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Haiti’s fraudulent presidential frontrunner seizes land for his own banana republic
22-Jan-2016 Other Worlds
Farmers remain homeless and out of work while the land grabbed by the company Jovenel Moïse founded, Agritrans, now hosts a private banana plantation. Moïse is the only man running in Haiti’s fraudulent runoff presidential elections this Sunday, and is connected to the land grab responsible for the expulsion of as many as 800 peasants.
Chilean social groups to protest Monsanto, anti-democratic TPP
22-Jan-2016 Tele Sur
Citizen opposition to the signing of the TPP will take place throughout the region, with joint mobilizations taking place in Peru and Argentina.
Better Regulation, TTIP under the radar?
22-Jan-2016 EBB
The negotiations the EU are having with the US over TTIP would lead to new governance structures and procedures with a central objective of eliminating trade and investment barriers.
Consumer rights group launches petition to exclude cosmetics from TTIP
22-Jan-2016 EurActiv
The Danish consumer rights organisation Forbrugerrådet Tænk wants to keep cosmetics regulation out of the Transatlantic free trade negotiations, saying it is worried that the EU will "sell out" its strict standards.
Say NO to the new legislations on trade secrets
22-Jan-2016 Xnet
What is hiding behind the new laws on trade secrets?
EU quietly asks Canada to rework trade deal’s thorny investment clause
22-Jan-2016 CBC
Both sides admit surprise as deal risks losing ratification vote thanks to anti-American sentiment.
MEPs support ambitious global trade pact
21-Jan-2016 Politico
The Trade in Services Agreement will be important for the exchange of data flows, lawmakers say.
India’s new BIT and arbitration law send mixed signals to foreign investors
21-Jan-2016 Lexology
India’s new model BIT text follows the trend of divergent approaches to investment treaty-making by focusing on a more defensive-minded strategy than in its prior treaties.
South America forms alternative to free trade kangaroo courts
21-Jan-2016 Tele Sur
Experts from UNASUR met in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo in order to finalize and sign agreements regarding the proposed center for investigation of international settlement dispute cases.
Canadian mining company reorganizes to seek damages from Costa Rica
21-Jan-2016 Tico Times
Infinito announced that it has secured funding from a lender to continue pursuing damages stemming from Costa Rica’s cancellation of the firm’s gold mining concession in 2011.
Ngapuhi considers Waitangi day protest if TPP signed
21-Jan-2016
A Ngapuhi elder is threatening to block the Government from Te Tii Marae on Waitangi Day if the Trans Pacific Partnership is signed, saying the signing is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
What does China want in a free trade deal?
21-Jan-2016 Embassy
It’s unclear where China’s requests end and its demands begin.
Lametti on CETA: ’We’ll get this deal to work’
21-Jan-2016 Embassy
CETA, China, softwood lumber among government’s top trade priorities for 2016. Canada’s government is willing to address ISDS concerns.
China, Gulf to speed up free trade talks
20-Jan-2016 Daily Mail
China and the oil-dependent Gulf monarchies said they would accelerate talks on a free trade deal which has been under negotiation for more than a decade.
HRW: "Western Sahara products should not be labeled as Moroccan"
20-Jan-2016 WSRW
Human Rights Watch states that "countries should not import goods produced in Western Sahara labeled as Made in Morocco or under preferential tariff agreements with Morocco".
30% of SMEs risk going bust post-TPPA
20-Jan-2016 The Malaysian Insider
About 30% of small and medium companies risk going under once the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) comes into force.
US targets new opportunities in Latin America
20-Jan-2016 America Fruit
Economic growth and expanding middle class is fuelling demand for US agricultural products.
Japan, China, South Korea fail to set goals for trade deal
20-Jan-2016 The Japan Times
High-ranking negotiators from Japan, China and South Korea failed to set goals for how far they want to open their markets in the latest round of talks on a three-way free trade accord.
Here is how TTIP threatens small businesses in the UK
20-Jan-2016 The Independent
As 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year I am firmly against TTIP and the strain it will place on home grown business owners.
Why TTIP is stuck in the muck
20-Jan-2016 Politico
For TTIP to work, the EU needs to become more transparent.