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L’accord commercial entre le Kenya et l’Ouganda est entré en vigueur
21-Aug-2015 Star Africa
L’Ouganda est prêt à mettre en œuvre l’accord commercial bilatéral que les présidents Yoweri Museveni et Uhuru Kenyatta ont signé.
EU keen to resume trade talks with Asean, says business council
21-Aug-2015 The Malaysian Insider
The European Union (EU) is keen on resuming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Asean as it views the region as a growing economic powerhouse.
TISA, TTIP, CETA, TPP : la mort du service public
21-Aug-2015 Acidus
Les partisans des libéralisations misent sur de nouveaux accords de libre-échange qui priveraient les Etats de leur capacité à fixer les règles du jeu et accéléreraient le démontage du service public.
Southern Africa: is the latest FTA another booby prize for Africa?
21-Aug-2015 All Africa
Some petty "sovereign" economic interests are the main reason why a billion dynamic people in Africa with such incredible natural resources continue to live in poverty.
The perfect pinta vs. the TTIP trade tanker
21-Aug-2015 The Ecologist
Britain’s dairy farmers have been having a hard time largely thanks to their exposure to an unregulated, unstable, global food market.
De l’utilité du vote
21-Aug-2015 Le Quotidien
Si le respect du suffrage universel ne semble pas être une priorité des dirigeants européens, il est alors légitime de s’inquiéter du sort qui sera réservé au nouveau veau d’or de notre classe dirigeante, le futur traité de libre-échange transatlantique.
Feds appealing NAFTA tribunal decision of Nova Scotia quarry project
20-Aug-2015 CBC
Canada is appealing a potentially expensive decision from a NAFTA tribunal, arguing the tribunal "exceeded its jurisdiction" when it upheld a claim from a New Jersey concrete company, Bilcon, that it was entitled to compensatory damages.
TPPA compromises M’sian workers
20-Aug-2015 MTUC
Government of Malaysia has proposed several amendments be made to the Sabah Labour Ordinance, the Industrial Relations Act and Workers’ Union Act to allow TPPA to materialise but labour groups are opposed to such measures.
Trade deal could put Big Tobacco’s interests before public health
20-Aug-2015 Irish Independent
The tobacco industry has deep pockets. The industry uses its profits to resist measures being taken by governments all across the world to cut smoking and deaths from smoking.
GE issues – The Trans-Pacific Partnership and our political will
20-Aug-2015 The Online Citizen
What TPP means for Singapore, politics and you.
Peru moves forward with trade agreements agenda
20-Aug-2015 Andina
Peru is making progress in implementing the agenda of new trade agreements
Foreign investment favors FTZs
20-Aug-2015 ECNS
China’s eastern and coastal areas are again favorite destinations for foreign investors as some cities have set up pilot free trade zones
TUC briefing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
20-Aug-2015 TUC
TUC Congress believes that the primary purpose of TTIP is to extend corporate investor rights’ and thus adopted a position of ‘outright opposition’ to TTIP.
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