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7-Aug-2018 Diario Uchile
Chile: Avalancha de TLCs en el Congreso ¿Por qué y para qué?
Los TLC son mucho más que tratados sobre el comercio entre países. En realidad avanzan en la desregulación y liberalización de actividades económicas que antes han estado en manos de los Estados, como los servicios públicos, la educación, la salud, el sistema de pensiones y otros.
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19-Jul-2018 Education International
Les éducateurs/trices de l’UE et du Japon réclament le retrait de l’éducation de l’accord commercial
L’accord, sous sa forme actuelle, représente une menace directe pour la fourniture de services publics de qualité, comme l’éducation.
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19-Jul-2018 Education International
Educators in the EU and Japan demand education be left out of trade agreement
The agreement poses direct threats to the provision of high-quality public services, such as education, in particular through restricting governments’ capacity to regulate in the public interest, encouraging further liberalisation of services and expanding the rights of multinational corporations.
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12-Jul-2018 The Guardian
Turkish government taken to international tribunal
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime accused of illegally seizing company assets and breaching investment treaties involving Britain and other EU states.
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12-Jul-2018 ICTSD
EU Parliament questions US compliance with data privacy shield, calls for suspension
The European Parliament adopted a resolution to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, saying the US’ compliance efforts to date “fail to provide enough data protection for EU citizens.”
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29-Jun-2018 LiveMint
India, Singapore conclude second review of trade pact
While the first review of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore was concluded in 2007, the second review was launched in 2010.
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27-Jun-2018 Business Standard
India to focus on services trade at RCEP ministers meet in Tokyo
Nations have increasingly got entrenched in their positions over reduction in tariffs and opening of market access.
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14-Jun-2018 Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka–Singapore FTA: An agreement between a giant and a child
The trade deal between Singapore and Sri Lanka is not seen that of ’equals’ to create economic relations. The difference is not pertaining to their respective economic powers but their legal and regulatory frameworks.
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7-Jun-2018 Bdew
Position paper on the trade agreement between the EU and Japan
The free trade agreement between Japan and the EU pushes for more liberalisation - including for the water industry.
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7-Jun-2018 AöW
AöW-Position on the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan
AöW highlights the concerns of public water management in Germany.
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7-Jun-2018 Times Higher Education
How global trade deals could impact universities
Unions and universities worry that agreements could leave them vulnerable to for-profit competition and entrench privatisation.
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4-Jun-2018 AFTINET
Veolia loses ISDS case against Egypt – after six years and millions in costs
Veolia has finally lost its claim against Egypt over a waste management contract dispute in which they claimed compensation for an increase in the minimum wage under a new labour law.
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16-May-2018
Sri Lanka FTAs: stupidity or treachery?
The President of Sri Lanka expressed that his government will safeguard the local industrialists. In several occasions, he has mentioned that the government does not want to go for trade agreements that are deleterious to the country’s economy. However, in January this year, the president was seated in the high chair clapping when the bilateral trade agreement with Singapore is signed, which liberalized the country’s service sector effectively for the first time.
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14-May-2018 Daily Mirror
Govt. responds to Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA detractors
In response to concerns raised by some professional associations last week concerning the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA), the Development Strategies and International Trade Ministry in a detailed response said the movement of natural persons from Singapore has not been opened except for intra-corporate transferees in senior management and business visitors linked to investments.
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7-May-2018 La Diaria
Uruguay - Frente Amplio decidió que el Ejecutivo no firme más TLC “de última generación”
El ministro Astori dijo que “lamenta” que no se respalde la política de apertura del gobierno.
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3-May-2018 La Diaria
Uruguay - TLC con Chile: olvídense de la transformación de la matriz productiva
La derecha, unánimemente, apoya el TLC Chile-Uruguay y el ingreso de Uruguay al Tratado de Cooperación de Patentes (TCP); el propio TLC con Chile “insta” a Uruguay a realizar los máximos esfuerzos para ingresar a dicho tratado. En la izquierda tenemos distintas visiones.
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19-Apr-2018 Revista Pueblos
Impactos de la nueva oleada de acuerdos comerciales en los servicios públicos: Estado mínimo, mercado máximo
En los últimos años hemos comenzado a discutir sobre instrumentos que, bajo la engañosa idea de modernidad, representan una nueva ofensiva por asegurar cada vez más la presencia del mercado en todas las esferas de la vida de las personas y limitar el espacio soberano para las políticas públicas en favor de las mayorías sociales.
