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Pacific trade partners in end-game of trade talks: US official
23-Jan-2014 Reuters
Pacific Rim trading partners are working to resolve the last thorny issues in sealing an ambitious free trade pact and are likely to have further high-level talks next month, a senior US trade official said on Wednesday.
A BIT of a secret
22-Jan-2014 Indian Express
India’s bilateral investment treaty arbitration must be made more transparent.
Correa: Ecuador will not sign a FTA with the EU
22-Jan-2014 Prensa Latina
We have resumed the negotiations, but we will not sign an FTA with the EU, but a trade agreement, Correa stressed Tuesday during a press conference in the south-western port city of Guayaquil.
Brussels seeks to curb investor litigation under trade deals
22-Jan-2014 FT
EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht pledged to release a proposed negotiating text of the investment chapter of any deal in March.
The TTIP: How a new secret ’trade’ treaty could put the world’s biggest firms beyond government control
21-Jan-2014 International Business Times
The US/EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is intended to set global trade rules, bypassing the World Trade Organisation which has up to now allowed developing countries to resist such an agreement.
FTA with China next boost for Lankan apparel sector: JAAF
21-Jan-2014
Efforts to drive the Sri Lankan apparel sector into a new growth phase may hinge on the success of the potential free trade agreement (FTA) in the offing with China, according to Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) Secretary General Tuli Cooray.
UE suspende parcialmente negociaciones de libre comercio con EEUU
21-Jan-2014 Reuters
La Comisión Europea suspendió hoy en parte las negociaciones de libre comercio con Estados Unidos, según anunció el comisario de Comercio, Karel de Gucht, que explicó que en los próximos tres meses habrá que realizar una consulta sobre unas polémicas cláusulas para proteger las inversiones de las empresas.
Proposed changes to the investment dispute-resolution system: A South American perspective
21-Jan-2014 ITN
Perhaps because so many countries in the region have faced multiple international investment arbitrations based on multi-million dollar claims for compensations, a number of alternatives to the current system of investment dispute resolution have been drawn up.
Smart move: Argentina to leave the ICSID
21-Jan-2014 CILJ
Given the substantial problems with the current ICSID framework and the large number of cases currently pending against Argentina, denouncing the SID Convention and leaving the ICSID is the best course for the country.
The transatlantic colossus
21-Jan-2014 BFOG
‘The transatlantic colossus: Global contributions to broaden the debate on the EU-US free trade agreement’ (2014), a publication from the Berlin Forum on Global Politics in collaboration with the Internet & Society Collaboratory and FutureChallenges.org of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, is now available online.
S2B analysis on ISDS and CETA
21-Jan-2014 S2B
Seattle to Brussels Network analysis of the European Commission’s note on “Investment Provisions in the EU-Canada free trade agreement”
Harper, Netanyahu sign broad agreement in Jerusalem meeting
21-Jan-2014
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a wide-ranging set of bilateral goals Tuesday and agreed to expand a free trade pact during their meeting in Jerusalem.
Sovereignty fears lead to EU-US trade rethink
21-Jan-2014 The Independent
The European Commission is to rethink its approach to a controversial US trade deal which campaign groups in the UK have warned would fundamentally erode Britain’s sovereignty.
Un accord de libre-échange est-il éthique?
20-Jan-2014 20Minutes
Le Gouvernement suisse planche sur un projet d’alliance économique avec la Russie. Mais celle-ci s’appliquerait aux pays signataires de l’union douanière avec Moscou, dont la controversée Biélorussie.
US trade debate prompts fears of delay in talks
20-Jan-2014 FT
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mexico’s economy minister said governments in the TPP talks were unlikely to offer any significant concessions until they were sure Mr Obama had fast-track authority. A senior EU official said officials in Brussels were bracing for a TPA debate that could last through this year and inevitably affect TTIP negotiations.
Apathy, dissent threaten to derail Sino-Australian FTA
20-Jan-2014 Global Times
Australians have a very ambivalent, indeed a lukewarm attitude toward the whole thing, writes Geoffrey Murray
FTA talks open in Malaysia
20-Jan-2014 Jiji Press
Officials from 16 economies in Asia and Oceania gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to start a third round of negotiations on establishing a regional free trade agreement (RCEP).
Taiwan should learn from South Korea’s TPP strategy
20-Jan-2014 Want China TImes
Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, has recently turned aggressive in seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and could learn from Korea’s strategy.
India-EFTA free trade pact talks stuck on intellectual property regime issue
20-Jan-2014 Economic Times
Negotiations for the free trade agreement between India and EFTA, four-member grouping that includes Switzerland, was stuck on the issue of intellectual property regime.
Vietnam, EU aim to complete FTA in 2014
20-Jan-2014 Sai Gon Giai Phong
Chief negotiators from Vietnam and the EU have pledged to complete discussions about a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year.