27-Oct-2017
         											Public Citizen
                                                
                                                Corporate lobby isolated in its strident defense of the controversial regime that was first inserted into US trade deals with NAFTA and that elevates individual corporations to equal status with nations.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    26-Oct-2017
         											Harvard International Law Journal
                                                
                                                On July 2016, a Partial Award dismissed the Renco Group Inc. v. The Republic of Peru case, indicating, however, that a new arbitration claim could be pursued against the State.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    26-Oct-2017
         											Straits Times
                                                
                                                US President Donald Trump will seek "tangible" agreements on trade with China when he visits the country, but results on key issues such as market access may take longer.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    26-Oct-2017
         											European Commission
                                                
                                                The 15th round of the EU-China investment negotiations took place in Beijing from the 9th to the 12th of October 2017.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    26-Oct-2017
         											Frontier Myanmar
                                                
                                                Civil society groups say an investment protection agreement being negotiated by Myanmar and the European Union lacks transparency and exposes the government to the possibility of compensation payouts it cannot afford.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    25-Oct-2017
         											Morocco World News
                                                
                                                The two sides discussed the amendment of the Morocco-EU agriculture agreement, after the European Court of Justice ruled in December 2016 that is not applicable to goods from Western Sahara.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    25-Oct-2017
         											European Commission
                                                
                                                The fifth trade committee under the EU-Pacific states interim EPA brought together Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the European Union. Solomon Islands and the Samoa were invited to participate as observers.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    25-Oct-2017
         											Don’t trade our lives away
                                                
                                                Access to health products is non-negotiable; the Indian Government should reject the bullying tactics of the US based medical device industry.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    25-Oct-2017
         											Western Sahara Resource Watch
                                                
                                                Opposition referred to the inclusion of Western Sahara, which they say renders the deal illegal under EU law.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    25-Oct-2017
         											Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea
                                                
                                                First ISDS case against South Korea under Korea-US FTA.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    25-Oct-2017
         											In These Times
                                                
                                                Rejecting both economic nationalism and free-market fundamentalism, workers across North America are building transnational solidarity and demanding labor rights for all.