Negotiations
Chile: Razones para rechazar el TPP-11: Agricultura, semillas y alimentación
22-Mar-2019Chile Mejor sin TLC Chile Mejor sin TLC a través de las representantes y viceras autorizadas, presentó ante la Comisión de Agricultura de la Cámara de Diputados sólidas y documentadas razones para rechazar el Tratado Transpacífico CPTPP11.
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22-Mar-2019 Fundación GEP
TLC: Sin remedio(s) para el Mercosur, cerró la 38va ronda de negociación del acuerdo comercial con la Unión Europea
Si bien el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Argentina comunicó que la ronda 38va de negociaciones entre el Mercosur y la Unión Europea culminó luego de “discusiones constructivas y progresos al nivel de los jefes negociadores”, fuentes informaron que en materia del capítulo de propiedad intelectual el Mercosur mostró una postura “muy flexible” al aceptar los términos impuestos por la UE. -
22-Mar-2019 TV Maghreb
Enquête – Une nouvelle procédure arbitrale contre l’Algérie
Le groupe SAUR et sa filiale STEREAU ont fait appel au CIRDI contre l’Algérie concernant un litige sur une station d’épuration des eaux, en vertu de l’accord d’investissement avec la France. -
22-Mar-2019 AFTINET
Media release: Philip Morris paying only half of Australia’s costs in ISDS case is outrageous, says AFTINET
It has taken a second FOI case and another two years to reveal that Australian taxpayers were only awarded half of the costs of defending Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws against tobacco giant Philip Morris in March 2017. -
22-Mar-2019 BusinessLine
India, Peru hold 4th round of FTA talks in Lima
India and Peru have concluded a fourth round of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement in the South American nation, the Department of Commerce said. -
22-Mar-2019 Xinhua
Argentina, China vow to strengthen ties, deepen cooperation
Chinese Vice Premier pointed out that China appreciates Argentina’s support for the Belt and Road Initiative and is willing to discuss cooperation projects with Argentina and expand cooperation in areas like infrastructure, agriculture, energy and mining. -
22-Mar-2019 Euractiv
L’UE resserre les rangs face à la Chine
Les négociateurs européens ont inclus dans leur proposition envoyée à leurs homologues chinois la volonté de conclure d’ici à 2020 un accord d’investissement « ambitieux » entre la Chine et l’UE. -
22-Mar-2019 The Phnom Penh Post
Kingdom seeks FTA with EAEU
Cambodia is negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), hoping the new market will maintain the Kingdom’s economic growth. -
22-Mar-2019 The Hindu Business Line
Elections in five countries slows down RCEP negotiations temporarily
India has got a temporary relief from taking difficult decisions at the on-going Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks due to the elections in five countries. -
22-Mar-2019 The Jakarta Post
Trade agreements put our right to water at risk
Trade agreements like the RCEP are designed to make it easier for foreign multinational corporations to invest and do business. In doing so, they put the rights of citizens and workers second to profits. -
21-Mar-2019 El Desconcierto
Chile: Los argumentos falaces del gobierno para empujar al Congreso a aprobar el TPP-11
La Cancillería y su Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (DIRECON), se están defendiendo del mar de críticas contra el Tratado Integral y Progresista de Asociación Transpacífico (CPTPP), conocido como TPP-11, a punta de argumentos engañosos y derechamente falsos.more
Key issues
Korea’s agriculture deficit grows under FTAs
15-Mar-2019 Korea HeraldSouth Korea has actively promoted its agricultural products in overseas markets over the past few years by holding K-food fairs. Nonetheless, data show that Korea has yet to resolve its chronic trade deficit in farm products.
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14-Mar-2019 TNI
The globalisation of border control and peoples’ resistance
A workshop aimed to promote a collective analysis of border control, focusing on the power and impunity of transnational corporations, militarization, the externalization of borders, and the link between free trade and migration. -
14-Mar-2019 Reuters
Democrats cool toward NAFTA replacement, question labor standards
Several Democrats said a closed-door meeting between United States Trade Representative failed to ease their concerns about the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s provisions on labor, biologic drugs and some other issues. -
7-Mar-2019 Local Futures
Saving Japan’s seed heritage from “free trade”
Former Japanese minister Yamada joined forces with 150 lawyers that have challenged as unconstitutional both the TPP agreement and the government’s decision to abolish the seed protection law. -
7-Mar-2019 South Centre
Building a mirage: The effectiveness of tax carve-out provisions in international investment agreements
The broad language in investment agreements has allowed investor-state dispute settlement tribunals to scrutinize tax measures adopted by States, and determine that such measures resulted in a breach of State’s obligations under the agreement. -
27-Feb-2019 Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Chevron Vs Ecuador: international arbitration & impunity (ISDS case)
In February of 2011 the Ecuadorian Courts delivered an historic verdict, sentencing the Big Oil Corporation Chevron to pay US$9,500 million dollars for its contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon (1964-1992). However, Chevron hit back via the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system and sued Ecuador.
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27-Feb-2019 Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Chevron Vs Ecuador: arbitraje internacional e impunidad (caso ISDS)
En Febrero de 2011 la Justicia ecuatoriana emitió un histórico fallo sentenciando a la Corporación petrolera Chevron a pagar 9,500 millones de dólares por contaminar la Amazonía Ecuatoriana. Sin embargo, Chevron recurrió al sistema de arbitraje de diferencias Inversor-Estado y demandó al Ecuador.more
Texts of agreements
7-Mar-2019
| Indonesia-Australia FTA text
As released by Government of Australia
1-Mar-2019
| US-UK FTA: Summary of specific negotiating objectives (US, Feb 2019)
As released by the Office of the US Trade Representative
11-Feb-2019
| EU-New Zealand FTA: NZ proposals (November 2018)
As released by the Government of New Zealand
21-Jan-2019
| EU-US FTA: EU draft negotiating mandates (Jan 2019)
As released by the European Commission
Comments
21-Mar-2019 Seoul to resolve beef trade spat for ratification of US FTA deal
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