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Melinda Saint-Louis : « Le traité transatlantique ne profitera qu’aux 1% »
20-Aug-2015 Altermonde-sans-frontières
Je vois donc moins cet accord comme une lutte entre les sociétés américaines et européennes, que comme un traité qui ne bénéficiera, des deux côtés de l’Atlantique, qu’aux « 1 % »
Five reasons why TPP countries should unite to oppose the US pharmaceutical IP agenda
19-Aug-2015 Intellectual Property Watch
Failure to reach agreement over expanded intellectual property (IP) protections for medicines has proven to be a stumbling block to completion of the 12-country Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations.
S. Korea, Ecuador set to launch FTA talks
19-Aug-2015 The Korea Observer
South Korea and Ecuador will announce the start of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) next week
Will Hollywood’s whining thwart better TPP copyright rules?
19-Aug-2015 Electronic Frontier Fondation
Hollywood groups are behaving like spoiled children: if they don’t get exactly what they want, they’ll whine to policymakers until they do.
New Zealand: nationwide actions protest controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership
19-Aug-2015 FSRN
Thousands of protesters across New Zealand are ringing the alarm on the TPP, saying it is far from a standard trade agreement and could threaten the sovereignty of countries that sign it.
Government mulling strong model BIT to revise investment pacts
19-Aug-2015 The Economic Times
Indian government had decided to come out with a new framework after several multinational firms invoked bilateral investment protection agreements.
Zeybekci suggests renewal of FTA with Serbia, BiH
19-Aug-2015 Daily Sabah
Turkey is ready to the fullest extent to expand the free trade agreements to the service, public, food, agriculture and e-commerce sectors
Relations Maurice/Singapour : vers un accord de partenariat économique
19-Aug-2015 Le Défi Média
Les deux pays se dirigent vers un accord de partenariat économique afin d’établir un mécanisme collaboratif dans plusieurs domaines.
TTIP/TAFTA et ses investisseurs tout-puissants expliqués en moins de 4 minutes
19-Aug-2015 Campact.de
L’ISDS permet aux entreprises de traîner les gouvernements devant des tribunaux secrets privés. La facture incombera au contribuable européen.
FIPA license to treat Canadians
19-Aug-2015 The News Review
The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA), ratified in 2014, is a license to be unfair to Canadians.
Why Argentina’s petition to vacate an wward in AWG Group Ltd v. Republic of Argentina matters for future arbitrations
18-Aug-2015 JD Supra
Argentina filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a petition to vacate an UNCITRAL arbitration award, which could have broader implications for determining partiality of arbitrators.
S. Korea’s membership in TPP only matter of time: trade minister
18-Aug-2015 Global Post
South Korea has no other choice but to join the U.S.-led regional free trade agreement, known as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the country’s trade minister said.
Mali : commerce et industrie: les mesures de défenses commerciales au centre des débats
18-Aug-2015 Mali Actu
Un atelier de formation à Bamako pour combattre des politiques commerciales agressives des entreprises à la recherche de marchés d’exportation
ASEAN puts last touches to economic community
18-Aug-2015 Viet Nam News
With most of the high-priority measures in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) blueprint already adopted, policymakers and businesses need to work closely on the remaining challenges to achieve benefits of full economic integration beyond 2015
Free-trade treaties are anti-free trade
18-Aug-2015 Toward Freedom
Free trade treaties are not really based on free trade but rather on protectionism.
Ex-minister seeks to outlaw TPP
18-Aug-2015 Agri HQ
Not content with suing the Japanese government, a lawyer and former Japanese agriculture minister has been leading a group who filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government
How Canada caved to US pressure at TPP talks in Hawaii
18-Aug-2015 The Tyee
Negotiators dropped patent and copyright demands but failed to garner agreement.
Don’t believe the hype - TTIP is not for small companies
18-Aug-2015 CEO
Publicly, business lobby groups are heavily pushing the idea that TTIP will benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). But behind closed doors they admit the reality: that small companies will “face increased competition” and that “benefits remain hypothetical”.
Pakistan’s FTAs have borne no fruit so far
18-Aug-2015
Chicken war with US shows free trade threat to Vietnamese farmers
18-Aug-2015
Hanoi chicken farmer Nguyen Huu Tuyen blames inexpensive poultry imported from the US for the loss of almost $14,000 this year.