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On a free trade mission in Africa
Treasure Maphanga is one of Africa’s most important women, with arguably the continent’s toughest job on her hands: driving the establishment and implementation of a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).
Tell our Govt NO to the TPPA on March 7
The best chance to stop the TPPA is before ministers make their decisions. Join the nationwide day of action on 7 Mar 2015 in Aotearoa/NewZealand
Trans-Pacific pact will encourage sex trafficking
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will open up 14 countries on the Pacific coastline for more exploitation
Service trade with China set to be new impetus for EU recovery: expert
Brussels and Beijing should speed up negotiation of a Sino-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty and strive to sign it within this year, a Chinese think-tank argues
New bilateral investment treaty model
Pakistan’s Board of Investment is working on Pakistan’s own template of a bilateral investment treaty, which will replace previous treaties and serve as basis for new ones.
KITA pushes resumption of FTA negotiations with Gulf Cooperation Council
Korea’s premier corporate lobby group says that Korea should resume FTA negotiations, which have been stopped, with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as soon as possible and target the markets in the Middle East.
Sri Lanka President says he dodged CEPA talks in Delhi
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that he deliberately avoided having Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India on the agenda during his recent visit to New Delhi.
The challenge of the Yukos award: an award written by someone else – a violation of the tribunal’s mandate?
The Russian Federation filed three writs that seek to annul the award, alleging that the arbitrators did not fulfil their mandate personally because the Tribunal’s assistant played a significant role in analyzing the evidence and legal arguments.
US moves toward greater trade with Africa
Pact with Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda — to be expanded to other countries later on — seen as a stepping stone to full fledged FTA
UPDATE: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung have today released an updated version of their publication on TTIP by John Hilary.
EU Vietnam FTA: rice carve-outs and ‘double transformation’ rule of origin in sight
So far, seven chapters out of fifteen of the EU-Vietnam FTA have been concluded
Hungarian government, parties divided on EU-USA free trade talks
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
France makes U-turn on TTIP arbitration
In a letter to French MEPs, seen by EurActiv France, the French Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) appears to have made a U-turn on the position so far defended by Mathias Fekl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade.
Are mega-trade agreements a threat to Brazil?
Bilateral trade agendas with both US and EU may become a way for Brazil to mitigate the negative potential impacts of TTIP and TTP, argues a former World Bank official.
White House sees China as trump card in trade debate
The Obama administration is confident lawmakers will warm up to a proposed Pacific free trade deal on the grounds it is a chance for the United States, rather than China, to dictate the rules of Asian trade, a top official said on Thursday.
Korean petrochemical industry to be most affected by Korea-China FTA
Those in the petrochemical industry are unhappy about the provisionally-signed Korea-China FTA, because the synthetic resin and rubber imported from China wil be subject to immediate tariff elimination
The Trans-Pacific Partnership clause everyone should oppose
"Agreeing to ISDS in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the United States further in favor of big multinational corporations. Worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty," writes Elizabeth Warren.
Experts concerned about impact of Economic Partnership Agreement on Ghana’s economy
The President of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it was not right for Ghana to have signed the agreement.
Lithuania, Qatar continue negotiations on Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
On February 25th, Lithuania and Qatar entered the second stage of negotiations on Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement. The two-day negotiations take place in Vilnius, reports LETA/ELTA.