Difference between revisions of "Trans-Pacific Partnership"
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As of May 2015, the text was still being negotiated (in secret) and is subject to considerable worldwide protest. Wikipedia's "signed" date refers only to the "''Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement''", a much more limited agreement effective only in [[Brunei]], [[Chile]], [[Singapore]] and [[New Zealand]]. | As of May 2015, the text was still being negotiated (in secret) and is subject to considerable worldwide protest. Wikipedia's "signed" date refers only to the "''Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement''", a much more limited agreement effective only in [[Brunei]], [[Chile]], [[Singapore]] and [[New Zealand]]. | ||
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| + | ==US Withdrawal== | ||
| + | [[US President]] [[Donald Trump]] fulfilled a campaign pledge by announcing the withdrawal of US from TPP in January 2017.<ref>http://in.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-business-idINKBN1571FD</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 25 January 2017
| Location | Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Type | international |
| Description | A secret agreement which abrogates several aspects of national sovereignty in the name of "free trade". The US withdrew in January 2017. |
Official narrative
The May 2015 Wikipedia page for the TPP announces: "Signed: 18 July 2005", beneath an image of 10 "leaders of TPP member states and prospective member states at a TPP summit in 2010".[1]
Problems
As of May 2015, the text was still being negotiated (in secret) and is subject to considerable worldwide protest. Wikipedia's "signed" date refers only to the "Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement", a much more limited agreement effective only in Brunei, Chile, Singapore and New Zealand.
US Withdrawal
US President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign pledge by announcing the withdrawal of US from TPP in January 2017.[2]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:TPP-Investment-Chapter.pdf | draft chapter | 26 March 2015 | Bureaucracy | The investment chapter draft of the proposed TPP Treaty |
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