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Livestock may struggle after TPP
7-Aug-2015 Vietnam Economic Times
Vietnam’s livestock sector, on which the livelihoods of nearly 10 million people depend, may be negatively affected the most after the Trans-Pacific Partnership comes into being
Zambia, DRC agree on free trade
6-Aug-2015 ZNBC
Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a bilateral trade agreement that will see enhanced trade between the two countries
Food exporters may have to rebadge food labels as a result of free trade deals
6-Aug-2015 ABC Rural
Food exporters are being warned they could face the costly process of rebadging food labels as a result of free trade deals
Canadian corporations abuse investment treaties, bully governments into environmental backtrack: study
6-Aug-2015 CCPA
Canadian investors have exploited a controversial mechanism in international investment treaties to challenge public interest regulations in 24 different countries
Forum Economique Arabo-Hongrois : l’Algérie sera au rendez-vous
6-Aug-2015 El Moudjahid
Le forum économique arabo-hongrois examinera les moyens de dynamiser les échanges dans plusieurs segments d’activités et d’élever le niveau des flux commerciaux
Renzi hopes to push through EU-Japan trade deal this year
6-Aug-2015 Euractiv
The Italian prime minister believes the EU and Japan could finalise a free trade deal by the end of the year
India defers FTA talks with EU over ban of 700 drugs
6-Aug-2015 The Indian Express
Objecting to the ban of around 700 pharma products by the European Union, India said that it has called off a scheduled meeting of chief negotiators of the two sides on the proposed free trade agreement
Austria hit with first ICSID claim
6-Aug-2015 Global Arbitration Review
The owner of a Vienna bank targeted by multiple fraud investigations has lodged what is thought to be the first-ever investment treaty claim against Austria
RCEP - draft chapter on trade in services (Aug 2015)
5-Aug-2015 RCEP Legal
As leaked on RCEP Legal
A losing proposition
5-Aug-2015 CCPA
The failure of Canadian ISDS policy at home and abroad.
Law professor wants refusal to release TPP documents overturned
5-Aug-2015 Stuff
An application for an urgent review of a refusal to release documents relating to the Trans-Pacific partnership trade deal has been filed in the High Court in Wellington by law professor Jane Kelsey
US excludes Canada, Mexico from TPP auto negotiations
5-Aug-2015 The Globe and Mail
Canada and Mexico are joining forces to try and break a major logjam over Japanese autos at the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks while the United States had already cut a deal with Japan
Sri Lanka could join TPP, think of trade and investment as one: Razeen Sally
5-Aug-2015 Economy Next
Sri Lanka could apply to be part of an evolving Trans-Pacific Partnership while pursuing a free trade agreement with the US
TTIP, CETA, TISA and public services
5-Aug-2015 War on Want
What is the threat from free trade agreements to public services?
Poland risks Bilateral Investment Treaty claims in adopting new law
5-Aug-2015 Lexology
The Polish Parliament has just passed a new law restricting investment in certain strategic Polish companies, which raises the risk of potential Bilateral Investment Treaty claims
L’Afrique du Sud souhaite renforcer son commerce avec le Vietnam
5-Aug-2015 Le Courrier du Vietnam
Durant son séjour en Afrique du Sud, le vice-Premier ministre vietnamien Hoàng Trung Haile et le vice-président sud-africain Cyril Ramaphosa ont discuté du renforcement de leur coopération dans l’économie, le commerce et l’investissement
TPP - draft IP chapter (May 2015)
5-Aug-2015 KEI
As leaked by KEI on 4 August 2015
Knowledge Ecology International leaks TPP text on intellectual property
4-Aug-2015 Knowledge Ecology International
Knowledge Ecology International released text from three sections of the 95-page secret negotiating text on the Intellectual Property Chapter being used in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement trade negotiations
TransCanada may recoup costs from US if Obama rejects Keystone
4-Aug-2015 Bloomberg
A provision in the North American Free Trade Agreement would let the Canadian company TransCanada Corp. recoup some of the $2.4 billion spent on its Keystone XL project
RCEP - draft IP text from ASEAN (Oct 2014)
4-Aug-2015 KEI
As published by KEI