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Chinese food companies find room to grow in Australia, NZ
15-Jan-2015 China Daily
Companies based in China are investing in Australia and New Zealand’s agricultural sectors as they pursue a larger foothold in these lucrative markets through favorable policies offered by bilateral free trade agreements.
Prime ministers spruik benefits of Japan-Australia free trade agreement
15-Jan-2015
Australia has become the first major agricultural nation to implement a free trade agreement with Japan (JAEPA) after seven years of negotiation.
India-ASEAN services & investment FTA to be in force from July
15-Jan-2015
India’s free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments with 10-member ASEAN Grouping will come into force from July this year, paving the way for freer movement of professionals and further investment opportunities.
France and Germany to form united front against ISDS
15-Jan-2015 EurActiv
The two countries are discussing throwing their combined weight behind a common position to exclude an Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism from trade talks with the US
Canada being sued for billions under NAFTA investor protections
14-Jan-2015 Toronto Star
Study charts foreign corporations’ growing use of NAFTA’s investor protections to sue governments over environmental and economic regulations
Europeans don’t want investor state dispute settlement in trade agreements
14-Jan-2015 Stop TTIP and TTIP Unfairhandelbar
An overwhelming majority of Europeans has spoken out against ISDS in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
EU-US trade negotiations must be more transparent, as concerns are raised about clash with data protection rules
14-Jan-2015 Out-Law.com
The European Ombudsman says the Commission must do more to "increase the legitimacy of the TTIP negotiations in the eyes of the public".
US: Members of Congress demand to see secret trade deals
14-Jan-2015 GMO Inside
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and others, are demanding that trade representatives turn over a full text of the TPP trade agreement.
TTIP and CETA: Opening the door to genetic engineering in agriculture and food production
14-Jan-2015 Testbiotech
A newly published Testbiotech report shows that the introduction of the new free trade agreements between EU and Canada (CETA) and the US (TTIP) will almost certainly lead to lower EU standards in protection of consumers and the environment.
Japan targets Southeast Asia in jostle for regional economic sway
14-Jan-2015 FT
Japan is stepping up an economic charm offensive in Southeast Asia in the latest sign of rival efforts by leading powers to profit from the single market due to be launched soon in the populous region.
Europe: The fear of arbitral tribunals
13-Jan-2015 Le Monde
The consultation on investor arbitration that the European Commission launched in Spring 2014 delivered an unambiguous verdict: today, public opinion does not want it.
EU report presented today: Consultation on investment protection in EU-US trade talks
13-Jan-2015 EU Commission
Today, the European Commission published its analysis of the almost 150,000 replies to its online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
AGI divided over EPAs
13-Jan-2015 Graphic Online
Members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) are divided over whether the government should join other West African states to sign onto the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Unions intensifying attacks on new emerging free-trade pact
13-Jan-2015 Associated Press
Just over two decades after lobbying unsuccessfully against the North American Free Trade Agreement, US labor unions are again voicing strong reservations to a proposed major trade-liberalization deal.
2015 can be a ‘game-changer’ for BIMSTEC
13-Jan-2015 BD News 24
Bangladesh hopes that the much-expected BIMSTEC FTA (between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand) will be finalised this year.
Are states sovereign?
12-Jan-2015 El Periódico
A trade treaty known as the TTIP is being negotiated between the US and Europe. From what I have been able to find out about this treaty, it will, among other things, limit the capacity of states to draft environmental, health or labour norms which adversely impact big corporations
India, US agree to restart talks on bilateral investment treaty
12-Jan-2015 Times of India
India and the US have reaffirmed commitment to the long-pending Bilateral Investment Treaty with PM Modi conveying to secretary of state John Kerry that New Delhi was prepared to hold early talks for the same.
NAFTA scrutiny of oilsands tailings ponds opposed by Canada
12-Jan-2015 CBC News
Canada is trying to stop NAFTA’s environmental watchdog from taking a closer look at the environmental effects of the huge tailings ponds produced by Alberta’s oilsands, and it appears Mexico and the US will go along with efforts to stop a formal investigation.
Food issues will not block EU-US trade deal: German minister
12-Jan-2015 Reuters
Germany’s farm minister Christian Schmidt says the United States is likely to back down on its opposition to the compulsory labeling of products containing or fed by GMOs.
European Parliament working document in view of preparing a draft report on the Parliament’s recommendations on TTIP
12-Jan-2015 EP
An assessment of the main results of the negotiations after approximately 1.5 years of discussions, expressing the EP’s views on the main issues of a potential TTIP agreement.