bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

All articles

Stop TTIP/CETA ECI: We continue our fight!
19-Sep-2014 Stop-TTIP.org
European social movements reject EU Commission’s attempt to silence them and will carry out their own European Citizens’ Initiative to stop both TTIP and CETA
Questions linger over controversial Canada-China trade deal
19-Sep-2014 Epoch Times
Canada’s Conservative government is taking heat after Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet quietly ratified a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with China after sitting on it for two years during which it was strongly criticized and protested.
European Ombudsman launches public consultation in relation to the transparency of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations
19-Sep-2014 European Ombudsman
The aim of the Ombudsman’s inquiry is to help ensure that the public can follow the progress of these talks and contribute to shaping their outcome.
Teamsters make case against bad trade deals to top Democratic senators
19-Sep-2014 Teamsters
The Teamsters labour union told key US senators that secret ’trade’ deals like TPP and TISA threaten government workers’ jobs by opening them up to irreversible privatization by multinationals.
Levin says plenty of work left on Asia-Pacific trade deal
19-Sep-2014 The Hill
A top House Democrat on Thursday said negotiations on an Asia-Pacific trade deal still have a long way to go.
Canada’s secretive treaty with China further diminishes aboriginal rights
18-Sep-2014 VICE Canada
"This isn’t a matter of the big bad Chinese coming and throwing oil all over our beavers and mounties, this is about (for the ten trillionth time in this country’s history) a fundamental disrespect for First Nations people, upon whose land we are developing a multi-billion dollar energy extraction industry."
MEPs still divided over EU-Canada trade deal
18-Sep-2014 Xinhua
Divisions were evident in a European Parliament (EP) debate Wednesday on a proposed trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada.
S. Korea, Turkey initial FTA in service, investment sectors
18-Sep-2014 Yonhap
South Korea and Turkey initialed a free trade agreement (FTA) for their investment and service sectors Thursday, which will complement a trade pact for products that went into effect last year.
EU must allay fears about free trade with Canada, Danish minister say
18-Sep-2014 Globe and Mail
Danish companies — such as pharmaceutical giant Novo-Nordisk, who will get expanded patent protection in Canada — see huge opportunities for boosting their revenues through CETA.
Mercosur, Pacific Alliance to strengthen ties
17-Sep-2014 TeleSur
Foreign Ministers from both blocs will meet November in Chile to discuss a Free Trade Agreement by 2016.
Pressure as EU issues new trade ultimatum
17-Sep-2014 Independent
While the EU boss in Uganda is quick to point out that the date is neither an ultimatum nor a deadline, come Oct. 01 the EU will withdraw its free market access to countries like Uganda that have not yet ratified an Economic Partnership Agreement.
PSI Special Report: The Really Good Friends of Transnational Corporations Agreement
17-Sep-2014 PSI
The objective of this report is to help overcome the secrecy and complexity surrounding the TISA (Trade in Services Agreement) negotiations in order to bring the agreement into the public sphere for democratic debate.
Dutch first to fish under unethical EU-Morocco fish deal
17-Sep-2014 WSRW
For the first time in almost three years, an EU member state fishing vessel has been detected in the waters of occupied Western Sahara.
China, Taiwan restart trade treaty talks
17-Sep-2014 Tax News
Taiwan and China have restarted talks on adding further goods tariff reductions to their economic cooperation framework agreement, despite the long-running dispute over the cross-strait agreement for trade in services that was signed in June last year.
India wary of issues on services in Canada pact
17-Sep-2014 LiveMint
Canada’s trade minister Ed Fast is scheduled to visit India next month to hold discussions with Nirmala Sitharaman to end the CEPA deadlock
Study: Risks and opportunities for the EU agri-food sector in a possible EU-US trade agreement
17-Sep-2014 European Parliament
TTIP "could lead to major changes in EU legislation, which may undermine the traditional EU precaution and risk management policy on which the current regulatory framework is based" says study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Colombia: FTA negotiations with Japan continue
17-Sep-2014 Portfolio Colombia
The seventh round of Economic Partnership Agreement talks, which aim at achieving an FTA between Colombia and Japan by 2015, are taking place this week in the Japanese capital.
Social movements denounce corporate take-over of Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit
17-Sep-2014 Climate Space
The movements point out that halting climate change calls for an end to the neoliberal free trade regime that promotes the pursuit of endless growth and endless profit for transnational corporations.
New treaty allows China to sue Canada to change its laws
16-Sep-2014 Newsweek
Despite public outcry, Stephen Harper, Canada’s prime minister, ratified a controversial treaty on Friday that will allow China to sue Canada in secret tribunals to repeal Canadian laws that interfere with Chinese investments.
European Parliament ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
16-Sep-2014 European Parliament News
The European Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), on Tuesday in Strasbourg. At the same time, the Agreement was also ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev.