The consolidated text obtained by WikiLeaks after the 26-30 August 2013 TPP meeting in Brunei -- unlike any other TPP-related documents previously released to the public -- contains annotations detailing each countrys positions on the issues under negotiation. Julian Assange emphasises that a cringingly obsequious Australia is the nation most likely to support the hardline position of US negotiators against other countries, while states including Vietnam, Chile and Malaysia are more likely to be in opposition. Numerous key Pacific Rim and nearby nations -- including Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and, most significantly, Russia and China -- have not been involved in the drafting of the treaty. In the words of WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange, If instituted, the TPPs IP regime would trample over individual rights and free expression, as well as ride roughshod over the intellectual and creative commons. If you read, write, publish, think, listen, dance, sing or invent; if you farm or consume food; if youre ill now or might one day be ill, the TPP has you in its crosshairs. Current TPP negotiation member states are the United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Singapore, Peru, Vietnam, New Zealand and Brunei.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:47:26 +0000
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