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EU closes in on TTIP-style deal with Japan

6-Dec-2016 Newstalk

Officials in Brussels have announced that they are close to securing a free trade agreement with Japan.

India ready to resume BTIA talks with EU without preconditions

6-Dec-2016 India Today

Government is committed to an early and balanced outcome of India-EU Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement negotiations.

Asia should wrap up China-led trade talks quickly: ADB official

6-Dec-2016 Bloomberg

As the latest round of RCEP talks occur in Indonesia, ADB official says liberalisation of services are a challenge.

East Africa: Private sector to shape EPA deal

5-Dec-2016 All Africa

The Tanzania government will take the views of the private sector in deliberation of its position on the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the East African Community.

Netzpolitik editor: Trump will press on with ‘insidious’ TiSA deal

5-Dec-2016 EurActiv

Net politics activist Markus Beckedahl argues that the proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a huge threat to data protection.

Wallonia threatens again to block CETA

5-Dec-2016 New Europe

The Walloon minister president Paul Magnette announced again that his region is ready to block the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada

MSF press release: RCEP trade deal negotiators must reject terms that would harm access to medicines

5-Dec-2016 Médecins Sans Frontières

International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with other health groups, reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the proposed agreement that would increase market monopolies for pharmaceutical corporations and delay or block access to affordable generic medicines.

The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme undermined by the Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana

3-Dec-2016 SOL

The Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana will disrupt in a number of ways the functioning of intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme

The NAFTA teardown: Here’s where Trump could start

2-Dec-2016 CNN

Trump could begin with a controversial chapter of NAFTA that some experts believe allows a company to go head-to-head with a foreign country — an idea that bothers some.

China-NZ FTA would help drive the maritime silk road

2-Dec-2016 Global Times

New Zealand’s unique advantages mean that through the upgraded FTA, they will play a greater role in boosting global trade and investment and will help China gain a greater say in the world’s trade rules.

Indian, Sri Lankan officials to meet this month on FTA

2-Dec-2016 Colombo Gazette

Senior officials of India and Sri Lanka will meet to discuss broadening of the existing trade deal by including services and investments.

Secret TiSA trade deal equally as dangerous as TPP and TTIP finds new report

2-Dec-2016 Friends of the Earth International

The current trade and investment system—including TTIP, TPP and TiSA—needs to be challenged and fundamentally transformed in order to achieve a more just and sustainable world.

Malmström welcomes parliamentary vote on Ghana agreement

2-Dec-2016 European Commission

The European Parliament voted, with a 375-220 majority, to give its consent to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Ghana.

Canada-EU trade deal: Costs for new drugs may rise, but not for years

2-Dec-2016 CBC

CETA drug-patent extension applies only to new products, and higher costs are likely at least 8 years away

El Salvador’s win against the US mining company Pacific Rim : a very nuanced victory

2-Dec-2016 Equal Times

The ICSID decided in favour of El Salvador in a case brought by the US mining company Pacific Rim Cayman regarding a dispute over the granting of a mining licence.

Week of action on RCEP regional meeting in Indonesia (December 5-9, 2016)

2-Dec-2016

Week of action and resistance

Next round of RCEP negotiations in Jakarta from Dec 5

1-Dec-2016 The Economic Times

The single-tier system of duty relaxation under the proposed mega trade deal RCEP will be the central issue under discussion at the next round of negotiations of 16 countries, including India and China, in Jakarta from December 5.

EU, RI look to negotiate CEPA points

1-Dec-2016 Jakarta Post

Indonesia will seek a win-win outcome for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with the European Union, having exchanged views on a number of crucial sticking points ahead of the next round of negotiations in January.