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EU brewers want ’unfair’ beer tax removed through TTIP
9-Dec-2013 Euractiv
European brewers last week urged EU negotiators to put a removal of taxes on European brewers, from which their American competitors are exempt, on the table in the free-trade negotiations with the US.
Taipei-Manila ECA study almost complete: envoy
9-Dec-2013 China Post
A feasibility study on signing an Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA) between Taiwan and the Philippines is nearing completion, the Philippines’ top envoy to Taiwan said recently.
Joe Stiglitz writes open letter to TPP negotiators
8-Dec-2013 KEI
"At this point in time, we do not need a TRIPS plus trade agreement, we need a TRIPS minus agreement."
China-EU bilateral investment treaty: Can it be achieved? – analysis
6-Dec-2013 Eurasia Review
The BITs China signed with individual European countries in the 1980s and 1990s were mainly intended to attract FDI and are no longer suitable for the new economic realities facing China.
EU-Georgia Association Agreement made public
6-Dec-2013 The Messenger
The text of the Association Agreement initialed between the European Union and Georgia has been made public.
EU-Moldova FTA (2013)
6-Dec-2013 European Commission
As initialled on 29 Nov 2013
EU-Georgia FTA (2013)
6-Dec-2013 DG Trade
As initialled on 29 Nov 2013
Leaks confirm fears about Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
5-Dec-2013 Redeye
In mid-November, Wikileaks released the secret draft text for the Intellectual Property Rights Chapter of the TPP. Stuart Trew talks about what this leak tells us about the agreement as a whole.
Vatican criticises TTP and TTIP
5-Dec-2013 KEI
At the WTO 9th Ministerial in Bali, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi delivered a withering critique of the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Writ challenging legality of TICFA filed
5-Dec-2013 Financial Express
A writ petition was filed with the High Court in Dhaka Wednesday challenging the legality of the Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TICFA), signed recently between Bangladesh and the USA.
Korea, China likely to join US-led trans-Pacific trade pact
5-Dec-2013 Business Korea
The South Korean government recently unveiled its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership while some experts forecast that China cannot help but to join as well.
Korea-Canada free trade: The thaw begins
5-Dec-2013 The Diplomat
A number of obstacles to a free trade agreement remain on both sides, but there is growing incentive to overcome them.
Jordan, EU launch negotiations for free trade agreement
5-Dec-2013 Jordan Times
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and His Majesty King Abdullah launched negotiations between Jordan and the EU over a comprehensive free trade agreement, reports Jordan Times
Free trade agreement with European Union in suspended animation till new govt takes over
5-Dec-2013 Times of India
The long-negotiated ambitious free trade agreement between India and its largest trading partner European Union will remain in the doldrums till a new government takes over in New Delhi next year.
China aims to establish network of high-level FTAs
5-Dec-2013 China Daily
In the comprehensive reform plan released in November, China vowed to speed up its FTA strategy based on trade pacts with neighboring economies and to develop a global and high-standard FTA network.
Australia, South Korea finalise arrangements for free trade agreement
5-Dec-2013 ABC
The Australian government has acknowledged that some sectors - including the automotive and steel industries, as well as textiles, clothing and footwear - will face increased competition from Korean imports.
Korea suddenly wants in to TPP, resumes FTA talks with NZ
4-Dec-2013 National Business Review
South Korea has suddenly emerged as willing would-be partner in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, as well as announcing today it was resuming negotiations with New Zealand on a free trade deal.
Territorial dispute sees Japan left behind in trilateral FTA talks
4-Dec-2013 Want China Times
Free trade talks between China and South Korea are progressing ahead of talks between China and Japan, whose territorial dispute shows no signs of abating, reports the Guangzhou-based South Reviews.
Farming boss: TTIP must not rock the boat
3-Dec-2013 Euractiv
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership the EU and the US are trying to establish is being called the "mother of all bilateral trade agreements", but negotiators must jump the potentially damaging hurdles of GMOs and hormone-raised meat and avoid rocking consumer confidence in either market, says Pekka Pesonen.
EU dismisses David Cameron’s touted China free trade deal as ‘premature’
3-Dec-2013 IB Times
A European Union official poured cool water over UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to China in which he said he wants to lay the ground for a free trade deal between the Asian economic giant and the 28-member state bloc.