26-Nov-2015
The Jakarta Post
The Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which is expected to come into effect within the next two years, is likely to ready Indonesia to join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
26-Nov-2015
The Times of Israel
Latin American nation’s first FTA with a Middle Eastern nation focuses on innovation and technology transfer
25-Nov-2015
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The TPP investment chapter offers few truly novel features and is instead heavily influenced by prior American treaty practice.
25-Nov-2015
World Trade Online
The new European Union proposal for an investment chapter in the TTIP is mostly identical to the draft chapter Brussels released but makes what could be significant changes to how parallel claims are handled and tightens rules on arbitrator conduct.
25-Nov-2015
Intellectual Property Watch
This post offers a comparison of TPP’s IP chapter and the DMCA with a focus on the rights of users and the status of user expression in the TPP’s intermediary safe harbor provisions.
24-Nov-2015
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The smoke haze that has engulfed Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia for two months could violate international law and be the subject of an investment treaty claim against Indonesia.
24-Nov-2015
Veblen Institute
The potential effects of the United States / Europe trade agreement (TTIP) on local economies and SMEs.
24-Nov-2015
Financial Express
Asean and China signed the protocol to amend the existing FTA to an upgraded version.
23-Nov-2015
The Jakarta Post
Despite strong opposition to its sudden expression of intent to join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the government says it is proceeding with preparations by establishing a special team to thoroughly review the trade-pact agreement.
23-Nov-2015
Vietnamnet Bridge
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is expected to be officially signed at the beginning of December, during a visit by senior Vietnamese leaders to Europe.
23-Nov-2015
Macau Daily Times
Thirteen years after mooting the idea, Southeast Asian leaders formally created a unified economic community.
21-Nov-2015
The Dollar Business
The two countries agreed to hold trade monitoring mechanism and CEOs forums to explore potential areas of collaborations.
21-Nov-2015
South China Morning Post
South China Sea disputes a hot topic of discussion but declaration at the end of the Asia-Pacific leaders summit makes no reference to the issues
