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The secret business plan that could spell the end for SMEs
13-Feb-2015 SME Insider
While benefits of TTIP to big business are clear, SMEs seem set to lose out, reports SME Insider.
Go to prison for sharing files? That’s what Hollywood wants in the secret TPP deal
13-Feb-2015 EFF
Like the various other digital copyright enforcement provisions in TPP, the criminal enforcement language loosely reflects the United States’ DMCA but is abstracted enough that the US can pressure other nations to enact rules that are much worse for users.
EU Commission sets out TTIP regulatory cooperation principles
13-Feb-2015 Chemical Watch
The European Commission has published the draft legal text for a chapter on general regulatory cooperation which it presented to the US during the latest round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), held last week in Brussels.
Germany: Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is unconstitutional
13-Feb-2015 Stop TTIP
A report authored by Prof. Dr. Siegfried Broß and recently published by the German Hans Böckler Stiftung concludes that the Investor-State-Dispute Settlement (ISDS) tribunals currently planned to be included in the TTIP and CETA free-trade agreements are not in accordance with Germany’s constitution.
TPPA secret while EU releases TTIP documents
12-Feb-2015 Scoop
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser needs to explain why NZ must keep TPPA secret while EU releases TTIP documents, argues Prof Jane Kelsey
AIPAC behind new US/EU trade legislation designed to thwart BDS
12-Feb-2015 Mondoweiss
AIPAC is behind the draft US legislation that would make the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being negotiated between the US and EU conditional on whether the EU takes action to stop BDS, according to US sources.
US bill seeks to tie massive trade pact to EU rejection of BDS
11-Feb-2015 Times of Israel
A new US Congressional bill, "The Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act", seeks to make rejection of BDS a requirement for Washington to sign TTIP.
India, Israel FTA not likely to be signed soon
11-Feb-2015 Business Standard
The India and Israel free trade agreement is not going to be reality soon, even as Israel plans expand its footprint in the Indian market in areas such as water management, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
Goldman pushes China investment deal as Silicon Valley wary
11-Feb-2015 Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is exhorting the US to quickly complete a treaty with China to open the long-sheltered market of the world’s most populous nation to American banks and other firms.
DNP+ response to RCEP negotiations on Intellectual Property ongoing in Thailand
11-Feb-2015 DNP+
Japan is pushing for intellectual property rules in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership that will undermine and delay access to affordable generic medecine in Asia.
Egypt reaches free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union
10-Feb-2015 Public Radio of Armenia
Egypt has reached a free trade zone agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi said Tuesday.
Foodwatch: German TTIP study ‘utopian’
10-Feb-2015 EurActiv
Consumer rights NGO foodwatch sharply criticised a German Development Ministry study on TTIP, saying the planned EU-US free trade agreement is a poverty scheme for the world’s poorest countries, and is an “interest-driven sham”
Japan, Mongolia ink trade pact that may increase car exports
10-Feb-2015 AP
Japan and Mongolia signed a free trade agreement Tuesday that is expected to open the landlocked frontier market to more Japanese auto exports and strengthen Tokyo’s leverage with a key partner in its dealings with North Korea.
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S2B statement on EU-Myanmar investment treaty
9-Feb-2015 S2B Network
The Seattle to Brussels Network call upon the European Commission not to push through with the negotiations for an investment treaty with Myanmar as it will not help but hurt democratic transition.
The ’Law 42’ arbitrations against Ecuador and the importance of BIT language
9-Feb-2015 JD Supra
Three recent ICSID decisions involving Ecuador highlight the importance of language addressing the status of taxes in investment treaties.
China proposing to establish free trade zone with Eurasian Economic Union
9-Feb-2015 Sputnik
China has proposed to the Eurasian Economic Union to think about creation of a free trade zone, according to Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov.
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