First Leaked TPP Chapter Evokes Memories of SOPA

BoerenkoolMetWorst · Nov 13, 2013

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement aimed at deepening economic ties between the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and eight other countries in the region, has been largely shrouded in secrecy. Today, however, whistleblower outfit Wikileaks leaked a copy of the agreement’s “most controversial chapter” which has prompted immediate criticism of its SOPA-like provisions that have Internet freedom-limiting potential.
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http://torrentfreak.com/first-leaked-tpp-chapter-evokes-memories-of-sopa-131113/

lotuseclat79 · Nov 14, 2013

TPP Leak Confirms the Worst: US Negotiators Still Trying to Trade Away Internet Freedoms.

...Canada is pushing back hard against U.S. pressure to adopt draconian copyright enforcement measures. A majority of countries appear to be proposing language that would give them some flexibility to limit the liability of ISPs, so they can develop enforcement frameworks that best suit their national laws and priorities. That flexibility is essential to staving off copyright enforcement laws that in practice would violate users’ free speech and privacy. And yet the U.S., backed by Australia, opposes this language.
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-- Tom

Baserk · Nov 14, 2013

I wonder if those Aussies will also be so supportive when they'll be forced to change their national laws because of a ruling by a secretive offshore tribunal.

These non-public ISDR/Investor State Dispute Resolution tribunals can even force a country to change it's health care/environmental laws.
From TechDirt.com article 'People Begin To Wake Up To Massive Dangers Of Investor-State Dispute Resolution'

An important post from Corporate Europe Observatory points out (as Techdirt did) that the leaked European Commission mandate for TAFTA/TTIP explicitly includes ISDR:
Leaked draft versions of the EU negotiating mandate for a far-reaching free trade agreement with the US -- to be approved at next week's trade minister meeting (14 June) -- reveal the European Commission's plans to enshrine more powers for corporations in the deal. The proposal follows a persistent campaign by industry lobby groups and law firms to empower large companies to challenge regulations both at home and abroad if they affect their profits. As a result, EU member states could soon find domestic laws to protect the public interest challenged in secretive, offshore tribunals where national laws have no weight and politicians no powers to intervene.

It goes on to give an excellent summary of how ISDR has already been used to sue governments around the world, and discusses the case of Chevron, and its single-minded efforts to get ISDR into TAFTA/TTIP:
Chevron is currently engaged in a controversial legal battle with Ecuador. The company initiated arbitration to avoid paying US$18 billion to clean up oil-drilling-related contamination in the Amazonian rainforest, as ordered by Ecuadorian courts. The case has been lambasted as "egregious misuse" of investment arbitration to evade justice. No wonder Chevron dedicated its complete contribution to the US government's TTIP consultation to investment protection, "one of our most important issues globally" as they put it. link
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MrBrian · Jul 12, 2014

TPP Experts Briefing: Informing TPP Negotiators of the Threats of Expanded Copyright Restrictions

MrBrian · Aug 26, 2014

From Certification Allows US Trade Negotiators to Rewrite TPP Copyright Rules:

But this week, the launch of the TPP: No Certification website has shed new light on one issue that has been often overlooked before now. The United States, exclusively amongst the dozen negotiating partners, is reserving the right to vet other countries' implementation of the agreement before its own obligations come into effect.
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