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Pacific and NZ unions left out of Pacific Labour meeting
22-Aug-2016 Radio New Zealand
A meeting on Pacific labour mobility under the PACER Plus trade deal has a glaring omission – the voices of organised labour.
DTI pursues free trade talks with EU, Chile
22-Aug-2016 Inquirer
The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry is aggressively pursuing free trade talks with key trading partners, including the European Union and Chile, as it seeks to follow through with the gains achieved by the last administration.
Ignore European Union, don’t sign EPA, group tells Nigerian government
22-Aug-2016 Premium Times
Social Action has asked the federal government to not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. Ghana and Ivory Coast have also resisted the EPA
FTA talks with Indonesia: Pakistan sets condition
22-Aug-2016 Business Recorder
Pakistan has reportedly refused to start negotiations on Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia until Pakistan’s concerns on existing Preferential Trade Agreement are addressed within six months
Bilateral investment treaty negotiations between India and US: Problems and prospects
21-Aug-2016 IRA
Outline of the differences between two countries’ model BITs as they seek to negotiate an agreement.
EU members unsure how to apply CETA, 2 months from signing
20-Aug-2016 CBC
Leaked meeting notes posted earlier this month by ’Politico Europe’ suggest that as recently as July 15, countries couldn’t agree on what parts of the agreement should apply when.
Iran urges implementation of Free Trade Agreement with Iraq
20-Aug-2016 Tasnim News
Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Valiollah Afkhami Rad called for efforts to implement a free trade agreement with Iraq that officials from the two countries signed two years ago.
S. Korea, DR Congo share need for bilateral investment treaty
20-Aug-2016 Yonhap
South Korea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo see the need to sign a bilateral investment treaty "as soon as possible" so that Korean companies can develop mines and seaports in the DRC
Norway’s PM softens stance on Britain joining EFTA
19-Aug-2016 Reuters
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she saw some advantages if Britain joined the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after quitting the EU
How a wonky trade pact you’d never heard of became a huge campaign issue
19-Aug-2016 Mother Jones
Interview with Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America
Interview: Regional integration more urgent for LatAm to face rise of "mega-blocs"
19-Aug-2016 Xinhua
Emerging giant trade blocs around the world make it "more urgent" than ever for Latin American countries to achieve regional integration and compete, a United Nations officer has told Xinhua in a recent interview.
An international arbitration system for BRICS - is it an imperative for further economic cooperation
19-Aug-2016 Lexology
The BRICS countries are discussing what kind of arbitration system is needed to settle commercial and investment disputes between them.
Where does India stand on intellectual property rights in the digital economy?
17-Aug-2016 Observer Research Foundation
A scrutiny of TPP, TISA and RCEP provisions that deal with IP and the digital economy vis-a-vis the current Indian legal standard.
Glencore begins arbitration against Bolivia over mine nationalization
17-Aug-2016 Daily Business Review
Glencore International has notified Bolivia that it has begun arbitration proceedings over its investments in two smelters and a tin mine nationalized between 2007 and 2012.
Nigeria to lose $1.3trn by 2026 to EPA arrangement – Report
16-Aug-2016 Business Day
A report authored by Social Action, a social development organisation, indicates that Nigeria stands to loose up to $1.3 trillion in forms of customs duties, taxation and other revenue sources throughout the 10 year implementation period of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Three more reasons why we need to stop CETA
16-Aug-2016 Common Dreams
A major topic of discussion at the World Social Forum in Montreal was the problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them, writes Nick Dearden
RCEP - draft investment text: India (based on negotiating draft of Oct 2015)
16-Aug-2016
RCEP - draft investment text: NZ (based on negotiating draft of Oct 2015)
16-Aug-2016 RCEP Legal
RCEP - draft investment text: Korea (based on negotiating draft of Oct 2015)
16-Aug-2016 RCEP Legal
Trade talks that could milk India dry
16-Aug-2016 The Hindu
The proposed shift in India’s RCEP strategy could hurt the country’s 75 million small dairy producing households