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Secret trade talks could weaken climate targets set in Paris, warn campaigners
4-Dec-2015 The Guardian
Rival international negotiations in Geneva could outlaw subsidies for solar or wind power in ‘great climate change swindle’
Sugar socialism could breach free trade agreements
3-Dec-2015
The forced re-regulation of Queensland’s $2 billion sugar industry could breach international trade agreements and threaten foreign investment, Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said.
Threat and Opportunity: Korea-China FTA Posing Challenge in IPR Protection
3-Dec-2015
The number of patent applications and patent disputes Chinese companies are involved in have been on the rise at a time when the Chinese government chose enhancement of intellectual property rights (IPR) as one of its core economic strategies.
Lessons to learn from TPP: What the EU shouldn’t do in TTIP
3-Dec-2015 BEUC
Although TPP seems a remote issue, it could have a direct impact on EU consumers.
The TPP state of play: How we defeat the largest trade deal in history
3-Dec-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Now that the TPP’s approval and ratification in the United States is on the horizon, here’s what you need to know about what’s going on and what’s to come. This state of play will be useful as we work to defend our digital rights against the largest trade deal in history.
A dirty deal: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens our climate
3-Dec-2015 Sierra Club
In its more than 6,000 pages of binding rules, the deal fails to even mention the words “climate change”—a clear sign it is not “a 21st-century trade agreement,” as some have claimed.
S Korea ratifies VN trade deal
2-Dec-2015 Viet Nam News
South Korea’s National Assembly officially adopted a free trade agreement with Viet Nam.
What’s going on with CETA 14 months after negotiations were completed?
2-Dec-2015 Rabble
The latest speculation is that CETA isn’t likely to go before the European Parliament until mid to late 2016 or early 2017.
TTIP vs. climate policy: what is at risk?
2-Dec-2015 Global Development And Environment Institute
TTIP is intended to remove “non-tariff barriers to trade”. But the barriers it is targeting are democratically adopted regulations, preventing or correcting damages that would result from unregulated private markets.
Farm issues could scupper free trade deal with EU - U.S.
2-Dec-2015 Reuters
Differences between the United States and the European Union over issues such as genetically modified crops and hormone-treated beef could scupper a free trade deal.
ASEAN reinforces commitment to RCEP
2-Dec-2015 Tax News
The leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) looked forward to the early conclusion of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade treaty.
South Korea-China free trade agreement attracts protest from activists as lawmakers ratify deal
2-Dec-2015 Chinatopix
South Korean farmers and activists staged protests against a free trade agreement with China ahead of a parliamentary meeting to vote on its confirmation.
Foreign investor protection and climate action: a new price tag for urgent policies
2-Dec-2015 SSRN
Foreign investor protection provisions in trade and investment agreements tilt the playing field in favor of entrenched incumbents and against urgent action on climate.
Rights for business, not for people: the EU agenda
2-Dec-2015 Friends of the Earth Europe
This report explains how the European Union is aggressively pursuing special rights for businesses whilst hampering efforts to hold corporations responsible for the human rights violations they commit.
EEU, Egypt to prepare FTA within a year and a half
2-Dec-2015 http://eng.belta.by/economics/view/...
Peru eyes free trade agreement with India
1-Dec-2015
Hoping to increase bilateral trade with India, South American nation Peru is looking to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India in the next three to four years, a successful achievement of which will make it the first Latin American country to have an FTA with India.
Economics minister warns about China-South Korea FTA
1-Dec-2015
TPP mitigation must be effective
1-Dec-2015 The Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration unveiled an outline of measures to help domestic industries cope with the effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Will the TPP free trade agreement have a negative effect on Thailand?
1-Dec-2015 Asian Correspondent
The conclusions of TPP: What is next for Thailand?
Macau and China’s mainland ink new deal on trade services under CEPA
1-Dec-2015 Macau News
Macau and China’s mainland have signed a new agreement under the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), further liberalizing trade in services.