Despite a victory on IP, the TPP’s resurgence hasn’t cured its ills
Ever since the United States withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) back in January, the remaining eleven countries have been quietly attempting to bring a version of the agreement into force. Following some initial confusion,it was announced on Friday that they have reached an “agreement in principle” on “core elements” of a deal. Even so […]
The TPP might be dead but the fight for user rights continues
With President-elect Trump’s victory, the last hopes of the Obama administration passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the lame duck session of Congress have evaporated. The passage of the TPP through Congress was dependent upon support from members of the Republican majority, and there is no realistic prospect that they will now pass the deal […]
