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MEPs support ambitious global trade pact
21-Jan-2016 Politico
The Trade in Services Agreement will be important for the exchange of data flows, lawmakers say.
India’s new BIT and arbitration law send mixed signals to foreign investors
21-Jan-2016 Lexology
India’s new model BIT text follows the trend of divergent approaches to investment treaty-making by focusing on a more defensive-minded strategy than in its prior treaties.
South America forms alternative to free trade kangaroo courts
21-Jan-2016 Tele Sur
Experts from UNASUR met in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo in order to finalize and sign agreements regarding the proposed center for investigation of international settlement dispute cases.
Canadian mining company reorganizes to seek damages from Costa Rica
21-Jan-2016 Tico Times
Infinito announced that it has secured funding from a lender to continue pursuing damages stemming from Costa Rica’s cancellation of the firm’s gold mining concession in 2011.
Ngapuhi considers Waitangi day protest if TPP signed
21-Jan-2016
A Ngapuhi elder is threatening to block the Government from Te Tii Marae on Waitangi Day if the Trans Pacific Partnership is signed, saying the signing is a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
What does China want in a free trade deal?
21-Jan-2016 Embassy
It’s unclear where China’s requests end and its demands begin.
Lametti on CETA: ’We’ll get this deal to work’
21-Jan-2016 Embassy
CETA, China, softwood lumber among government’s top trade priorities for 2016. Canada’s government is willing to address ISDS concerns.
China, Gulf to speed up free trade talks
20-Jan-2016 Daily Mail
China and the oil-dependent Gulf monarchies said they would accelerate talks on a free trade deal which has been under negotiation for more than a decade.
HRW: "Western Sahara products should not be labeled as Moroccan"
20-Jan-2016 WSRW
Human Rights Watch states that "countries should not import goods produced in Western Sahara labeled as Made in Morocco or under preferential tariff agreements with Morocco".
30% of SMEs risk going bust post-TPPA
20-Jan-2016 The Malaysian Insider
About 30% of small and medium companies risk going under once the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) comes into force.
US targets new opportunities in Latin America
20-Jan-2016 America Fruit
Economic growth and expanding middle class is fuelling demand for US agricultural products.
Japan, China, South Korea fail to set goals for trade deal
20-Jan-2016 The Japan Times
High-ranking negotiators from Japan, China and South Korea failed to set goals for how far they want to open their markets in the latest round of talks on a three-way free trade accord.
Here is how TTIP threatens small businesses in the UK
20-Jan-2016 The Independent
As 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year I am firmly against TTIP and the strain it will place on home grown business owners.
Why TTIP is stuck in the muck
20-Jan-2016 Politico
For TTIP to work, the EU needs to become more transparent.
Thanks to TPP, Canada could get caught in global privacy battle
20-Jan-2016 The Tyee
Trade deal coupled with EU court decision could spell trouble for our laws.
TTIP, tax havens contribute to extreme global inequality
19-Jan-2016 Sputnik
TTIP perpetuate inequality because of their secrecy and preference for the interests of the wealthy over financial regulations and labor rights.
The TPP will cost Canada 58,000 jobs — and won’t grow the economy
19-Jan-2016 Rabble
New study shows that Canada can expect a mere 0.28 per cent increase to GDP growth and will lead to 58,000 net job losses over the next ten years.
India-EU trade pact: Negotiators discuss outstanding issues
19-Jan-2016 Business Standard
Chief negotiators of India and EU took stock of "outstanding issues", including duty cut on automobiles and movement of professionals, that have held up talks on the proposed free trade agreement.
Free trade? CFIB finds it’s easier to import from the U.S. than to export to it if you are a small business
19-Jan-2016 Financial Post
Suzanne Paquin Leylekian regularly imports materials from Finland, China and other countries with which Canada has no free trade agreement.
Dangerous regulatory duet
19-Jan-2016 Corporate Europe Observatory
How transatlantic regulatory cooperation under TTIP will allow bureaucrats and big business to attack the public interest.