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Commission swamped by 150,000 replies to TTIP consultation
24-Jul-2014 EurActiv
About 150,000 people have responded to the European Commission’s online consultation on the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
KITA releases FTA report in English
24-Jul-2014 Korea Herald
The Institute for International Trade, a think tank under the Korea International Trade Association, released a report in English on Korea’s free trade agreement policies, processes and communication strategies between governments and private businesses.
SADC signs EPA with EU
23-Jul-2014 Business Day
Countries in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) have signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
The Japan-Mongolia FTA is about cars, minerals and abductees
23-Jul-2014 The Diplomat
Mining is expected to become a much larger portion of their overall trade, with an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause instituted to protect companies and allow them to seek compensation if government policy negatively impacts their investments.
Australian aid and trade watchdogs denounce Pacific Free Trade Agreement
23-Jul-2014 Aidwatch
Independent Australian organisations, the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network and AID/WATCH, have voiced serious concerns about the PACER-Plus Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Countries.
CETA ‘should be initialed by September 25′: EU Trade Commissioner
23-Jul-2014 iPolitics
The end of the Canada-EU trade agreement (CETA) technical negotiations are “in sight” and the deal should be initialed in time for a late September bilateral summit in Ottawa, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said Tuesday.
Maldives to boycott Israeli products, annul bilateral agreements
22-Jul-2014 Minivan News
Explaining the boycott, Mohamed Hussain ‘Mundhu’ Shareef, minister at the President’s Office, said “Israeli investment is not important for us. We want investments from countries with human rights practices that are acceptable to us.”
TDM Special Issue on "Arbitration in the Middle East - Expectations and Challenges for the Future"
22-Jul-2014 TDM Special Issue on "Arbitration in the Middle East - Expectations and Challenges for the Future"
The volume of international business either in the Middle East or with a Middle Eastern element is increasing and many of the contracts being used provide for arbitration. While arbitration ("tahkim" in Arabic) has long-standing religious and cultural roots in the Middle East, there are a number of differences and tensions between the Western perception of arbitration and certain Islamic legal principles.
Russia reported to be cancelling duty–free trade with Ukraine
22-Jul-2014 RT
The duty-free trade deal between Russia and Ukraine is coming to an end. Russia says fundamental changes mean that it will invoke Article 62 of the Vienna Declaration to terminate the understanding.
Japan, Mongolia sign free trade deal
22-Jul-2014 AFP
Japan and Mongolia signed a free-trade deal today, as Tokyo looks to tap the country’s fast-growing economy and its vast supply of natural resources.
PANG warns against Fiji’s ratification of IEPA
22-Jul-2014 Islands Business
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has expressed concern that the government of Fiji has announced its decision to ratify the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA).
American tangdi kebab for basmati
22-Jul-2014 Times of India
India’s ministry of external affairs has suggested allowing the free import of American chicken legs and starting a dialogue on a bilateral investment treaty, in return for the US government allowing shipments of Indian basmati rice, pomegranate and table grapes and immigration reforms that will help Indian IT professionals.
Global investment needs Chinese inputs
21-Jul-2014 ECNS
After European- and then US-led bilateral treaties, the world is in the process of shaping the third generation of investment systems, and it is important for China to analyze the new trends and map out its strategy to keep abreast with the times, writes China Daily.
American poultry standards draw criticism at trade talks
21-Jul-2014 Global Meat News
At a stakeholder hearing in Brussels, the US chief negotiator on TTIP, Daniel Mullaney, argued that chlorine­-washed chicken offered consumers a safe alternative
The secret deal that threatens NHS
19-Jul-2014 People’s NHS
People’s NHS sent Paul Giles, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, to Brussels to learn how TTIP would affect the UK’s National Health Service. What could possibly have gone wrong.
David Cameron urged to exempt the NHS from TTIP deal after unions claim it is at risk from being sold to American corporations
19-Jul-2014 The Independent
Unions claim the NHS is under threat by the giant US-EU trade agreement known as TTIP despite assurances from negotiators that it was exempt.
SA among Sadc nations to initial EU trade pact
19-Jul-2014 Business Day
Aafter 10 years of negotiations, a regional Southern African Development Community (Sadc) group, of which South Africa is a part, has "initialled" an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, the Department of Trade and Industry said on Thursday.
TUC condemns “inimical” EPA; prays Parliament rejects it
19-Jul-2014 myjoyonline.com
The Trades Union Congress is indicating to the Parliament of Ghana not to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement reached between ECOWAS and European Union.
US accused of forcing EU to accept tar sands oil
19-Jul-2014 IPS
Newly publicised internal documents suggest that US negotiators are working to permanently block a landmark regulatory proposal in the European Union aimed at addressing climate change, and instead to force European countries to import particularly dirty forms of oil.
Namibia concludes EPA negotiations with EU
18-Jul-2014 Bernama
Namibia has concluded negotiations towards a final Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union and the details will be submitted to the National Assembly for ratification and signing.