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Final agreement of WTO TRIPS council on the obligations of Least Developed Countries to protect intellectual property rights, puts EU and US in a bad light | 12-June-2013
Burghard Ilge:

Burghard Ilge, Both ENDS, 12/06/2013
Yesterday the World Trade Organization (WTO) officially decided that the country grouping of Least Developed Counties (LDCs) remain excluded from the most far reaching WTO obligations on i ...

El mito de los TLC. ¿El futuro es Puerto Rico? | 3-June-2013
Jose M Lopez Sierra:

Saludos, Tenemos que trabajar juntos para descolonizar a Puerto Rico. Habra una protesta pacifica en las afuera de la ONU este 17 de junio. Te esperamos! Un abrazo! Jose
www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com

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 ...

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 ...

Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne : Pour ou contre un accord de libre-échange ? | 22-February-2013
Ali Haribou Ex-Fonctionnaire International ONU/FAO; Ex-Chargé de Liaison FAO Auprès de la CEA et de l’Union Africaine; Ex-Représentant de la FAO à Djibouti et IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development):

Et l’Afrique (en déhors de l’Afrique du Sud, faisant partie des BRICS) dans tout cela?...
A Madame Susan George: Votre livre sur" Comment Meurt l’autre moitié du Monde..." restant d’actualité est à rapprocher ic ...

Hearings to start in Uruguay anti-smoking | 21-February-2013
margaret beresford:

Rather odd, given the number of successful US lawsuits against tobacco companies found to have caused cancer and other pulmonary diseases. Governments were also citing health care costs including the affects of second hand smoke. Maybe tobacco ...

Free trade pacts hurting, not helping India: FIEO news | 4-February-2013
P C Jena, CUTS International:

India’s trade competitiveness has declined in recent years, especially with those countries or regional entities with which it engages through preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Export and import data till September 2012 show that the countr ...

President Mahama wants better EPA deal for ACP countries | 20-December-2012
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African Nations have an option , to engage the Middle East , Asian Region(China,India etc) and the USA in alternative EPAs because the EU is doing Exactly that and therefore the Trade Preferences being offered by the EU are going to be eventuall ...

Free trade pacts hurting, not helping India: FIEO news | 16-December-2012
P C Jena, CUTS International:

A Judicious trade policy mix is required in this regards. I have light upon some areas in selected third party PTA and its effect on India trade in a briefing paper of CUTS-CITEE. It is high time for the government of India to revisit the PTAs wh ...

Ne ratifiez pas l’APIE Canada-Chine, améliorez-le | 7-December-2012
Tim Lash:

Lettre ouverte au Premier ministre du Canada, les députés et les sénateurs, et d’autres.
Il s’agit d’un problème mondial, l’approfondissement des précédents dans d’autres accords. Dans tous les pays, s’il vo ...

Improve the Canada-China investment treaty, don’t ratify it | 7-December-2012
Tim Lash:

Open letter to Canada’s PM, Conservative MPs , and Senators, and others.
It’s a global issue, setting precedents for other agreements. In all countries, please respectfully share this, mail your own letter or a copy of t ...

Solidaridad con Palestina en Caracas y AL, plantearán ruptura del TLC Mercosur – Israel | 29-November-2012
Victor Enciso:

Actuar con prudencia e inteligencia.
Debemos tener en cuenta que los acuerdos son entre estados y a la vez que, los gobiernos son transitorios. No se puede tirar por la borda toda la inversion hecha para llegar a un acuerdo e ...

EU seeks stiff rules on free trade deal | 27-November-2012
Pierre DIDIER Avocat Brussels:

Very biaised report !
Canada wants to be able to expropriate without indemnity enterprises on grounds of their operating against its public policies in the fields of health, environment. The commented clause in no way woul ...

Experts support Uganda’s decision to join COMESA FTA | 26-November-2012
felix oange:

Good for the Republic of Uganda, this creates massive opportunities for the country to massive value addition to exploit the inherent market opportunities in the 19 country trading bloc. Let the country negate the FTA by seeking derogations as th ...


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