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Curtailing ties to have repercussions on the EU too, FTI warns
26-Jun-2014 The Nation
Thai industries yesterday warned the European Union that its decision to curtail diplomatic ties with Thailand after the military coup could result in mutual repercussions.
De Gucht downplays corporate dominance in TTIP talks
25-Jun-2014 EurActiv
Multinational companies will not be given too much power by a trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, the EU’s trade chief said on Tuesday (24 June), seeking to reassure consumer and environmental groups opposed to the pact.
US says ’science’ should settle trans-Atlantic food trade rules
20-Jun-2014 DW
When US farm lobbyists push for "sound science" as the basis for food supply trade rules, what they mean by this term is that they want Europe to eliminate all restrictions on imports of food from the US, and to adopt a US-style food supply regulatory regime, stripped of the precautionary principle.
’TTIP serves the major corporations’
23-May-2014 DW
The TTIP trade agreement between the US and the EU is continuing to cause a major row in Europe. Economist Christoph Scherrer tells DW that the corporations’ right to file lawsuits will be particularly problematic.
Uruguay’s smoking laws draw tobacco fire
11-May-2014
While Uruguay has been celebrated by liberals around the world for its bold steps to regulate cannabis, with new rules taking effect this week, its similarly pioneering attempts to control smoking of another, legal plant – tobacco – has earned it powerful enemies.
’Certainty’ will be agenda with India’s new govt: US industry
25-Apr-2014 PTI
The US business lobby has said it wants "predictability, certainty and transparency" in India’s economic and trade policies, and this would be its agenda with the new government to be formed after the poll results of the Lok Sabha elections.
How the revolving door lets Hollywood shape Obama’s trade agenda
25-Apr-2014 Vox
The revolving door between industry groups and the Obama administration’s trade shop has been busy lately.
EPA debate causes stir
23-Apr-2014 Graphic Business
Members of the Association of Ghana Industries are divided over whether government should join other West African states to sign onto the Economic Partnership Agreement.
European businessmen back moves to get closer to PH-EU FTA
23-Apr-2014 ABS-CBN
European businessmen back the government’s plan to conclude the scoping for the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Philippines by the end of the year .
Mitsui takes on grain big guns
21-Apr-2014 The West Australian
Mitsui Australia chairman Yasushi Takahashi was a key participant in talks and events in this month’s free-trade agreement between Tokyo and Canberra.
FTA could see massive Japan cash splash
6-Apr-2014
A new report to be released today reveals that Japanese companies have stashed away $1.56 trillion cash reserves, the equivalent of Australia’s entire annual economic output — and potentially a source of massive new investments in Australia under a free trade deal.
A journey through the lobby jungle in Brussels
3-Apr-2014 Lobbycontrol
During the last TTIP negotiating round, CEO and the German lobby watchdog Lobbycontrol organised guided tours through the EU quarter in Brussels, focusing on the corporate lobbying behind the TTIP negotiations and the way that the European Commission allows corporations to set the agenda for the talks.
Leaked: US and EU chemical lobbies fighting to “freeze” industry regulation
18-Mar-2014 Mint Press News
Newly leaked documents from the chemical industries in the United States and European Union depict a joint effort to guide bilateral trade talks in a way that legal and public interest analysts warn would irreparably weaken the ability of governments in both continents to regulate toxic chemicals.
Japan business lobby calls for NZ’s efforts to strike TPP deal
17-Mar-2014 Kyodo
The head of Japan’s most influential business lobby on Monday called on New Zealand to play an active role toward concluding talks for a Pacific free trade pact, as the 12 negotiating members struggle to overcome their differences.
CropLife America and the European Crop Protection Association discuss joint proposal during TTIP negotiations
17-Mar-2014 ECPA
CropLife America (CLA) and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) called for a more harmonized risk assessment framework for pesticide regulations during the fourth round of negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Chemical industry secretly manipulating US-EU trade negotiations (TTIP)
10-Mar-2014 CIEL
A report published today by ClientEarth and CIEL shows that a leaked proposal from lobby groups, the American Chemistry Council and the European Chemical Industry Council, to the US-EU trade negotiations would damage future protective legislation on toxic chemicals.
Profiting from crisis: How corporations and lawyers are scavenging profits from Europe’s crisis countries
10-Mar-2014 TNI
Corporations, backed by lawyers, use international investment agreements to scavenge for profits by suing Europe’s crisis countries.
Eight reasons to purge investor-state dispute settlement from trade agreements
6-Mar-2014
For a variety of reasons, including poor management of public perceptions, the administration’s trade agenda is in trouble. Much of the public’s antipathy toward trade agreements can be boiled down to concerns about the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provision. ISDS enables foreign investors to circumvent domestic legal processes and sue host governments in third-party arbitration tribunals for unfair or discriminatory treatment – described hyperbolically by those fanning the flames of opposition as “running roughshod over domestic laws, regulations, and sovereignty.”
TTIP: American business confident no issue can derail talks, says AmCham EU
6-Mar-2014 EU Trade Insights
In an exclusive interview with viEUws, Susan Danger, Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, talks to Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt, viEUws Trade Editor, about the TTIP negotiations.
Dairy groups ’running out of patience’ on TPP
4-Mar-2014 Farm Futures
The US Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation suggest moving forward with Trans Pacific Partnership without Canada and Japan on the basis of the countries’ dairy policies