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Harper goverment talks free trade in Kiev as fighting intensifies
25-Jan-2015 Canadian Press
Canada’s International Trade Minister will be in Kiev to talk free trade with his counterpart as fighting intensifies between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the embattled country.
Japan offers compromise on rice in Asia-Pacific trade talks: Nikkei
25-Jan-2015 Reuters
Japan has offered to import more rice from the United States in a compromise aimed at pushing forward the Asia-Pacific regional trade talks, the Nikkei reported on Sunday.
EU and Vietnam hold eleventh round of FTA talks
25-Jan-2015 DG Trade
The EU and Vietnam completed their eleventh round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement as they work towards a swift conclusion of the talks.
New weaknesses: Despite a major win, arbitration decisions in 2014 increase the US’s future exposure to litigation and liability
25-Jan-2015 CCSI
In 2014, the US again emerged the winner in investor-state arbitration. But it did suffer losses on a number of important issues, and those losses leave it more vulnerable to future claims, litigation costs, and potential liability.
PNG govt ordered to stop interfering in SDP
25-Jan-2015
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered Papua New Guinea’s government to stop interfering in the management of PNG Sustainable Development Program.
European Commission’s clever ruse to introduce corporate sovereignty regardless of ratification votes in EU
25-Jan-2015 Techdirt
Even if CETA is rejected in Europe, claims under the ISDS chapter would still be possible up to three years afterwards for investments made during the provisional period.
ASEAN to declare single market but delay deeper integration: Malaysia
25-Jan-2015 AFP
ASEAN will officially call itself a single market by year’s end, but “big things” like seamless travel within the 10-nation bloc would only come in 2020, Malaysia’s trade minister told AFP in an interview.
Chevron’s battered image over Ecuador ecological disaster takes another hit in Davos
23-Jan-2015 Amazon Watch
Oil giant wins "lifetime achievement" award for efforts to evade justice
TPP and TTIP: Partners in crime
23-Jan-2015 Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung
Mike Dolan, Vice-President of the Citizens’ Trade Campaign, takes stock of the resistance against both TPP and TTIP in the United States and outlines the strategy we need if we want to prevent the passage of “trade” agreements that threaten to kill jobs, undermine labor standards and environmental regulations, limit access to generic drugs, and even aim to exempt corporations from the judicial process.
EU-US trade talks in ’troubled waters’
23-Jan-2015 EU Observer
EU-US trade talks are “in troubled waters” and need a “fresh start for parliament to approve an agreement”, the chairman of the assembly’s international trade committee has said.
TTIP is ’big bonanza’ for developing countries, EU claims
23-Jan-2015 EurActiv
German Development Minister Gerd Müller counters criticism of TTIP with study on how it will impact developing and newly industrialised countries
Merkel offers Russia free-trade agreement
23-Jan-2015 The Local
Germany would be prepared to negotiate a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Russia as a way out of the deadlocked Ukraine conflict, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Interview: Finnish PM calls for EU-China FTA
23-Jan-2015 Xinhua
"Now we are working very much on trying to agree on a bilateral investment treaty between the EU and China, then hopefully ... get a free trade agreement (FTA) as well," Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb told Xinhua in an interview.
Mexico says Pacific free trade deal ’feasible’ in mid-March
23-Jan-2015 Reuters
A deal on a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade pact could be concluded in mid-March, Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, said on Thursday.
UK aims to pass law to ban branding on cigarette packs before May
22-Jan-2015 Reuters
Cigarette sales have dropped in Australia since plain packaging was introduced on Dec. 1, 2012, prompting Britain to act before its national election in May even as Australia battles international legal challenges from other countries and manufacturers.
West Africa farmers against EU economics, international competition
21-Jan-2015 AFK Insider
Farmers in West Africa fear being overwhelmed by industrial and agrarian products from EU countries under the ECOWAS-EU Economic Partnership Agreement.
India and bilateral investment treaties – are they worth it?
21-Jan-2015 Beyond Brics
Instead of relying only on a treaty-based approach, India should initiate domestic policy reforms to attract and protect foreign investments, argues Kavaljit Singh
Why UK parliament should scrutinise the UK-Ethiopia bilateral investment treaty (BIT)
21-Jan-2015 The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
If TTIP is bad, the UK-Ethiopia BIT is worse, says Lorenzo Cotula of IIED
Government urged to protect interests of UK poultry farmers
21-Jan-2015 Western Morning News
The competitiveness of UK poultry producers is at risk if the EU-US trade negotiations proceed on the basis that products are of an ’equivalent’ standard.
India, European Union may resume FTA talks
21-Jan-2015 Jagran Post
After a gap of almost 20 months, India and European Union are likely to resume talks for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost commerce and investment.