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Big Tobacco’s controversial, ailing crusade against plain packaging
4-Aug-2016 The Economist
Philip Morris International sent a letter to the government of Togo. It outlined how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. Togo was in no position to anger its international partners, it suggested.
UK-China free trade agreement of ‘great interest’ to meat sector
4-Aug-2016 GMN
A China bilateral trade deal offers "great opportunities" to the UK meat industry, according to The International Meat Trade Association (IMTA).
Bolivian president slams Pacific Alliance trade bloc
4-Aug-2016 Telesur
Evo Morales says the Pacific Alliance trade bloc is a neocolonial tool intended to cripple regional trade initiatives that exclude the US.
India to defend stand against zero-tariffs at RCEP trade ministers’ meet
4-Aug-2016 The Hindu
Offers made to India by other members in services still weak.
RI eyes to develop key sectors from Australian trade deal
4-Aug-2016 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia is hoping to develop a number of key sectors through an anticipated free-trade deal with Australia, which is aimed at boosting trade and investment between the neighboring countries.
Kerala will bleed if India negotiates trade deal in secrecy: Why can’t the Modi govt consult states?
4-Aug-2016 The News Minute
A letter written by Kerala’s Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar shows that when it comes to trade negotiations, New Delhi prefers non-transparency to consultations.
Civil society groups say No to investors suing States in RCEP
3-Aug-2016
95 civil society organisations strongly and publicly urge countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to reject ISDS in the agreement.
New report weighs pros, cons of U.S.-China BIT
3-Aug-2016 Politico
A U.S.-China bilateral investment treaty could significantly increase investment flows between the world’s two largest economies.
Indonesia and Australia recommit to free trade deal in 18 months
3-Aug-2016 Sidney Morning Herald
Indonesia and Australia have recommitted to finalising a free trade deal within 18 months despite the appointment of a new Indonesian trade minister.
EU trade policy ‘close to death’ if Canada deal fails
3-Aug-2016 Politico
Fears grow that Brussels is losing control of one of its core competencies.
Uruguay to sign free trade agreement with Chile
3-Aug-2016 Latin America Herald Tribune
President Tabare Vazquez said that Uruguay planned to sign a free trade agreement with Chile, expanding south-to-south cooperation and regional integration.
Will an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU make Nigeria any better?
3-Aug-2016 Ventures Africa
Any attempt to encourage cheap EU imports will not only retard local production, it may also be counter-productive to the country’s industrialisation plans.
RCEP meet: focus on investor-state dispute
3-Aug-2016 Deccan Herald
RCEP trade ministers will meet in Laos on August 5 to try and resolve issues that are stuck in negotiations.
Argentina and Mexico pledge to reach “absolute integration and free trade”
2-Aug-2016 Merco Press
Argentina and Mexico agree on the need to reach absolute integration and free trade, as part of the closer bilateral relations confirmed with the visit to Buenos Aires of Mexican head of state Enrique Peña Nieto.
Free trade is killing Colombian labor activists
2-Aug-2016 The Nation
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.
Trade deal’s supporters counterattack
2-Aug-2016 Politico
Advocates remain steadfastly optimistic, insisting the agreement still has a shot at approval despite being opposed by both major-party presidential candidates.
CEMAC calls for a ’fair and balanced’ economic agreement with the EU
2-Aug-2016 Africanews
Central African States have reaffirmed their commitment to accelerate the negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).
Demand justice for Korean farmer Baek Nam-gi
1-Aug-2016 IUF
Korean farmer Baek Nam-gi remains unconscious in a hospital bed in Seoul after he was struck down by police water cannon in the mass demonstration against the government’s promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
RI, Australia to conclude trade agreement
1-Aug-2016 Antara
Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Steven Ciobo is visiting Indonesia to conclude a free trade agreement with Indonesia.
CEZ seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria in arbitration
29-Jul-2016 Reuters
Czech utility CEZ has launched arbitration seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria for failure to protect its energy investments