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Kenya in last-ditch effort to persuade Tanzania to sign EPA
28-Sep-2017 Standard
Kenya will take its case to the European Union in Brussels in a last-ditch effort to garner support for the Economic Partnership Agreement deal.
Riigikogu ratifies EU-Canadian free trade agreement
28-Sep-2017 ERR
The Parliament of Estonia ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Myths and risks of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement
27-Sep-2017 TNI
As the signing of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) draws near, concerns over the secrecy surrounding the agreement’s negotiations and the risks it poses abound, alongside many myths about its potential benefits.
Brexit bonanza: Lawyers encouraging corporations to sue UK & EU member states
25-Sep-2017 Corporate Europe Observatory
Brexit could become a money-making machine for law firms that make millions when corporations sue nation states via trade and investment agreements.
More producers and feedlot operators needed for CETA
25-Sep-2017 Discover Humboldt
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association says they are looking for producers and feedlot operators to sign up for their beef to be eligible in the E.U. market.
EU-Mercosur trade agreement would harm user rights and the commons
23-Sep-2017 Creative Commons
The EU-Mercosur FTA is expansive, addressing trade in industrial and agricultural goods as well as intellectual property provisions such as copyrights and patents.
CETA’s bitter taste for European food and agriculture
21-Sep-2017 IATP
CETA stealthily packages several controversial elements that leave a bitter taste for European food and agriculture.
EU court adviser says arbitration clause in investment treaty is legal
19-Sep-2017 Reuters
An arbitration clause in an investment treaty between the Netherlands and Slovakia does not violate EU law, an adviser to the EU’s top court said.
Canada to model post-Brexit Britain trade on CETA
19-Sep-2017 EurActiv
Canada agreed to use its new free trade agreement with Europe as a template for a pact with Britain after its largest trading partner within the European Union leaves the bloc.
EPA as ‘Enslavement partnership agreement’
18-Sep-2017 Vanguard
Tanzania’s former President has warned Nigeria to resist pressure to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement, (EPA), with the European Union, because according to him, such contracts are counterproductive.
Theresa May heads to Canada to seek trade deal
18-Sep-2017 Politico
British prime minister set to hold talks on ‘cementing a strong trade’ partnership with Canada post Brexit.
EU-Japan FTA - EU negotiating mandate (Nov 2012)
14-Sep-2017 European Council
As released by the European Council
Recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes
14-Sep-2017 European Commission
The inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in trade and investment agreements has become subject to increased public scrutiny and questioning.
Juncker’s trade push starts with Australia, New Zealand
14-Sep-2017 EurActiv
In his State of the Union address, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker mentioned the strengthening of the trade agenda as his number one initiative.
Lower house approves ratification of CETA
13-Sep-2017 Radio Praha
The lower house of the Czech Parliament ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada.
Brazil tells the EU ‘it won’t move’ on Mercosur talks without ethanol and beef
12-Sep-2017 EurActiv
Brazil insists that it will not table a new offer as part of the ongoing EU-Mercosur talks until a proposal on beef and ethanol is on the table.
Regulating across the digital divide
12-Sep-2017 MENAFN
If the world’s three major economies the US, the EU, and China were ever to harmonise their approach to regulating digital trade and global data flows, the pressure on developing countries to accept digital rules would intensify.
EU-Japan deal: trading away our rights
12-Sep-2017 CEO
Imagine the EU finds a new chemical to be dangerous. The EU would like to ban it but is unable to, or is only able to do so with major delays and laxer standards….
Canada introduces patent term extensions for pharmaceutical patents
12-Sep-2017 Lexology
The new regime has been implemented in order to meet Canada’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union
Western Sahara trade dispute to be heard in the Court of Justice of the European Union
11-Sep-2017 Lexology
WSCUK argues that the UK was unlawfully allowing products, originating from or processed in Western Sahara, to be imported into the UK under a trade agreement with Morocco.