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Some implications of the digital economy paragraph of the leaked draft ministerial text for IPEF trade pillar
2-Sep-2022
The US will host the first in-person IPEF Ministerial meeting in Los Angeles from 8-9 September 2022, which is expected to launch formal negotiations. Some countries may decide not to remain involved in some or all of the IPEF’s “pillars”.
IPEF draft ministerial text - trade pillar (Jul 2022)
17-Jul-2022
Draft ministerial text for trade pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF)
WTO COVID IP negotiating text as of 25/5/2022
28-May-2022
Consolidated negotiating COVID intellectual property text as of 25/5/2022
AfCFTA protocol on investment draft (Nov 2021)
14-Apr-2022
WTO response to the pandemic - Walker’s text 22/11/2021
23-Nov-2021
Walker’s text of 22 November 2021 on the WTO response to the pandemic
WTO plurilateral ecommerce draft consolidated revised text
13-Oct-2021
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on ecommerce. This is the revised version of the draft consolidated text as of 8 September 2021.
WTO plurilateral investment facilitation draft consolidated revised Easter text
16-Sep-2021
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on facilitating investment. This is the draft consolidated text as of 23 July 2021 ("revised Easter text"). It updates the Easter text available at https://www.bilaterals.org/?wto-plurilateral-investment-45012.
WTO plurilateral investment facilitation draft consolidated Easter text
6-Sep-2021
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on facilitating investment. This is the draft consolidated text as of 12 April 2021.
Leaked diplomatic cables show ‘limited progress’ in Energy Charter Treaty reform talks
7-Jul-2021 Euractiv
Little progress has been made to modernise a controversial agreement on energy investments that activists warn could derail decarbonisation efforts in Europe and across the globe, according to leaked documents.
WTO plurilateral ecommerce draft consolidated text
10-Feb-2021
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on ecommerce. This is the draft consolidated text as of 14 December 2020.
Working document on the draft EU-Mercosur Association Agreement
2-Feb-2021 Fern
The following avenues can be envisaged to address the concerns raised by the draft EU-Mercosur agreement.
EU-Mercosur: leaked treaty has no climate protection, undermines democracy
9-Oct-2020 Greenpeace
International agreements must have the protection of people and nature at their core, not as a ‘nice-to-have’ – this deal doesn’t measure up and must be scrapped.
EU-Mercosur FTA: draft text (June 2020)
9-Oct-2020 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
EU-ACP post-Cotonou agreement: draft text (June 2020)
29-Jun-2020
Energy Charter Treaty: EU text proposal for the modernisation (May 2020)
27-May-2020 European Commission
Important differences between the final RCEP electronic commerce chapter and the TPPA and lessons for e-commerce in the WTO
10-Feb-2020
The US Mexico Canada Agreement extended the TPPA’s digital trade rules to provide even more extensive guarantees the already-dominant technology corporations. The RCEP puts a break on those developments.
Agreement for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the Member States of the European Union (EU draft, Nov 2019)
8-Jan-2020 IAReporter
As leaked by IAReporter
NHS drug prices, chlorine-washed chicken and secretive courts: What do US-UK trade documents tell us about life after Brexit?
29-Nov-2019 The Independent
Hundreds of pages of leaked documents detailing behind-closed-doors talks between US and UK officials have stoked fears about the true price of a post-Brexit trade deal with Trump’s America.
Leaked US trade talks show how Trump is dictating Johnson’s approach to a hard Brexit
28-Nov-2019 Open Democracy
Far from taking back control, Britain has clearly entered into a relationship where we hold none of the cards.
Explosive leaked trade papers show NHS, chlorinated chicken already on table in US trade talks
27-Nov-2019 Global Justice Now
Trade deal with Trump would threaten public services, consumer protection and online rights.