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‘Full, free’ trade agreement can enhance inter-Arab ties | 14-May-2013

The full implementation of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (Gafta) has the potential of achieving greater economic integration, QNB has said in an analysis.


Bahrain hits back at claims over FTA | 14-May-2013

Bahrain has hit back at accusations it could have breached its Free Trade Agreement with the US as regards workers’ rights.


Israel keen on starting FTA talks with Peru | 14-May-2013

Israel and Peru expect to kick off negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement before year’s end in order to take advantage of the two economies’ complementariness, Israel’s ambassador to Peru Modi Ephraim said Monday.


Perú: FIDH presenta informe sobre La Oroya, una de las ciudades más contaminadas del mundo | 13-May-2013

El caso ilustra cómo el TLC y el Estado peruano protegen a los inversores por encima de los derechos humanos.


La UE negociará en paralelo con México y Estados Unidos | 10-May-2013

La Unión Europea (UE) enfocará sus negociaciones comerciales con Estados Unidos y México casi como un solo mercado.


EU envoy: US-EU trade pact will be ’game changer’ | 10-May-2013

"We’ve launched this strange animal called TTIP [’tee tip’]," EU Ambassador to the US JoIao Vale de Almeida said. "This is a game-changer. As I like to say, this is the mother of all free trade areas."


L’OMC a-t-elle encore un avenir ? | 10-May-2013

Roberto Azedevo vient d’être choisi pour diriger l’institution à l’heure où les accords bilatéraux ont le vent en poupe. Ce type de contrats va pourtant à l’encontre du principe même de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). L’institution internationale doit-elle se sentir menacée?


L’Accord d’Association Transpacifique, un danger imminent | 10-May-2013

Il est probable que le projet de l’Accord d’Association Transpacifique prévaut des contrôles pour une troisième catégorie d’entreprises publiques, les organismes commerciaux liés au gouvernement qui sont impliqués dans les activités commerciales qui sont en concurrence avec le secteur privé, écrit Martin Khor


Accord de partenariat économique: L’UE attend le Cameroun | 10-May-2013

En 2014, Bruxelles espère de Yaoundé l’approbation du partenariat économique proposé.


ASEAN+6 négocient un partenariat économique | 10-May-2013

Le premier tour de négociations de l’Accord de partenariat économique régional intégral (RCEP-Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ) entre l’ASEAN et six partenaires a commencé jeudi au Brunei.


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Key issues
  • 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
  • Treaty-based disputes between investors, states on the rise, says Unctad | 7-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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