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Exclusive: EU says Chinese FTA possible, but wants market opening | 22-May-2013

The European Union is willing to deepen trade ties with China but wants to see concessions from Beijing first, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.


PM Lee on Japan FTA: ’Let’s go for ambitious review’ | 22-May-2013

Singapore would like the ongoing review of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan to be an "ambitious review", and not one resulting in just minor adjustments, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in Tokyo on Wednesday, after meetings with its top leaders.


SADC scrambles to meet EU trade deadline | 22-May-2013

Trade ministers from SADC member states met in Gaborone yesterday as part of efforts to thrash out a new inclusive Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union ahead of next year’s deadline.


El Acuerdo Transpacífico, la reconstitución capitalista | 21-May-2013

"Al igual que el TLCAN, el ALCA en su momento y los vigentes TLCs o TBIs , el TPP está diseñado expresamente para anular al Estado, específicamente para atrofiar sus funciones regulatorias en áreas ultra sensibles como las finanzas, la industria, el medio ambiente y las compras estatales."


¿A dónde nos lleva el TPP? | 21-May-2013

Los riesgos que contiene el capítulo de protección de inversiones en los acuerdos comerciales.


Piden ganaderos mexicanos revisión al TLC | 21-May-2013

Ante la difícil situación que atraviesan, ganaderos en el país exigieron al gobierno Federal que se realice una revisión al Tratado de Libre Comercio, además que se les otorguen apoyos emergentes.


Todo listo para firmar TLC entre Colombia y Costa Rica | 21-May-2013

El próximo 23 de mayo se firmará el tratado de libre comercio de libre comercio entre los dos países.


Taiwan trying to secure FTAs with U.S., EU: president | 21-May-2013

President Ma Ying-jeou has said that his administration has been working toward signing free trade deals with the United States and the European Union, a development that sock manufacturers in Changhua County are eager to see.


Kosovo looks to EU trade agreement | 21-May-2013

By launching a free trade regime with the EU, as part of its Stabilisation Association Agreement, Kosovo is hoping to increase the amount of agricultural products that it exports to the 27 member countries in order to improve revenues.


Historic Indo-Lanka trade pact goes public for the first time | 21-May-2013

The first ever international Free Trade Agreement entered by Sri Lanka has boosted its exports to its partnering country by no less than 16 times-and overall trade volumes grew by eight fold.


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Key issues
  • Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in US-EU trade deal | 22-May-2013
  • Food and capitalism: a crisis of waste and destruction | 21-May-2013
  • Despite lacking FTA, Japan to get US LNG | 21-May-2013
  • IPR lists for trans-Atlantic trade deal still growing; Risk of locking in old IPR regimes? | 16-May-2013
  • Copyright and secrecy don’t make for good trade agreements | 14-May-2013
  • Reko Diq finally abandoned by Canadians, TCC | 10-May-2013
  • recent multimedia

    Drafts and done deals
  • EU draft negotiating mandate for EU-USA FTA (2013) | 29-March-2013
  • EU-India FTA: draft text on IPR | 29-March-2013
  • EU-India FTA: IP chapter draft text under negotiation (2013) | 11-March-2013
  • EU-Ukraine FTA (draft, 2012) | 6-December-2012
  • EU-Canada FTA (CETA): landing zones (draft, Nov 2012) | 4-December-2012
  • CETA - draft IP chapter (February 2012) | 10-July-2012
  • Links
  • ASEAN Briefing | 18-April-2013
  • Foreign Trade Association | 12-April-2013
  • About the EU-US trade and investment deal | 5-April-2013
  • AFL-CIO: US-EU Free Trade Agreement | 11-March-2013
  • Coalición Nacional No TLC con Corea | 27-September-2012
  • Help free the TPP! | 27-August-2012

  • Comments
    Nigeria: Soludo - EU trade agreement is second slavery | 14-May-2013
    Alade Olugbenga MA student FU University Berlin, Germany:

    This is an attempt to enslave African economy and to deceive us as it was during the colonial era. It is time to wake up from slumbering into the hands of world capitalist and try to develop our land.
    May be we can learn from ...

    Thailand not involved in TPP talks | 28-April-2013
    anon:

    The page is not misleading. The flags are in the outer frame of the page and are divided into three groups - Peru trade agreements in force, Peru trade agreements signed and ratification in progress, Peru trade agreements in negotiations. Those g ...

    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations | 16-April-2013
    Matthäus Fink:

    Hello,
    i am interested in the fuller details of the case. My name is Matthäus Fink. I am from Germany and i am writting a doctoral thesis on the interaction between investment law and environmental law, so i am interessted i ...

    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations | 15-April-2013
    IAReporter:

    For those interested in the BIT claim mentioned by Herbert Smith in this law firm news release, the fuller details of the claim were reported in this article by Investment Arbitration Reporter:
    http://www.iareporter.com/arti ...

    Now US wants Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement with European Union to include Turkey: who’s next? | 20-March-2013
    :

    Next are the EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland).
    The article implies that the addition of Mexico, Canada and Turkey is strange or random - and mentions how far Turkey is from the Atlantic, but such logi ...

    World Bank urges Africa to reject EPAs with EU | 13-March-2013
    B. Ilge:

    Thank you for keeping this article on line.
    Here a link to a disclaimer made by the World Bank with the title
    "World Bank did not urge Africa to reject EPAs with EU"
    http://bit.ly/13 ...

    West Africa warned not to approach trade negotiations with EU blindly | 28-February-2013
    Georgia:

    Oh, yes! Thank Heaven for that, things are changing on our tiny conceited dear little blue globe!

    Beyond tariffs: EU-EPA negotiations for Namibia | 22-February-2013
    Marc Maes:

    Much can be said abouth the EPAs and the way that they are presented in this article. Let me just make two remarks:
    1. It is not sure yet whether the deadline for the termination of the interim EPAs will be 1.1.2016. The EU ...

    Plantón contra el TPP | 20-May-2013

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