The governments of Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Peru, Vietnam and the United States are negotiating a multilateral free trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The most recent U.S. draft of the Intellectual Property Rights chapter of TPP (10 February 2011)--which the USTR is seeking to classify for four years from entry into force--uses placeholders for controversial text, lacks public health provisions, and sets forth aggressive intellectual property positions.

KEI Timeline on TPP

Proposed Texts

• 22 June 2011, United States, Proposal for Transparency Chapter - Annex on Transparency and Procedural Fairness for Healthcare Technologies
• September 2011, United States, Proposal for Selected Provisions of Intellectual Property Chapter [Placeholder Text]
• 23 February 2011, New Zealand, TPP Text Intellectual Property Chapter
• 23 February 2011, Chile, TPP Submission: Preliminary Considerations for TPP IP Chapter
• 10 February 2011, United States, Proposal for TPP IPR Chapter
• 4 March 2010, United States, Proposal for Regulatory Coherence Chapter
• 4 March 2010, United States, Proposal for TBT Annexes on Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical Products and Cosmetic Products

Government Websites, Documents and Statements Regarding TPP

• 12 November 2011, USTR, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Ministers’ Report to Leaders
• 12 November 2011, USTR, Fact Sheet on TPP (pdf)
• November 2011 APEC Summit
  • 2011 APEC Ministerial Statement
  • 2011 APEC Leaders' Declaration
  • APEC 2011 USA (official website for the summit)
• 4 December 2010, New Zealand Negotiating Paper on TPP, IP rights Chapter
• Australia website on TPP Negotiations, including public submissions on TPP
• Brunei website on TPP
• Chile, Evaluation of P4 (predecessor to TPP), in Spanish
• Malaysia website on TPP
• New Zealand website on TPP
• USTR website on TPP

Letters on TPP

• 19 October 2011, Four Congressional Democrats Write USTR Ron Kirk on the TPP and Access to Medicines
• Civil Society Letters Requesting Transparency
  • 18 October 2011, U.S. Civil Society to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Requesting Transparency
  • 17 October 2011, Malaysian Civil Society to TPP Negotiators
  • 14 October 2011, New Zealand Civil Society to Prime Minister Rt Hon John Key
  • 14 October 2011, Peruvian Civil Society to Minister of International Trade José Luis Silva Martinot
  • 13 October 2011, Australian Civil Society to Minister for Trade Craig Henderson

Civil Society Comments and Websites on TPP

• 14 November 2011, Mike Palmedo, TPP Negotiators Release Joint Report at Honolulu APEC Summit; USTR Releases Outline, InfoJustice.
• 28 October 2011, KEI, KEI notes from the Ninth Round of TPPA negotiations
• 18 September 2011, KEI, KEI notes from Eighth Round of TPPA Negotiations
• 31 August 2011, KEI, KEI comments on inconsistencies between USTR proposal for the TPPA and current US law
• 5 July 2011, KEI, USTR New Exclusive Right for Copyright Holders: Importation Provision in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
• 27 June 2011, KEI, Notes from the Seventh Round of TPPA Negotiations in Vietnam
• 19 June 2011, KEI, Right to Privacy in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP ) Negotiations
• 16 June 2011, Public Citizen, Vietnam and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
• 18 May 2011, KEI, Civil Society on transparency, public health in TPPA
• 22 March 2011, KEI, UN Rapporteur for the right to health asked to intervene in TPP negotiations
• 10 March 2011, KEI, The complete Feb 10, 2011 text of the US proposal for the TPP IPR chapter
• 4 January 2011, Public Knowledge, ACTA the Sequel: The Transpacific Partnership Agreement
• 17 June 2010, CPATH Power Point on TPP
• EFF, Don't Let TPP Become the New ACTA: Contact Your Lawmakers and Demand Transparency
• International IP and the Public Interest: Open Access and Information Justice, website on TPP
• Public Citizen website on TPP negotiations
• Third World Network, Info Service on FTAs

Press Coverage and Other Commentary

• 15 November 2011, Justin McCurry, Noda Pledge to Join Trans-Pacific Partnership, Voice of America
• 15 November 2011, Serious thought required on proposed trade deal, MENAFN
• 14 November 2011, Paul Eckert, Analysis: Obama's Pacific aspirations strain ties with China, Reuters
• 14 November 2011, Nevil Gibson, Tom toms beat for TPP, National Buisness Review
• 14 November 2011, Mitsuru Obe, Japan's Free-Trade Move Criticized, WSJ
• 14 November 2011, Boo Chanco, APEC: Still nothing after two decades, philSTAR
• 13 November 2011, Pablo Garibian and Rachelle Younglai, Canada, Mexico ask to join pan-Pacific trade talks, Reuters
• 14 November 2011, Parties concerned public being kept in dark over TPP, Radio New Zealand
• 13 November 2011, Stefanie Levitz, Canada wants in to new Asia Pacific trade pact but won't pre-negotiate: minister, Canadian Business
• 11 November 2011, Michael Janda, Trans-Pacific free trade stalled by US proposals, ABC
• 11 November 2011, Rx&D and MEDEC Applaud APEC Endorsement of Principles for Pharmaceutical Industry Code of Ethics, DigitalJournal
• 9 November 2011, G Vinod, Why so secretive about TPP trade talks?, Free Malaysia Today
• 8 November 2011, Trans-Pacific Partnership: Far-reaching agreement could form powerful new trade bloc, Financial Times
• 27 October 2011, US says trans-Pacific trade deal on track, AFP
• 24 October 2011, Julian Pecquet, Consumer groups: Obama more generous to Big Pharma in trade talks, The Hill
• 24 October 2011, Arbitrajes deben excluirse de los TLC, La República [In Spanish]
• 23 October 2011, Sam Varghese, US' TPPA proposals will raise PBS medicine prices, iTWire
• 23 October 2011, TLC y el nuevo gobierno: ¿hacia dónde vamos?, La República [In Spanish]
• 22 October 2011, Leaked Trans-Pacific FTA Texts Reveal U.S. Undermining Access to Medicine, Citizens Trade Campaign
• 22 October 2011, Abusan de los TLC para demandar al Estado, La República [In Spanish]
• 21 October 2011, Sam Varghese, TPPA 'threatens national sovereignty', iTWire
• 21 October 2011, Piden cautela en negociaciones del TPP [also], El Comercio [In Spanish]
• 21 October 2011, Nuevos TLC podrían repetir el caso DOE RUN, La República [In Spanish]
• 21 October 2011, Ollanta negocia nuevo TLC, Alerta Perú [In Spanish]
• 21 October 2011, Medicinas podrían encarecerse por crisis, La Primera [In Spanish]
• 5 October 2011, Zach Carter, New Trade Deal Would Benefit Big Pharma At AIDS Programs' Expense, Huffington Post
• 29 September 2011, Sam Varghese, US focus is on IP in TPPA talks, iTWire
• 28 September 2011, Zach Carter, Bill Daley's Big Pharma History: Drugs, Profits And Trade Deals, Huffington Post
• 14 September 2011, Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Shooting Itself In the Foot: The Broken Promises of the U.S. Trade Agenda, Huffington Post
• 5 September 2011, Michelle Chen, Labor Day Showdown: Can Advocates Stop 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?, Huffington Post
• 30 August 2011, Tony Dutra, ACTA, TPPA Opponents Cite Broken Promises On Medicines, One-Sided Copyright Provisions, BNA
• 26 August 2011, Rosemary D'Amour, Analysts Criticise Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, IPS
• 13 July, 2011, Vicki Needham, Republicans Split on Trade Tactics, The Hill
• 12 July 2011, Catherine Saez, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Did US Move Threaten Public Health?, IP Watch
• 10 June 2011, Ed Silverman, Vermont Gov Slams US Trade Talks on Medicines, Pharmalot
• 8 June 2011, Pharmac trade row heralds wider threat, Radio NZ
• 17 May 2011, Vicki Needham, Senators want tough IP standards in that Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, The Hill
• 15 April 2011, Matthew Franklin, Cabinet split on free trade issue, The Australian
• 16 March 2011, More on the TPPA IP proposal -- aarrgghh even for an AUSFTA-burdened Australia, LawFont.com
• 16 March 2011, Rick Shera, US wants to take an axe to New Zealand IP law, Law Geek NZ
• 14 March 2011, Bernard Keane, US renews secret push to impose its failed copyright regime, Crikey
• 14 March 2011, Glyn Moody, Why We Should Care About the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Computer World UK
• 14 March 2011, Geraldine Juarez, TPPA: Mas Copyright, Mas Secretismo, Mas Filtraciones, Alt1040 [In Spanish]
• 14 March 2011, Sam Varghese, 'Piracy' Studies Part of a Bigger Game, iTWire
• 12 March 2011, Cory Doctrow, America fields "Son of ACTA" -- a new, sinister, secret copyright treaty, BoingBoing.
• 11 March 2011, Mike Masnick, US Proposals For Secret TPP 'Son of ACTA' Treaty Leaked; Chock Full of Awful Ideas, Tech Dirt
• 11 March 2011, Nate Anderson, Son of ACTA: meet the next secret copyright treaty, Ars Technica
• 11 March 2011, Michael Geist, U.S. Intellectual Property Demands for TPP Leak: Everything it Wanted in ACTA But Didn't Get
• 17 February 2011, Jane Kelsey, New leaks of TPP text show U.S. is playing hardball, TPP Watch
• 6 January 2011, Mike Masnick, Son of ACTA (But Worse): Meet TPP, The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Tech Dirt.