Exclusive: U.S. upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report - sources (Reuters, 7/8/15)
U.S. upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report: sources (The Japan Times, 7/9/15)
TPP AT WHAT COST? DID U.S. MOVE UP MALAYSIA’S RANKING IN ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT? (Communication Workers of America, 7/9/15)
President Obama Accepts Slavery in Order to Win TPP Trade Deal (Washington's Blog, 7/9/15)
Obama Won’t Let Some Mass Graves Stop the TPP (The Nation, 7/10/15)
U.S. upgrades Malaysia in trafficking report despite graves found in people-smuggling camps (South China Morning Post, 7/10/15)
Obama Administration Makes Malaysia Slavery Problem For TPP Disappear (The Smirking Chimp, 7/11/15)
Outcry as Malaysia's human trafficking record brings praise from US (The Guardian, 7/8/15)
Will Obama Turn a Blind Eye to Malaysia’s Mass Graves in a Cynical Bid to Salvage the Controversial TPP? (Eyes on Trade, 7/9/15)
Has US desire for Asia trade deal trumped slavery with Malaysia's ranking? (The Christian Science Monitor, 7/13/15)
Debasing the US TIP report (Bangkok Post, 7/14/15)
Senators Press Kerry On Slavery About-Face (HuffPost Politics, 7/15/15)
Is the US Ignoring Human Trafficking Abuses to Score Its TPP Trade Deal? (Vice News, 7/15/15)
Senators Up In Arms Over State Department Plan To Deliberately Ignore Malaysian Mass Graves Just To Get TPP Deal (Techdirt, 7/16/15)
State Department willing to overlook Malaysia's mass graves for the sake of TPP (Boing Boing, 7/16/15)
Congress Suggests Obama Will Ignore Slavery To Secure Trade Deal (HuffPost Politics, 7/17/15)
State poised to issue report crucial to trade deal (The Hill, 7/21/15)
TPP & Human Rights (Scoop Independent News, 7/23/15)
Do not undermine efforts to combat human trafficking (The Hill, 7/23/15)
US boosts Malaysia’s human rights status (The Hill, 7/27/15)
Why did US remove Cuba, Malaysia from human trafficking blacklist? (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor, 7/27/15)
Critics Question U.S. Motives for Upgrading Malaysia’s Human Trafficking Record (Foriegn Policy, 7/27/15)
Human rights groups criticize Malaysia upgrade in trafficking report (UPI, 7/28/15)
Did Malaysia merit its human trafficking upgrade? (IRIN News, 7/28/15)
Senators probe political motivations for trafficking report (Politico, 7/29/15)
The State Department reportedly ignored its own experts and watered down a critical human trafficking report (Business Insider, 8/3/15)
Obama Political Staff Overruled Human Rights Experts On Slavery Report (HuffPost Poliitcs, 8/3/15)
Special Report: State Department watered down human trafficking report (Reuters, 8/3/15)