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Seoul, Moscow agree to seek Korea-EAEU FTA
5-Sep-2016 Yonhap
Seoul and Moscow agreed to seek a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
European car distributors seek tariff concession under FTA
5-Sep-2016 Malaya Business Insight
European car distributors are asking the government to seek tariff concession for automotive under the planned Europe-Philippines free trade agreement (FTA).
Brexit and investment treaty arbitration
2-Sep-2016 Lexology
Brexit might expose the United Kingdom to claims of foreign investors (including investors from EU member states).
Pakistan, Turkey to complete FTA, eliminate 85% tariffs
2-Sep-2016 Daily Times
Pakistan and Turkey agreed to eliminate 85 percent of tariffs. Both sides have also agreed to complete the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations by the end of current year.
Kenya, Rwanda sign free trade pact with Europe
2-Sep-2016 All Africa
Kenya teamed up with Rwanda to sign a free trade pact with European Union in Brussels today in a move calculated to cajole other East African Community states to beat the September 30 deadline.
Why Russia and China want to limit US economic influence in Asia-Pacific
2-Sep-2016 Russia Direct
Given new attempts by the U.S. to create economic integration structures that will restrain Chinese dominance in the region, Beijing is working on building deeper economic cooperation with other Asia-Pacific countries – including Russia.
Why EAC’s EPA wit the EU just doesn’t add up
2-Sep-2016 Joy
The EPA issue has once again re-emerged when Tanzania informed EAC Members and the EU that it would not be able to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between EU and the six EAC Member States.
Austrian economy minister adds his ’nein’ to U.S. trade talks debate
1-Sep-2016 Reuters
Austria’s economy minister said talks on a EU-U.S. free trade agreement should be halted, adding his voice to an increasingly polarized debate on both sides of the Atlantic over whether to keep the negotiations going.
Senior US official reaffirms commitment to trade with Pakistan
1-Sep-2016 The News
Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for South Asia Michael Delaney led a delegation to Islamabad to discuss the ongoing US-Pakistan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
German leaders told to put brakes on CETA as well
1-Sep-2016 EurActiv
Dismantling democracy, millions spent in lawsuits and jobs in peril. A study into the effects of the planned CETA and TTIP agreements on the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia has revealed a grim picture.
Trudeau brings Canada closer to potential free trade pact with China
1-Sep-2016 Toronto Metro
The prime minister makes mention of his father’s legacy in pursuit of deeper relations with Beijing.
Austria says will start ’conflict’ in EU about Canada trade deal
1-Sep-2016 Reuters
Austria is ready to confront other European Union members states over its opposition to a free trade deal with Canada, Chancellor Christian Kern said
German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court
1-Sep-2016 Reuters
Activists delivered what they said was Germany’s biggest-ever public complaint to the Constitutional Court, hoping it will scupper a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada.
"Let’s make them poorer, and we’ll get rich"
1-Sep-2016 BuzzFeed
Financial companies have figured out how to turn a controversial global legal system to their own very profitable advantage.
Christchurch March for Democracy, National Day of Action
1-Sep-2016 Scoop
The purpose of the protest march is to show that a wide cross-section of groups and organisations are united in concern about the government’s intention to ratify the TPPA
Chinese beef acquisitions in Uruguay as Beijing dangles free trade deal
31-Aug-2016 GMN
The purchase of a Uruguayan beef processor by a giant Chinese industrial conglomerate looks well-timed as China dangles the prospect of a free trade deal before the Latin American nation.
Emergency services turn life-threatening under US private equity owners — and a global Trade in Services Agreement would globalize the damage
31-Aug-2016 IUF
Vital public services like firefighting and ambulances are being handed over to a small number of transnational companies worldwide, a trend that will be hugely boosted by TPP, TTIP, CETA and TiSA.
Hague tribunal to seek jurisdiction in case Kolomoysky vs. Russia
31-Aug-2016 Jewish Business News
The claimants submit that the Russian Federation breached its obligations under the Ukraine-Russia BIT by taking measures that deprived the claimants of their property.
An open letter to the sixteen governments negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
31-Aug-2016
Nearly 70 networks and organisations call on the RCEP negotiators to listen to civil society, not just corporate interests
PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu undecided
31-Aug-2016 Asia Pacific Report
The negotiations are said to offer an opportunity to help Pacific Islands Forum countries benefit from enhanced regional trade and economic integration.