If you want to wade through the legalese to see what the TPP is going to do to international trade between the member parties, here it is:
http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Treaties-and-Int...p-Text.php
(Why a link from the New Zealand government's website when I'm from the US? Because that's the link I have.)
What should stand out immediately are the plans to eliminate tariffs and other fees for those trading between member parties. As well as the agreements to bypass certain regulations. (the elimination of tariffs is detailed in Chapter 2, which also mentions bypassing certain regulations in place for traded foodstuffs)
I've only skimmed so far; took a glance at the IP agreement (did you know you can trademark a scent?); of potential interest is 18.63 which has all Parties agreeing to the outrageous term of not less than 70 years after the death of a natural person or not less than 70 years after the first publication, in the case of a legal entity (these have been the baselines in the US for years). They provide no agreed upon limit, however, previous agreements are mentioned in the article, which I think might address this; if anyone knows much about the Berne Convention, WCT, WPPT, or TRIPS Agreement, please tell me if limits for copyright terms are addressed within.
Apparently, Twitter is putting a timer on anything that mentions the TPP (heard from third party, I don't actually use Twitter), presumably ensuring that they get lost among other messages; I don't know if other social media sites are doing similar things as well, so I thought I'd share this in case it's actually being intentionally hidden. In any case, I keep hearing that most of the governments are going to (blindly?) agree to it (Obama already said he'll sign it), but there's a grace period of several months that people have to read what kind of New World Order they're going to try and slip past us this time (I'm sure it's nothing as bad as that, but I'm certainly not liking much of what I've read so far, though many items just confirm agreements that were already in place).
EDIT:
18.68 covers the expected actions against copyright infringement.
http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Treaties-and-Int...p-Text.php
(Why a link from the New Zealand government's website when I'm from the US? Because that's the link I have.)
What should stand out immediately are the plans to eliminate tariffs and other fees for those trading between member parties. As well as the agreements to bypass certain regulations. (the elimination of tariffs is detailed in Chapter 2, which also mentions bypassing certain regulations in place for traded foodstuffs)
I've only skimmed so far; took a glance at the IP agreement (did you know you can trademark a scent?); of potential interest is 18.63 which has all Parties agreeing to the outrageous term of not less than 70 years after the death of a natural person or not less than 70 years after the first publication, in the case of a legal entity (these have been the baselines in the US for years). They provide no agreed upon limit, however, previous agreements are mentioned in the article, which I think might address this; if anyone knows much about the Berne Convention, WCT, WPPT, or TRIPS Agreement, please tell me if limits for copyright terms are addressed within.
Apparently, Twitter is putting a timer on anything that mentions the TPP (heard from third party, I don't actually use Twitter), presumably ensuring that they get lost among other messages; I don't know if other social media sites are doing similar things as well, so I thought I'd share this in case it's actually being intentionally hidden. In any case, I keep hearing that most of the governments are going to (blindly?) agree to it (Obama already said he'll sign it), but there's a grace period of several months that people have to read what kind of New World Order they're going to try and slip past us this time (I'm sure it's nothing as bad as that, but I'm certainly not liking much of what I've read so far, though many items just confirm agreements that were already in place).
EDIT:
18.68 covers the expected actions against copyright infringement.
Edited: 2015-11-06, 4:59 am