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CETA bringing changes to pharma patents in Canada
25-Apr-2017 Canadian Lawyer
A certificate of supplemental protection provides up to two years of additional protection after expiry of a patent.
TiSA and the threat to public banks
25-Apr-2017 TNI
The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is an attack on the future publicness of public banking around the world.
«L’Afrique doit compter d’abord sur son propre marché intérieur»
25-Apr-2017 Sud Quotidien
Une zone de libre échange ne peut être une politique qui favorise l’industrialisation de l’Afrique. Et, le vrai problème de l’Afrique, c’est le manque d’industrialisation, selon El Hadji Alioune Diouf, expert en commerce international.
Ahead of NAFTA talks, U.S. sets 20 percent duties on Canadian softwood lumber
25-Apr-2017 Reuters
The United States will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties averaging 20 percent on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, as NAFTA renegotiation talks are looming
Will RCEP be a reality by the end of 2017?
24-Apr-2017 The Straits Times
Asean hopes to seal a landmark trade deal, but it may be hard to sew up negotiations this year
East Africa: UN body warns region against signing trade deal with EU
24-Apr-2017 All Africa
The report says that if the EPA is signed, local industries will struggle to withstand competitive pressures from EU firms, while the region will be stuck in its position as a low value-added commodity exporter.
Barry Coates: PACER Plus – how the Pacific Way is being undermined
24-Apr-2017 Asia Pacific Report
There were promises that the agreement would be for the benefit of the Pacific. But it has been shaped more by the advantages to Australia and New Zealand exporters than the aspirations of the Pacific’s people.
Fiji was excluded from PACER plus
24-Apr-2017 Pasifik
Fiji did not pull out of the PACER Plus trade negotiations. It had been excluded.
Trading with Trump – What we can expect from a UK-US trade deal
24-Apr-2017 Global Justice Now
A new briefing has outlined the likely elements of a UK-US trade deal and argues that it would contain more extreme forms of all the controversial elements of the deal that was being negotiated between the EU and the USA.
USW, Unite march in solidarity with Mexican steelworkers
24-Apr-2017 USW
After three decades of NAFTA, Mexican workers are still denied basic rights.
New Zealand enters Chinese "upgrade" talks with longer list than its counterpart
24-Apr-2017 Stuff
New Zealand hopes to bring forward the phasing out of restrictions on tariff-free dairy trade, industries from avocados and apricots to forestry and paper were wanting help to ease the path for exports into China.
Australia to pursue FTA with China’s Hong Kong: trade minister
24-Apr-2017 Xinhua
The Australian government has announced it will pursue a free trade agreement with Hong Kong in an attempt to secure further service export opportunities for Australian businesses.
Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold files $700 million lawsuit against Colombia over Marmato project
24-Apr-2017 Financial Post
Canadian miner Gran Colombia Gold has filed a US$700 million lawsuit against Colombia under the Colombian-Canadian free trade agreement after the government ordered the company to cease operations at the El Burro site in Marmato.
Trump warming to EU trade deal with Britain behind in queue: Times
24-Apr-2017 Reuters
The United States could strike a free-trade agreement with the European Union after President Donald Trump warmed to a deal with the bloc.
Trump pone a Gran Bretaña por detrás de la Unión Europea en su prioridad de comercio
22-Apr-2017
Gran Bretaña ha sido desplazada por detrás de la Unión Europea en la fila para cerrar un acuerdo de libre comercio con Estados Unidos. Así lo hicieron saber fuentes oficiales de Washington.
Asean eyes early conclusion of RCEP pact
21-Apr-2017 The Manila Times
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations remains committed to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the soonest , said the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
Corporate sovereignty used to bully Ukraine, Colombia and Italy for protecting public health and the environment
21-Apr-2017 Tech Dirt
ISDS is an attempt to remove the risk of investment from companies, and place it squarely on the public’s shoulders, without any quid pro quo.
Ideological recklessness to resurrect a TPPA-minus-US
21-Apr-2017 Scoop
Chief negotiators from the non-US TPPA countries will meet in Canada in early May to prepare a plan for the side meeting of TPP trade minister’s during the APEC meeting in Hanoi.
PH eyes more FTA deals
21-Apr-2017 Malaya
Asean where the Philippines is part mulls free trade agreements with Canada, the United Kingdom, Russia, the European Union as well as the Eurasian Economic Union.
New Zealand renews push to secure Gulf FTA
21-Apr-2017 Xinhua
New Zealand Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges will make a further push to secure a long-stalled trade agreement with Arab states on a visit to the United Arab Emirates.