The Australian Government is currently negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a trade agreement between nine countries: Australia, New Zealand, the US, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Peru and Chile. The 11th round of these negotiations will take place in Melbourne from 1 to 9 March 2012.

http://www.asu.asn.au/media/international/20120229_trade.html  In addition to the current information circulating on the TPPA negotiations, a range of public events have been organised by civil society to take place in Melbourne from 1-9 March 2012 to coincide with the 11th Round of negotiations. These include the following events. More advice on the TPPA Melbourne meetings, plus back ground from ASU affiliate's the ACTU and AFTINET - http://www.asu.asn.au/media/international/20120229_trade.html -Advice from ASU web www.asu.asn.au