29-Oct-2016
Electronic Intifada
The European Union recognises the right of its citizens to boycott Israel, its top foreign policy official has said. This tardy move comes after three member governments — Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands — already explicitly recognise this right.
29-Oct-2016
Climate Strategies
The relationship between trade policy and climate policy needs to improve in the future, in particular with a view towards implementing the Paris Agreement.
28-Oct-2016
Government of Norway
As released by the Government of Norway
28-Oct-2016
Secrétariat d’Etat suisse à l’économie
Released by the Government of Switzerland
28-Oct-2016
Council of the European Union
As released by the Council of the European Union
28-Oct-2016
People Over Profit
FTAs operate as extensions of the WTO resulting in decentralized and yet intensifying attacks against workers and peasants across the different global regions.
28-Oct-2016
Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnam’s decision to hold off ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a further blow to the beleaguered trade pact and a setback for American economic ambitions in Asia.
27-Oct-2016
Financial Post
After doubt was cast on Europe’s ability to negotiate a free trade deal with Canada, the tides turned as Belgium came to an internal consensus on conditions for signing the EU-Canada deal
27-Oct-2016
Stamford Advocate
"Our experience in Peru demonstrates how the TPP model prioritizes trade and investment above the protection of the environment, ecosystems, and life itself."
27-Oct-2016
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
As commercial pressures on resources increase, some of the world’s poorest people face the risk of dispossession under contested circumstances.
27-Oct-2016
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The absence of support for open access in trade agreements comes as no surprise when considering that there are no representatives from the education sector, nor any library or archive representatives, in the relevant closed-door trade advisory committees
