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Some 40 states ready to create free trade zone with EEU: Diplomat
31-Dec-2014 Sputnik
About 40 countries and groups of states have officially declared their readiness to create a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Nebenzya said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Trade In Services Agreement: Goodbye privacy, hello censorship
31-Dec-2014 Counter Punch
Internet privacy and net neutrality would become things of the past if the secret Trade In Services Agreement comes to fruition.
US expects China investment treaty talks to intensify
31-Dec-2014 Reuters
The United States plans to step up negotiations with China for a treaty to free up investment flows, the Obama administration said on Tuesday
China to step up FTA talks with GCC
31-Dec-2014 Reuters
China will speed up free trade agreement talks with six GCC countries, a deal that will help China cut costs on energy imports from the region
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and labour
30-Dec-2014 European Parliament
Negotiations on the labour provisions in TTIP will start in 2015. This briefing for the European Parliament highlights some of the issues.
Powerlessness and confusion: The EU and Israel
29-Dec-2014 TeleSur
EU’s trade policy with Israel continues to be business as usual, including trade in military hardware.
Beijing proposes FTA with Dhaka
29-Dec-2014 Financial Express
China has proposed negotiating a free trade agreement with Bangladesh
Egypt to add more jobs, trade agreements in 2015
26-Dec-2014 APA
The Egyptian government expects to begin negotiations for free trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as with African economic blocs such as COMESA, SADEC and EALA, and to sign a deal with MERCOSUR in Latin America.
Armenia wants to be member of both European and Customs Union
26-Dec-2014 Pravda
Armenia resumes negotiations on a new agreement with the European Union, which will preserve all rules of the Association Agreement that do not contradict to the country’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union.
Thailand’s European tariff privileges withdrawn
26-Dec-2014 ASEAN Briefing
The European Union’s generalized scheme of preferences (GSP) will be withdrawn from over 6,200 Thai products on 1 January, 2015.
Fixing BIPPA
25-Dec-2014 Financial Express
The definition of investment that the govt of India had agreed to while entering into BIPPAs is particularly problematic, writes Biswajit Dhar
Austrian chancellor speaks against sanctions, and TTIP
25-Dec-2014 Tanjug
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has warned that Austria could file a lawsuit before the European Court of Justice over EU’s intention to sign the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the United States.
Tel Aviv proposes Korea-Israel FTA
25-Dec-2014 Korea Times
Israel’s top diplomat Avigdor Lieberman Tuesday proposed that Korea’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se open negotiations on free trade between the two countries.
On the road to Asia: why Germany and the Eurozone want a trade deal with Australia
24-Dec-2014 The Conversation
The post-G20 initiative could serve as a precursor for negotiations on a European-Pacific trade and investment agreement, writes Harald Sander.
Gambia dropped from US trade program
24-Dec-2014 Washington Blade
The Obama administration has announced that Gambia is no longer eligible for trade benefits under AGOA amid growing concerns over the country’s LGBT crackdown and other human rights abuses. South Sudan is also dropped.
Sugar buyers’ slam NAFTA sugar pact, shift focus to Australia, Canada
24-Dec-2014 Reuters
A new US-Mexican government pact will limit supplies of sugar from Mexico via NAFTA and drive US manufacturers to seek supplies from Australia and Canada through the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), which represents candy makers like the Hershey and Mars.
National Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia requests process towards trade deal with EU be accelerated
23-Dec-2014 La Razón
The National Chamber of Commerce considers that before Bolivia becomes a full member of Mercosur, the country must conclude a trade agreement with the EU.
2014: A year in review on climate and trade
22-Dec-2014 Huffington Post
Take a look at some of the major happenings on trade in 2014 and you’ll see, however, that trade rules and climate disruption are integrally linked.
It doesn’t matter who does the lobbying: Trade agreements aren’t the place for internet regulations
22-Dec-2014 EFF
Recent TiSA leaks show that not just content industry players, but now internet companies are lobbying for their interests in trade deals.
International peoples treaty on the control of transnational corporations
22-Dec-2014 Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
The main objective of this initiative is to subordinate the juridical-political architecture that sustains the power of transnational corporations to human rights norms and rules.