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Rival trade pacts could converge | 16-May-2013

Separate multiparty free-trade talks in Asia backed by China and the United States are generally seen as a rivalry between the world’s two biggest economies, but some experts say the agreements could prove complementary and ultimately converge.


European firms push Thai-EU FTA talks | 16-May-2013

Representatives of the European business community in Thailand yesterday said the country’s service sector was in a dangerous situation due to strict local regulations that obstruct foreign investment, especially from Europe.


TIFA will help ease trade in West Africa | 16-May-2013

If concluded, the TIFA will create opportunities for US companies interested in doing business in West Africa, and will assist in addressing impediments to U.S. trade and investment in the region.


EU-India FTA talks stuck; insurance could be game spoiler | 16-May-2013

Talks between India-EU chief negotiators on FTA today got stuck with the European bloc making clear that the pact cannot proceed unless the insurance sector was further opened up by New Delhi, which expressed its inability to do so without Parliament approval.


Les paysans sont rassurés par l’accord passé avec la Chine | 16-May-2013

Mis sous toit en fin de semaine dernière par les négociateurs des deux parties, l’accord de libre-échange n’ouvrira pas complètement le marché suisse aux produits chinois, loin s’en faut.


Malaysia and the TPPA | 16-May-2013

If we put the USTR Report on foreign trade barriers, together with discussions surrounding the ‘leaked’ TPPA chapters and texts on investment, intellectual property, regulatory coherence and transparency, among others, we get a clearer picture of what’s at stake, what changes are being planned to our laws, regulations and policies, and who are the stakeholders who stand to benefit the most from those changes.


Can FTAs support ‘Factory Asia’? | 16-May-2013

Are free trade agreements good for ‘Factory Asia’? This column argues that rather than supporting ‘Factory Asia’, it is more likely that fragmentation trade has prospered despite the noodle bowl of overlapping FTAs in the region.


La descomposición del campo colombiano | 14-May-2013

El sector agropecuario está en un momento crucial de su historia. Se juega la supervivencia comprometida desde la apertura del siglo pasado y por las reformas de libre mercado.


Colombia: Otro garrotazo al agro nacional | 14-May-2013

Aunque suene increíble, porque parece una provocación, en pleno paro de los cultivadores de papa contra la ruina que les provoca el libre comercio, los partidos adictos a las canonjías que otorga la Casa de Nariño –Liberal, Conservador, Cambio, Verde y Pin– aprobaron en el Congreso la Alianza del Pacífico, pacto que profundiza ese tipo de relaciones perniciosas para Colombia, esta vez con Chile, Perú y México.


A treaty too many | 14-May-2013

India is learning that there is a heavy price to be paid for the large number of bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, it has signed in the hope of attracting foreign investment.


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Key issues
  • 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
  • L’accord commercial entre l’UE et le Canada menace les interdictions de la fracturation hydraulique | 6-May-2013
  • International investment agreements report from CRS | 6-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
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    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
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    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 ...

    Plantón contra el TPP | 20-May-2013

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