EU
European Union
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15-Feb-2019 Basta
Accords de libre-échange : l’Europe veut-elle accorder plus de droits aux investisseurs qu’à ses propres citoyens ?
D’un côté, la justice européenne estime que les tribunaux privés d’arbitrage sont illégaux au sein de l’espace européen. De l’autre, le Parlement européen vient d’adouber l’accord de libre-échange avec Singapour, champion en matière d’opacité financière.
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15-Feb-2019 La Libre
UE: quand la "commercio-mania" saborde le climat
Le transport international est le grand oublié des accords de Paris. Visiblement, au credo citoyen "consommons local", les dirigeants européens préfèrent celui de "consommons global" car c’est bon pour la croissance et l’essor de l’agrobusiness.
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14-Feb-2019 Vietnam +
Aprueba UE aplicación de tratado de libre comercio con Singapur
El Parlamento Europeo dio luz verde a la aplicación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Singapur, como uno de los esfuerzos para fortalecer los nexos con los mercados asiáticos que poseen alto ritmo de crecimiento.
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14-Feb-2019 Xinhua
Names of wines, cheeses hold back Australia-EU free trade deal
Progress on a free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union has been interrupted by the names of cheeses and wines.
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14-Feb-2019 Scoop
Free Trade Agreement top of mind in EU meeting
A New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement was top of mind in discussions between Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and the EU’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan.
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14-Feb-2019 European Commission
Comoros and Samoa join trade and development agreements with the European Union
The island states Comoros and Samoa have joined the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the group of countries from their respective regions. The EU now has 40 trade agreements in place with 72 countries.
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13-Feb-2019 No al TTIP
Organizaciones de toda Europa apelan a los Parlamentos nacionales frente al Parlamento Europeo reclamando el rechazo al acuerdo de inversiones con Singapur
Las organizaciones europeas que son parte de la campaña “Derechos para las personas, obligaciones para las multinacionales” expresan su decepción por la aprobación en el Parlamento Europeo de los tratados tanto de comercio como el de inversión entre UE-Singapur (EUSIPA) con 436 votos a favor y 203 votos en contra.
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13-Feb-2019 Euractiv
Les négociations commerciales UE-Afrique avancent poussivement
Les négociateurs font du sur-place, alors que l’accord actuel entre l’UE et les 79 pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique (ACP) expire en mai 2020.
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13-Feb-2019 Euractiv
Cotonou successor: EU-Africa relations at the crossroads
Negotiators are hoping to break the back on talks for the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in May 2020, between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).
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13-Feb-2019 WSRW
European Parliament disregards Court and adopts Morocco fish deal
European Parliament has voted in favour of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement that will be applied to the waters of occupied Western Sahara.
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12-Feb-2019 Reuters
EU begins process to hit Cambodia with trade sanctions
The European Union started an 18-month process that could lead to the suspension of Cambodia’s duty-free trade access over its record on human rights and democracy.
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12-Feb-2019 Le Monde
« Les droits des investisseurs ne doivent pas être mieux protégés que ceux des citoyens ou de la planète »
27 associations, syndicats et ONG appellent les députés européens à rejeter un projet d’accord commercial entre l’UE et Singapour, comparable au très contesté CETA.
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11-Feb-2019
EU-New Zealand FTA: NZ proposals (November 2018)
As released by the Government of New Zealand
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11-Feb-2019 SOMO
The EU-Singapore investment protection agreement
An analysis of its impact on managing government bonds and capital flows.
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11-Feb-2019 Stop ISDS
MEPs take note: EU-Singapore deal could hinder fight against fraud and corruption.
The most worrying thing about the EU-Singapore deal is not the risk that Singapore firms themselves pose, but the fact that the agreement looks set to be used as a model for reinvigorating ISDS.
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11-Feb-2019 The East African
Tanzania allowed 4 months to resolve EPA impasse
The discussion on the EPA took place during the East Africa Community summit, with Tanzania insisting that it must be allowed more time to send experts to EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to present its grievances.
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8-Feb-2019 Portafolio
Colombia: Sector lácteo está cada vez más vulnerable a los TLC
El sector lechero colombiano prevé un panorama poco alentador en los próximos años por cuenta de los Tratados de Libre Comercio que el Gobierno firmó con Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.
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7-Feb-2019 Politico
The great transatlantic trade charade
Talks between the US and EU don’t look like they can make progress. That was never the big idea.
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6-Feb-2019 OMAL
Tribunales de arbitraje, blindaje empresarial
Los tribunales de arbitraje son precisamente parte de un proceso más amplio que, a través de la nueva oleada de tratados de comercio e inversión en los que estos se insertan, pretende implementar una constitución económica global que definitivamente sitúe en la cúspide político-jurídica los intereses corporativos y a las empresas transnacionales.
