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TiSA - draft annex on professional services (September 2016)
28-Nov-2016 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
TiSA - draft annex on transparency services (September 2016)
28-Nov-2016 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
Secret trade proposal would give Facebook free reign to censor by algorithm
28-Nov-2016 Motherboard
Under leaked proposals from a controversial service trade deal, Facebook and other online services could be granted legal immunity when censoring any content
The new trade future in Asia Pacific – analysis
28-Nov-2016 Eurasia Review
While the dream of free trade was born in the prosperous West, it will be completed in the emerging East.
Indonesia proposes ‘ASEAN-Pacific axis’ alternative to TPP and Chinese initiative
28-Nov-2016 Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has proposed the setting up of a new trade bloc that could counterbalance the dominance of the United States and China.
Singapore, Russia agree to enhance cooperation
28-Nov-2016 Global Times
Singapore and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to the expeditious conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Singapore and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
Trade not so much about tariffs anymore, says NZ Trade Minister Todd McClay
28-Nov-2016 Stuff
In essence, trade agreements are not about tariffs and goods anymore but about investment and services.
The TPP is dead. What happens next?
25-Nov-2016 Madhyam
If accomplished, RCEP would pave the way to the creation of the largest free trade bloc in the world
Why Trump is right, and wrong, about killing off the TPP
25-Nov-2016 The Conversation
Trump tells a half truth about why the TPP is a bad deal
New leaks confirm TiSA proposals that would undermine civil liberties
25-Nov-2016 EDRi
New leaked documents concerning the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) have been published.
TiSA - draft annex on telecommunications services (November 2016)
25-Nov-2016 Netzpolitik
As leaked by Netzpolitik & Greenpeace
Embedding human rights into corporate tax planning
25-Nov-2016 Madhyam
The exploitation of loopholes has become the favorite play of an organized tax avoidance industry.
The Donald Trump effect: India faces prospect of integrating deeper with Asia-Pacific if RCEP expands into FTAAP
25-Nov-2016 Financial Express
As a major non-APEC member of the RCEP, India faces the prospect of integrating deeper with the Asia-Pacific if the RCEP expands into the FTAAP
EU concerned as India won’t renew investment pact with Netherlands
24-Nov-2016 Hindustan Times
India will not renew an investment treaty with the Netherlands that will expire on November 30 as part of its plan to rework all similar pacts it signed with other countries.
China says it will promote trade deals regardless of TPP, RCEP direction
24-Nov-2016 Reuters
China said it will actively participate in bilateral and multilateral trade deals regardless of the direction the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) or the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Asean integration at the end of 2016
24-Nov-2016 Business Mirror
The launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in December 2015 was a milestone for Asean economic integration, which is, however, an ongoing process.
Parliament rejects motion to check CETA’s legality
24-Nov-2016 EurActiv
The mainstream parties in the European Parliament have rejected by a large majority a motion initiated by 89 MEPs to submit the EU-Canada trade agreement to the Court of Justice to check its compatibility with EU law.
As Trump kills TPP, China eyes December talks to fill trade void
23-Nov-2016 Bloomberg
The proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, has become the next best hope for trade-hungry Asian nations
The impacts of FTAs on Colombian workers
23-Nov-2016 Observatorio TLC
Summary of the impacts of FTAs, analyzed by the FTA Observatory
TiSA negotiations fall victim to the Trump tremor
23-Nov-2016 Live Mint
In these quixotic and post-truth times, nemesis has its subtle ways of catching up with the reality.