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Chile interested in free trade agreement with PH—Domingo
12-Jan-2015
A Chilean delegation is set to arrive in March and may initiate talks for a bilateral free trade agreement with the Philippines, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said over the weekend.
Prospects rise for Turkey’s inclusion in TTIP, boss club says
12-Jan-2015
Debt: Yesterday Latin America, today Europe
9-Jan-2015 Rebelión
Today’s crisis relates neither to trade nor the production of goods and services. It is the banks and the financial sector that are in crisis.
Regional agreements gaining steam
8-Jan-2015 Korea Herald
While bilateral free trade agreements, as a means to further the market-opening and rule-making agenda, have been globally picking up steam, there have also been parallel efforts to usher in a plethora of regional trade agreements and economic unions.
US free trade critics, supporters kick off battle for public opinion
8-Jan-2015 Reuters
Supporters and critics of free trade are readying for a bitter battle this year over major free trade deals and legislation to fast-track trade agreements through the US Congress.
Lowest common denominator: EU-US trade deal threatens to lower standards of protection from toxic pesticides
8-Jan-2015 CIEL
A new analysis exposes how the American and European pesticide industry is using ongoing EU-US trade negotiations to lower human health and environmental standards in order to increase trade in toxic pesticides.
Lifting of US beef ban ’not a TTIP trade off’, EU says
8-Jan-2015 EurActiv
The United States’ decision to lift its long-standing ban on EU beef imports is not a trade-off as part of the ongoing transatlantic free-trade talks, the European Commission has said.
International treaties that loom against the rights of the working class (I): TTIP
8-Jan-2015 Rebelión
The context of negotiations, the origins of the TTIP and its new model of labor relations.
China FTA
8-Jan-2015
If any further proof were required that too much emotion in our relationship with Beijing is harmful to our interests, the disclosures from the ongoing review of Pakistan’s Free Trade Agreement with China ought to be sufficient.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft provisions on state enterprises and enterprises granted special or exclusive rights or privileges (July 2014)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft provisions on competition (March 2014)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
Published by the European Commission
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft on technical barriers to trade (TBT) (March 2014)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft on small and medium-sized enterprises(May 2014)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) (September 2015)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
Published by the European Commission
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft on dispute settlement (March 2014)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
India delays economic cooperation deal talks
7-Jan-2015 Taipei Times
The Indian government has turned down Taiwan’s request to take a further step in advancing an economic cooperation agreement for the time being as it focuses on joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft provisions on subsidies (March 2014)
7-Jan-2015 European Commission
Published by the European Commission
Analysis shows TTIP consequences insignificant for Slovenia
7-Jan-2015 STA
Preliminary findings of an analysis of potential trade liberalisation with the US show that consequences for Slovenia’s economy would be relatively small but mostly negative, eliminating jobs in the private sector.
European Commission publishes TTIP legal texts as part of transparency initiative
7-Jan-2015 EU Commission
The European Commission today published a raft of texts setting out EU proposals for legal text in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) it is negotiating with the US.
Economic Partnership Agreements: Still a divisive issue
7-Jan-2015 Business in Cameroon
The opportunities that these agreements offer to Cameroon cannot counteract the threats of a loss in customs revenue, the risk of weakening the integration process and increased competition from EU products, experts say.