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Greeks fear they will lose their ‘white gold’ with CETA
28-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Farmers in Greece are concerned about the fate of feta cheese in EU trade agreements with third countries after the EU failed to fully protect the iconic product in the CETA free trade deal with Canada.
Japan ups tariffs on US beef, giving Aussie meat the edge
28-Jul-2017 ABC Rural
Australia’s beef industry has been buoyed today by news that Japan is likely to announce it will dramatically increase tariffs on US beef imports.
The African trade revolution afoot
28-Jul-2017 The Herald
In a tumultuous year for the global trading landscape, negotiations for a huge Africa-wide free trade area — the Continental Free Trade Area, combining the economies of 55 states comprising 1.2 billion people in a market with a GDP of $2.19 trillion — are progressing rapidly.
Why RCEP is more dangerous than bilateral investment treaties
28-Jul-2017 Jakarta Post
Crucial to RCEP’s investment protection chapter is the highly controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism, a system of privatised justice characterised by international arbitration tribunals outside of the reach of domestic legal systems, explains Cecilia Olivet of TNI
Harsh sentencing of Aymara leader reveals the politics of criminalization in Peru
27-Jul-2017 Intercontinental Cry
This past month, eighteen Aymara community leaders endured the final stages of a trial that had them facing up to 28 years in prison and massive fines for their alleged roles in the 2011 ‘Aymarazo’ protests against the Santa Ana silver mine on the Peru-Bolivia border.
ANALYSIS—Europe seeks to set global trade rules after Trump steps back
27-Jul-2017 Reuters
The EU now has much of Asia and Latin America in its sights for trade treaties, while a far-reaching pact with Canada will already enter force in September.
S Korea suggests US carry out joint study on FTA’s economic effect
26-Jul-2017 Yonhap
South Korea suggested the United States carry out a joint study on the economic impact of the Seoul-Washington free trade agreement before starting talks on its amendment, Seoul’s trade ministry here said Tuesday.
The king is dead, long live the king: the EU and the future of investor-state dispute settlement
26-Jul-2017 Volterra Fietta
The data lead to the inexorable conclusion that the European Commission’s declaration that “investment treaty arbitration is dead” is wrong by a ratio of over 1:3,000.
UK will not accept chlorinated chicken to secure US trade deal - minister
26-Jul-2017 Reuters
"We are not going to dilute our high animal welfare standards or our high environmental standards in pursuit of any trade deal", the environment minister Michael Gove said after his trade counterpart Liam Fox was criticised for dismissing the issue
Australia-Indonesia FTA may be signed "by end of year": Australian minister
26-Jul-2017 Xinhua
Australia’s Trade Minister Steve Ciobo on Wednesday declared Indonesia as his "number one trade priority" for 2017
Zero duty to hit Indian dairy industry: Amul
26-Jul-2017 The Hindu
‘15 cr. farmers will be impacted by FTA’
Zombie actors protest TPPA at Auckland trade office
26-Jul-2017 Scoop
A mock zombie virus outbreak was quarantined at the offices of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade in Auckland by campaigners demanding the NZ government end efforts to resurrect the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Mixed results in recent arbitral awards concerning Spain’s renewable energy policy
26-Jul-2017 Lexology
One should be cautious with jumping to conclusions for the still pending Spanish ECT cases.
World Bank orders Argentina to pay $320 mln over seized airline
26-Jul-2017 Reuters
The World Bank’s arbitration tribunal has ordered Argentina to pay $320 million plus interest and legal fees to Spanish travel group Marsans for expropriating its airline Aerolineas Argentinas SA in 2008.
Video: "Can’t trade with our lives and livelihood" Hyderabad says no to RCEP
26-Jul-2017 Newsclick, PSI, TNI and Focus on the global south
A massive protest march was organised in Hyderabad on July 24 at People’s Plaza against Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership with the slogan "You can’t trade with our lives and livelihoods." The march is part of a week long activities of People’s convention against FTAs and RCEP.
“Stakeholder consultation a sham” – Boycott by people’s organizations
26-Jul-2017 Forum Against FTAs
The People’s Resistance Forum against FTAs & RCEP calls the so-called “Stakeholder Consultation” on 25th July 2017 by the RCEP chief negotiators a sham – it is neither a meaningful consultation nor includes most stakeholders.
Indian e-commerce platforms could suffer RCEP jolt
26-Jul-2017 The Hindu
Control over data will yield tremendous influence and profit-making, experts say.
‘RCEP will hit economically backward women the most’
25-Jul-2017 The Hindu
Worst hit will be families with female heads, 23 million of which are in rural areas.
Sweeping free trade deal poised to benefit companies at the expense of small-scale farmers
25-Jul-2017 The Christian Science Monitor
A free trade deal that would spur economic growth in the eyes of government officials could also force farmers from traditional livelihoods and disproportionately harm women, say Asian advocacy groups.
Hyderabad: NGOs hold protest against RCEP talks
25-Jul-2017 The Times of India
NGOs from across the country protested in Hyderabad against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership talks being held in Hyderabad.