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VN-EAEU FTA slashes import taxes
24-Oct-2016 Viet Nam News
Import tax rate of 4,959 tariff lines dropped to zero from October 5, 2016, the date the Việt Nam-EAEU FTA came into effect, until December 31, 2017.
Canada to India: Tighten investment protection norms in new model treaty
24-Oct-2016 The Hindu
New Delhi examining whether dispute settlement mechanism can be tweaked
S. Korea, Central America to begin 7th round of FTA negotiations
24-Oct-2016 KBS
South Korea kicks off another round of free trade negotiations with six Central American countries in Seoul.
Korean workers launch major wave of strikes, winning international support
24-Oct-2016 In These Times
US unions might use the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, which includes a clause designed to protect labor rights, to assist their Korean allies striking against government “reform” proposals that would make it easier for employers to fire workers, weaken seniority protections won through collective bargaining and privatize some state-owned industries.
EU, Canada to decide Monday on trade pact signing summit
23-Oct-2016 France 24
The European Union and Canada will decide on Monday whether to gather for a summit later this week to sign the imperilled CETA trade pact, a European source told AFP.
Canada-EU trade talks collapse in Wallonia as profoundly ‘disappointed’ Freeland walks out
21-Oct-2016 RCI
Last-minute talks between Canada and the European Union to salvage a landmark free trade deal have failed, Canada’s International Trade Minister confirmed in an emotional statement to the media as she walked out of the negotiations in Belgium today.
Borissov: In CETA deal, Canada lifts visa requirements for Bulgarians, Romanians from December 1 2017
21-Oct-2016 Sofia Globe
Bulgaria and Romania withdrew their objections to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) after getting written assurances from Ottawa that Canada will remove visa requirements for Bulgarian and Romanian citizens from December 1 2017
India to US: Will not tighten IPR rules beyond TRIPS mandate
21-Oct-2016 Hindu Business Line
India and the US continued to differ on the issue of intellectual property rights (IPR) norms in their bilateral trade and investment policy discussions
Repercussions in Colombia of the free trade agreement with the European Union
21-Oct-2016 TNI
Various points of interest emerged during the discussions around the negotiation and ratification of this Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and after three years of its provisional implementation, it is a good time to revisit these issues.
Pak-China key trade talks next month
21-Oct-2016 The Nation
Pakistan and China will make another attempt next month (November) to strike an agreement over the second phase of duty reduction under the free trade agreement (FTA), which is under consideration since 2011.
Building a treaty on human rights and TNCs
20-Oct-2016 Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Proposal from the global campaign to reclaim peoples power, dismantle corporate power and stop impunity.
TDM Special Issue on Int’l Arbitration involving Commercial and Investment Disputes in Africa
20-Oct-2016 TDM
This Special Issue presents diverse views on a number of salient topics affecting international arbitration involving the African continent.
New feud may set back Japan’s TPP vote
20-Oct-2016 Nikkei
Japan’s parliamentary debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership turned into a shouting match after the agriculture minister suggested the ruling coalition force a vote on the US-led trade deal, with the rancor threatening the government’s timetable for ratification.
TiSA agreement leaks show corporations pushing privatization of public services
20-Oct-2016 TRNN
The latest leaks of teh Trade in Services Agreement show prohibitions on requiring foreign companies to employ local workers, says Deborah James
Activists fret about RCEP impact
20-Oct-2016 Bangkok Post
Access to affordable medicine and farmers’ control over seeds could be undermined by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership being negotiated between Asean member countries and six other trade partners, says FTA Watch in Thailand
The great CETA swindle
20-Oct-2016 CEO
A close look at the controversial EU-Canada trade deal shows that concerns blocking its ratification are well-founded.
Secret arbitration system affecting Romanian community
20-Oct-2016 VOA
Protests against the Rosia Montana mine project continued for more than 15 years and resulted in the largest demonstrations in Romania since the late 1980’s.
Ecuador’s Indigenous leader fighting Chevron visits Dakota camp
19-Oct-2016 Telesur
“We don’t want what happened to us to happen to the people in Dakota,” Piaguaje told teleSUR.
Bulgaria demands visa-waiver guarantee to back EU-Canada trade deal
19-Oct-2016 Reuters
The Bulgarian government will not back the signing of a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada until it receives irrevocable guarantees that all its citizens can travel to Canada without visas, it said on Wednesday. Romania is demanding the same.
Ratifying Pacific trade pact not on Vietnam assembly agenda
19-Oct-2016 AP
Vietnam needs more time before it ratifies the Trans Pacific Partnership, an official said Tuesday, dealing a blow to the trade deal that includes the United States and Japan.