Moody's Microblog
Daily Digest 160111 -
http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/01/160111.html yesterday's
tweets as a single page
Journalists and
whistleblowers protected under new Trade Secrets Directive -
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/journalists-and-whistleblowers-protected-under-new-trade-secrets-directive that's
welcome #tradesecrets
"ISDS is a tool
to implement the law, not one to make or change it" -
http://www.allianceforresponsiblecommerce.com/en/myths no,
that is what *national* courts are for
Reg cooperation is
not about lowering protection but making regs more compatible -
http://www.allianceforresponsiblecommerce.com/en/myths but
main way is levelling *down*
"EU regulators
will not be forced into unilaterally abandoning precautionary
principle" - 'cos doing it *willingly*:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/eu-dropped-plans-for-safer-pesticides-because-of-ttip-and-pressure-from-us/
"European
Commission has launched a range of initiatives to increase
transparency" - sure, more transparency than before, still
limited
"public debate
around important #TTIP should
be based on evidence and facts"; what, like this?
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151231/08133333210/us-department-agriculture-taftattip-study-small-gains-us-losses-eu.shtml
Wrong kind of
sunlight delays Southeastern trains in London -
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/12/wrong-kind-of-sunlight-delays-southeastern-trains-london "Leaves
on the line. Wrong snow. Now sunshine!"
Patents On
Presentation Of Information Excluded In EU, But Germany Granted A
Patent On A Graphical User Interface -
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160108/09240633281/patents-presentation-information-excluded-eu-germany-has-just-granted-patent-graphical-user-interface.shtml
Bauxite mining
moratorium could land Malaysia in trouble under #TPP,
says law professor -
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/bauxite-mining-moratorium-could-land-malaysia-in-trouble-under-tpp-says-law #ISDS
The hostile use of
civilian #drones in
the UK, and what to do about it -
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/01/the-hostile-use-of-civilian-drones-in-the-uk-and-what-to-do-about-it/ should
we use lasers or bean bags?
“We think prices
could fall as low as $10 a barrel" -
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/12/sell-everything-ahead-of-stock-market-crash-say-rbs-economists #strandedassets
Ministry says
alterations to #TPP could
cost #NZ up
to $55 million a year -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11572838 of
course, here's what public gets
"Transparency
is the cornerstone of a legitimate and accountable ISDS system"
- http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1278 nope:
#ISDS is
*never* legitimate
WaPo Contributor
Finally Admits He's a Shill for Fossil Fuel Industry on Climate
Change -
http://www.alternet.org/media/wapo-contributor-finally-admits-hes-shill-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-change surprise...not
For More Than 50
Years, DuPont Concealed the Cancer-Causing Properties of Teflon -
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/dupont-duplicity-chemical-giant-hid-cancer-causing-properties-teflon fewer
regs needed? I think not...
Toddler walking to
nursery by herself led off-duty policeman to mother's body -
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/12/toddler-walking-to-nursery-by-herself-led-off-duty-policeman-to-mothers-body pognant
story
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