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US-Japan fail to seal trade agreement before Abe US trip
21-Apr-2015 Bloomberg
US and Japanese officials failed to reach agreement in marathon trade talks in Tokyo, a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hopes of arriving for a summit in Washington next week with a pact in hand.
Canada’s most sacred cows under attack as TPP takes aim at agriculture
20-Apr-2015 iPolitics
The Americans have made it clear they have a deal-breaker with Canada — supply management in agriculture, notably dairy and poultry.
April 17: Lobby action tour on TTIP, impacts for food and farmers
20-Apr-2015 Corporate Europe Observatory
On 17 April, Via Campesina, the D190-20 Alliance and Corporate Europe Observatory held a lobby tour around the Brussels European quarter, highlighting the corporate lobbies who are pushing an aggressive agenda around TTIP (the EU-US trade deal currently being negotiated).
105 Colombian trade unionists killed in 4 years: NGO
20-Apr-2015 Telesur
Colombia’s National Union School presented a report to the US Congress denouncing the killing of at least 105 trade unionists since the implementation of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
India-Canada treaty critics team up to fight
20-Apr-2015 The Tyee
As governments in Canada and India herald their progress on a free trade agreement, promising to have it worked out by September, opponents from both countries are preparing to unite in their efforts to stop the deal.
‘Stop TTIP’: Protests in Europe and beyond against US-EU trade pact
20-Apr-2015 EuroNews
Hundreds of demonstrations have taken place worldwide against a planned free trade agreement between the US and the EU – in one of the largest series of protests so far.
China, US to exchange negative lists of investment treaty talks
20-Apr-2015 Xinhua
China and the United States are expected to exchange negative lists of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) "this month or next month," which could pave the way for substantial achievement on the negotiations in this regard in September, China’s Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said Friday.
Indonesia to push for free trade pacts with South Korea, EEA
20-Apr-2015 Reuters
Indonesia will aggressively pursue talks on free trade agreements with countries such as South Korea and the three European Economic Area (EEA) nations, in its latest move to boost exports, a government official said on Monday.
Sri Lanka, Japan to link FTA this year
20-Apr-2015 Colombo Page
Sri Lanka and Japan plan to formulate and sign a Free Trade Agreement in 2015, the Sri Lanka-Japan Business Co-operation Committee has announced.
Brazil signs new bilateral investment treaties with Mozambique and Angola: new approach to BITs or “toothless lions”?
20-Apr-2015 Global Arbitration News
On 30 March 2015, Brazil and Mozambique entered into a treaty, which they call the Agreement for Cooperation and Investment Facilitation. On 1 April, Brazil and Angola entered into an agreement of the same nature.
Resisting the ‘free trade’ offensive: four reasons to join the global day of action this Saturday
17-Apr-2015 Left Foot Forward
This slew of trade deals can be seen as a global corporate offensive – indeed, they are backed by networks of think tanks and lobby groups funded and staffed by some of the world’s most powerful corporations. So to defeat them, we need to coordinate our own actions globally.
Harper and Modi announce a Canada-India ’free trade’ agreement by September
17-Apr-2015 rabble
Efforts are being stepped up to conclude a Canada-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by September, it was announced during Narendra Modi’s visit to Ottawa this week.
Agoa bill proposes three-year timeline for SA
17-Apr-2015 Business Day
A bill to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for 10 years would give the US Trade Representative expanded authority to deal with countries considered non compliant, like South Africa.
Mexican Senate proposes FTA with Cuba
17-Apr-2015 Tax-News.com
Mexico’s Senate has urged the Government to boost economic relations with Cuba, with a view to the possible signing of a free trade agreement (FTA).
[Malaysia] Govt still open to FTA with EU: Miti
17-Apr-2015 The Sun Daily
The government is still open to having the Malaysia-EU Free Trade Agreement despite it being stalled currently.
Deal reached on fast-track authority for Obama on trade pact
16-Apr-2015 New York Times
The leaders of Congress’s tax-writing committees reached agreement Thursday on legislation to give President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate an ambitious trade accord with 11 other Pacific nations
New generation free trade agreements: A threat to life and livelihoods
16-Apr-2015 EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network
Multi-sectoral network calls on Philippine government to turn back from its FTA ambitions
Liberal allies of Obama: ‘Hell, no’ to TPP trade deal
16-Apr-2015 Al Jazeera
Liberal lawmakers, labor leaders and environmental groups took their insurgency against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to Congress on Wednesday, staging a protest against the secretive pact on the Capitol Hill lawn and spending the day lobbying lawmakers to derail fast-track authority for the deal.
Unions calling for halt on TPP trade
16-Apr-2015 Dynamic Business
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for the federal government to halt all negotiations on “the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal”, saying that the leaked proposals could see the price of medicines rise and foreign companies given rights to sue the Government.
Make the most of FTAs, Fonterra executive tells farmers
16-Apr-2015 The Australian
Australian farmers must work to understand the needs of Chinese consumers if they are to make the most of the free trade agreement signed with Beijing, an executive from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra says.