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The king is dead, long live the king: the EU and the future of investor-state dispute settlement
26-Jul-2017 Volterra Fietta
The data lead to the inexorable conclusion that the European Commission’s declaration that “investment treaty arbitration is dead” is wrong by a ratio of over 1:3,000.
Mercosur nations prioritise end-of-year EU trade deal
25-Jul-2017 EurActiv
At its biannual summit last week, South American trade bloc Mercosur confirmed that it intends to finalise an agreement with the EU by the end of the year. But experts warn that this timeframe might be too ambitious for a full-blown deal. EURACTIV Spain reports.
EDA expresses CETA cheese concerns
21-Jul-2017 Dairy Reporter
With implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement looming, the European Dairy Association says it would limit access of EU cheeses to the Canadian market.
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (July 2017)
21-Jul-2017 European Commission
All texts as available as of 18 July 2017
Commission publishes reports following negotiation rounds with Mexico and Mercosur
20-Jul-2017 European Commission
The Commission has just published reports summarising the progress made during the latest negotiating rounds for the EU-Mexico and EU-Mercosur trade agreements.
Ceta and pesticides: A citizens’ rights issue
18-Jul-2017 EU Observer
The EU will soon be forced to choose between honouring its trade commitments and abiding by the law on public access to environmental information.
Trading health through IPR, patents
17-Jul-2017 Deccan Herald
Trade agreements between countries have a perceivable impact on access to medicines as a result of changes in patent and other national laws in different countries.
EU-Japan FTA - draft chapters (July 2017)
14-Jul-2017 European Commission
19 draft chapters, as released by the European Commission
Ukraine Association Agreement deal sealed ahead of Kyiv summit
12-Jul-2017 EurActiv
After years of delay, the EU formally approved the Association Agreement with Ukraine.
Commission postpones mandate for Australia and New Zealand trade talks
12-Jul-2017 Politico
The European Commission has postponed the release of its proposals for trade talks with Australia and New Zealand to the fall, a senior official told the European Parliament’s trade committee.
Katainen suggests dropping investment from trade deals
11-Jul-2017 EurActiv
The European Union could drop investment from major free trade deals in an effort to ease ratification, Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen.
Mercosur – EU joint communique, XXVIII negotiating round
10-Jul-2017 European Commission
A negotiating round took place in Brussels on 3-7 July between the European Union and Mercosur.
Fumbling towards multilateralism? A first read of the investment text in the Japan-EU FTA
10-Jul-2017 International Economic Law and Policy Blog
The EU and Japan seemed to have scrapped the classic BIT/investor protection architecture as a model.
EU, Canada agree start of free trade agreement
10-Jul-2017 Reuters
The European Union and Canada said they had agreed to start a free trade agreement on Sept. 21, paving the way for over 90 percent of the treaty to come into effect.
Report: CETA threatens European Union pesticide protections
7-Jul-2017 Common Dreams
A new report warns that the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) would weaken EU pesticide protections and increase human and environmental exposure to dangerous pesticides.
Italy’s farmers ’demonizing’ Canadian wheat in bid to protect domestic industry
7-Jul-2017 CBC
Mobilized by the largest agricultural organization in Europe, the farmers converged to turn up the heat on Italian politicians faced with ratifying the controversial Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.
New trade deals jeopardise EU green transport goals, NGO warns
7-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Upcoming free trade deals with biofuel-producing countries in Asia and South America will undermine the European Union’s goals to decarbonise the transport sector.
Dairy industry likely to get more aid after EPA deal with EU
7-Jul-2017 Japan Times
Japan is expected to boost subsidies and other assistance to dairy farmers after reaching a broad accord on its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
Japan sacrificed cheese tariffs to get EPA done with EU
7-Jul-2017 The Mainichi
Japan and the European Union have reached a broad consensus on an Economic Partnership Agreement. How will tariffs change under the agreement?
EU and Japan FTA to boost beef and pork sales
6-Jul-2017 Global Meat News
The EU meat industry is quite pleased with the agreement in principle between EU and Japan, on the basis of the preliminary outcomes for beef and pork.