150801

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150731: special edition with dozens of #TPP links - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.it/2015/07/150731-special-tpp-edition.html  week's tweets as a single page

Yet Another ‘Final’ TPP Ministerial and Again No Deal; Not Surprising Given Growing Controversy Over #TPP Threats - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1508/S00010/yet-another-final-tpp-ministerial-and-again-no-deal.htm

Joint Statement by #TPP Ministers - https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2015/july/joint-statement-tpp-ministers "we have made significant progress"; so, definitely finished this year - again?

#TPP ministerial fails – time for Key & Groser to cut their losses - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1508/S00006/tppa-ministerial-fails-time-for-nz-govt-to-cut-losses.htm or are they so desperate for a deal - any deal?

No better time than now for Robb to walk away from secret #TPP deal - http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/No-better-time-than-now-for-Robb-to-walk-away-from/ but he probably lacks guts to do so... #AU

Failed #TPP talks show folly of trading away access to medicines & giving foreign investors rights to sue govs - http://itsourfuture.org.nz/failed-trans-pacific-tpp-talks-show-folly-of-trading/

Ministers fail to cinch #TPP - http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/pharmaceuticals-trans-pacific-partnership-trade-pact-120877.html "delay in reaching a deal is also a problem for Canadian Prime Ministerr"

#TPP delegates fail to reach final deal; pharmaceuticals, cars, dairy key sticking points - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-01/trans-pacific-partnership-delegates-fail-to-reach-final-deal/6665204 quite a lot, really...

Cameron: 'We haven't wasted a day since election' - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/31/david-cameron-we-havent-wasted-a-day-since-election he's right: every day spent making UK a meaner, sadder, place

#TPP trade negotiations in Maui fail - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2015-08-tpp-trade-negotiations-in-aui-fail "TPP environment chapter may be even weaker than its predecessors"

#TPP talks: Key issues preventing a deal - http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trans-pacific-partnership-talks-key-issues-preventing-a-deal-1.3176649?cmp=rss good summary; may be another meeting end August

In NYT’s Fictional Presentation, China Pioneered the “Collect It All” Strategy - https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/08/01/in-nyts-fictional-presentation-china-pioneered-the-collect-it-all-strategy/ how far @nytimes has fallen

Verdacht des #Landesverrat: Der Pressespiegel - https://netzpolitik.org/2015/verdacht-des-landesverrat-der-pressespiegel/ massive coverage - rightly so

Can't afford meds? Don't get sick - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11490596 #TPP wants to bring the all-American way of living (and dying) to #NZ

Cartoon: #TPP hunting - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/news-cartoons/news/article.cfm?c_id=500814&objectid=11490144 ha! nicely done