<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bev Snell</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bev@burnet.edu.au">bev@burnet.edu.au</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal">I think we thought we could forget about the TPPA  - but no.</span><div dir="ltr"><b class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><div><b class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><br></b></div>October 13, 2017 - Talks reopen - 50 items to be re-negotiated<br class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-"></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal">Last month </span><a href="https://aftinet.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=15adf786c1bea042e044b14e1&id=80d165b575&e=5751601d91" rel="noopener" class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal" target="_blank">another meeting</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"> between the eleven remaining TPP countries was held in Tokyo. The TPP-11 are hoping to reach general agreement by November 10.</span><div><br class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal">The goal is for an early ratification of the TPP, in the hopes that the US will re-join the agreement. Although Australia, New Zealand and Japan are keen to minimise changes to the text, </span><a href="https://aftinet.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=15adf786c1bea042e044b14e1&id=59d057d974&e=5751601d91" rel="noopener" class="m_-1694637705688615318gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal" target="_blank">at least 50 items</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"> have been listed for renegotiation or suspension. Some TPP-11 governments only originally agreed to certain rules – like increased monopolies on medicines and copyright, and foreign investor rights to sue governments – in exchange for access to US markets.  They will not implement them without access to US markets.</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px">The information is on the HAIAP website too</span></font></div><div><a href="http://www.haiasiapacific.org/?p=1699" target="_blank">http://www.haiasiapacific.org/<wbr>?p=1699</a></div><div>and</div><div><a href="http://www.haiasiapacific.org/?page_id=526" target="_blank">http://www.haiasiapacific.org/<wbr>?page_id=526</a></div><div>under the introduction<br><div><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><br></div></div></div></div>