.S. trade negotiating objectives, as set forth in TPA, is “to further promote adequate and effective protection of intellectual property [IP] rights.” Free trade agreements (FTAs)...
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IP Provisions of the TPP May Not Satisfy the Pharmaceutical Industry
On October 5, 2015, agreement was reached on the text for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The 12 signatories (United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan,...
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Trans Pacific Partnership Terms Revealed but Trade Secret Protections Still...
Recently the Obama administration publicly released the previously-undisclosed text of the Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP, revealing, among other things, the provisions related to trade secrets....
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Environmental Awareness is On Full Display in Paris—Where is It in the TPP?
The Paris climate talks have brought together leaders from around the world to discuss how to make a global push to combat climate change. But another international partnership isn’t thinking about it....
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Trade Talk: Week in Review – 30 November to 4 December 2015
Congress reconvened last Monday after a week-long recess for the US Thanksgiving holiday. There are several priority – or “must pass” – bills facing lawmakers. Only a limited number of legislative...
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Sugar’s Beef with the TPP: Outcomes of the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Touted as the largest trade agreement in history, the TPP involves 12 Pacific Rim countries which collectively represent 40% of global GDP. That equates to US$28 trillion dollars and 800 million...
View ArticleEvaluating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement has been available for more than a month now. While analysts are still sorting through the 30 chapters and more than 100 side letters, many are...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for TPP: Will Congress Ratify in 2016?
After more than 5 years of negotiations between partner countries (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States), the...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Concluded – Now What?
With the news the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have been successfully concluded, the obvious question is what is next? The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is in...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership: Bane or Boon?
As every international trader worth his/her salt knows, the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership was released on November 5th. Given word from the Executive Branch is the agreement is still being...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership – Webinar Segment 1
Elliot J. Feldman conducted a webinar for The Knowledge Group on January 8, 2016 on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Set out below is the essential text of Dr. Feldman’s presentation for segment 1 of...
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TPP and Biologics – a Battleground in Australian Elections
The Australian Labor Party has flagged the data exclusivity provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) as a major issue ahead of our now confirmed July date for an Australian election....
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