No penalties and no proposed criminal sanctions in TPP for environmental destruction,
in sharp contrast to

the U.S. proposal for new criminal penalties for
“unintentional infringements” intellectual property.

Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) – Environment Consolidated Text

Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for
the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and
the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime
would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 per cent of
global GDP and one-third of world trade. The Environment Chapter has
long been sought by journalists and environmental groups. The
released text dates from the Chief Negotiators’ summit in Salt Lake
City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013.

The Environment Chapter covers what the Parties propose to be their
positions on: environmental issues, including climate change,
biodiversity and fishing stocks; and trade and investment in
‘environmental’ goods and services. It also outlines how to resolve
enviromental disputes arising out of the treaty’s subsequent
implementation. The draft Consolidated Text was prepared by the
Chairs of the Environment Working Group, at the request of TPP
Ministers at the Brunei round of the negotiations.

Here’s

an analysis of the environment chapter by Professor Jane Kelsey.

The next step of the plan is the

fast track authority in the U.S. Congress
that

you can oppose using a handy form by EFF.

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