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South Africa and EU spar over chicken meat ‘dumping’
2-Feb-2017 EurActiv
South Africa’s poultry industry says it is on the brink of collapse due to hotly-denied accusations that the European Union is dumping cheap chicken in the country in a dispute over free trade.
A case for trade enforcement: Colombia and intellectual property
2-Feb-2017 IP Watch
President Trump and members of his administration have talked about the need to be tougher on trade enforcement
EU, Mexico accelerate talks to update free trade pact
2-Feb-2017 Reuters
The European Union and Mexico have set two new rounds of trade talks in the first half of 2017.
Posisi tawar Indonesia dalam EU-CEPA dipertanyakan
1-Feb-2017 Okezone
Sejumlah kelompok masyarakat sipil yang tergabung dalam Masyarakat Sipil Untuk Keadilan Ekonomi mempertanyakan posisi tawaran Indonesia dalam perundingan perjanjian perdagangan bebas dengan negara Uni Eropa yang tergabung dalam Comprehensive Economic Parthenership Agreement (EU-CEPA).
RCEP: More relevant now than ever for Asean
1-Feb-2017 The Nation
The RCEP’s challenge for Asean is to balance different ambition levels among the negotiating parties.
African leaders agree deal on continental free trade
1-Feb-2017 Pulse
This agreement is in furtherance of the commitment made by African leaders in Addis Ababa in 2012 towards the establishment of the CFTA.
Wildlife protection: Leveraging the EU-Japan trade deal
1-Feb-2017 EurActiv
The EU-Japan trade deal is an opportunity to encourage Japan to stop flouting multilateral environmental agreements.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
1-Feb-2017 OHCHR
The report provides an analysis of the impacts of international investment agreements on the rights of indigenous peoples.
New Melanesian FTA to demolish economic walls
1-Feb-2017 Indian Newslink
Fiji has signed a new version of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with its member countries
US’ withdrawal no cause for celebration with Malaysia’s anti-TPPA groups
31-Jan-2017 Malay Mail
Local critics are not rejoicing over the United States’ withdrawal from the TPP deal, cautioning instead that the trade pact may be revived or survive in other forms.
Austria: Anti CETA, TTIP petition signed by 562,000
31-Jan-2017 Newsmax
An Austrian petition against EU free trade agreements with the United States and Canada has been signed by 562,000 people.
Trade pact: India, Sri Lanka to iron out differences in services, rules of origin
31-Jan-2017 The Hindu
With China too eyeing a similar agreement with Colombo, New Delhi aims to sign expanded FTA this year.
Global trade, China, RCEP took centre stage in Davos
31-Jan-2017 Lanka Business Online
Global trade took centre stage at the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos recently with signs of a new leader in town, despite U.S. assurances they wanted trade and not a trade war.
Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal?
31-Jan-2017 The Guardian
Consumers could be exposed to American farming practices banned by the EU.
Theresa May’s Brexit plan will leave Britain subject to secret global trade courts
31-Jan-2017 Buzzfeed
Experts say that to agree trade deals outside the EU, the UK will have to sign up to an “unaccountable” legal system that can force states to overturn laws corporations don’t like.
Unifor president: NAFTA, other free trade deals need renegotiating
31-Jan-2017 RCI
NAFTA and other free trade deals including CETA have been badly negotiated by Canada, and have hurt the economy.
UK agrees ‘immediate’ post-Brexit talks with US, leaving EU high and dry
31-Jan-2017 EurActiv
US President Donald Trump has agreed to start immediate trade talks with Britain. Switzerland took a similar course of action.
Why President Trump is wrong about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
31-Jan-2017 Patent Docs
The TPP was generally favorable to American interests because its provisions favored American innovators, specifically biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
Trump’s decision to leave the TPP was to protect one faction of the super rich
31-Jan-2017 Alternet
If workers benefit, so be it, goes the thinking in Trumpland.
Brazil’s bilateral investment treaties: More than a new investment treaty model?
30-Jan-2017 Columbia FDI Perspectives
Brazil has finally become a player in the international investment regime, but it represents a peculiar case in foreign investment relations.