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Commission won’t ask EU judges to decide on legality of ISDS
8-Sep-2015 Euractiv
The European Commission will not ask EU judges to decide on the legality of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in free trade agreements.
Tripartite FTA’s sugar industries vow to eliminate trade associated problems
8-Sep-2015 Swazi Observer
In a bid to eliminate possible problems associated with sugar trade in Africa’s new trade agreement, the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), sugar industries of the bloc have resolved to speak in one unified voice.
RAP #NoalTTIP
8-Sep-2015 Ecologistas en Acción
Rap tune describes the threat of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).
What’s really at stake if the China FTA falls through
8-Sep-2015 The Conversation
Economic modelling demonstrates the gain in economic welfare from the three North Asian FTAs will be modest.
Venezuela loses US refinery as ConocoPhillips ICC award enforced in US court
8-Sep-2015 Latin American Herald Tribune
A U.S. Federal Court has upheld U.S. enforcement of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration agreeing that U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips has the right to take Venezuela state oil company PDVSA’s 50% stake.
Lawmaker claims Korean agriculture sector will sustain much more damage than Government estimates
7-Sep-2015 Business Korea
The Korea-China FTA will increase agricultural imports from China while scaling down Korea’s farming production.
EEU aims to strengthen trade with ASEAN
7-Sep-2015 Borneo Post
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said the EEU acknowledged Southeast Asia’s vast economic potential and was looking at expanding free trade agreements (FTAs) with ASEAN member states.
BIT template given final touches by BoI
7-Sep-2015 Business Recorder
The Board of Investment (BoI) has given final touches to a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) template, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediation would be made compulsory.
RCEP pact: Commerce Ministry to hold consultations with industry on goods
7-Sep-2015 The Economic Times
With negotiations on the mega trade deal RCEP at an advance stage, the Commerce Ministry will hold stakeholders’ consultation with industry.
Uruguay: governing coalition rejects TISA’s negotiations
7-Sep-2015 Tele Sur
The ruling progressivist coalition Broad Front overwhelmingly decided to withdraw Uruguay from the negotiations on the supra-national trade-deal TISA (Trade in Services Agreement).
COMESA prepares for regional trade facilitation
4-Sep-2015
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has conducted training workshops for stakeholders in transit trade in preparation for the implementation of regional trade facilitation instruments.
COMESA courts Australia on mineral policy
4-Sep-2015
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is working with the government of Western Australia to develop a harmonised regional mineral policy focusing on the legal and regulatory framework.
Trade barriers in India delaying India-SACU PTA: South African official
4-Sep-2015
Delays in finalising a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have been largely caused by different processes in Indian states and resistance to New Delhi’s wide-ranging goods list, a senior official said here.
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership an environmental pollution pass for corporations?
4-Sep-2015 Huffington Post
Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are skeptical saying the agreement will be harmful to the environment and economically benefits large corporations.
European Commission admits defeat in trying to improve corporate sovereignty chapter in CETA
4-Sep-2015 Tech Dirt
The excitement over the mad dash to finish TPP — and the failure to do so — has rather obscured the other so-called trade deals currently being negotiated, such as TAFTA/TTIP and the one between the EU and Canada, CETA.
TiSA and the new development bank: two antagonistic proposals
4-Sep-2015 El Destape Web
The central banks of BRICS bloc bet on the New Development Bank, while the central countries put their money on TiSA: free trade in services.
Ecuadorians can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules
4-Sep-2015 The Globe and Mail
Ecuadorian villagers can sue Chevron and its Canadian subsidiary in an Ontario court to enforce a $9.5-billion (U.S.) judgment from Ecuador.
Free trade treaties and the health system
4-Sep-2015 Diario Información
While mass media are almost entirely absorbed with cases of corruption, trade and investment agreements slip by, almost unnoticed. TTIP, CETA and TiSA are being negotiated throughout the world, in complete opacity and in the absence of democratic checks.
Hockey urges business to speak for FTAs
4-Sep-2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has used a global forum to take aim at "detractors" of free trade agreements.
S. Korea, China ink MOU to tackle non-tariff barriers
3-Sep-2015 Yonhap
South Korea and China have agreed to tackle the issue of non-tariff barriers following their signing of a free trade agreement (FTA)