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Europe-US free trade agreement faces risks
23-Nov-2014 Gulf Daily News
Europe’s proposed free trade agreement with the US would collapse if European leaders bowed to pressure to remove investment protection from any deal, the chairman of EU trade ministers said.
Australia’s gains at China’s expense signal new Free Trade Agreement landscape
23-Nov-2014
International trade experts and diplomats have been astonished at one-sided gains made by Australia in this week’s free trade deal with China, with some believing Australia is poised to ride on the coat tails of a new era in China opening to international trade.
Investor-state dispute settlement and the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
21-Nov-2014 Allens
The Investment Chapter of the ChAFTA may be similar to the KAFTA’s with broad carve outs limiting the scope of claims that a foreign investor may bring against the host country and providing the parties with a discretion to regulate on ’public welfare’ objectives
Japan under pressure for trilateral FTA after China-Korea FTA sealed
21-Nov-2014 Want China TImes
China and South Korea are set to complete negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year, which is expected to push Japan to step up the China-South Korea-Japan trilateral FTA negotiations, reports Shanghai’s China Business News.
India wants to energise trade ties with EU
21-Nov-2014 IANS
Indian Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium Manjeev Singh Puri has called for energising EU-India trade and economic relations.
Modalities for investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in TTIP from a trade union perspective
21-Nov-2014 FES
This study discusses the impact of investment protection on social and labour regulation and the autonomy of the social partners in regulating these matters through collective agreements.
EU must cease “material support” for Israel’s crimes, say leading trade unions
21-Nov-2014 BDS Movement
The huge number of mainstream organizations that are calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement reflects the growing frustration across Europe with the failure of European governments to respond to Israel’s repeated massacres and violations of international law.
International forum on the present and future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
20-Nov-2014 ISC
On April 18 and 19 2014, organizers, activists, and intellectuals from New Zealand, the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea gathered in Seoul to discuss the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and to strategize ways to stop it.
Philippines interested in joining US-led Trans-Pacific free trade area
20-Nov-2014 PNA
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said his government is studying the benefits of joining the TPP before it makes a decision.
Large Chinese dairy investment follows historic FTA
20-Nov-2014 The Age
The New Hope dairy investment could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement.
‘TTIP would destroy small businesses’
20-Nov-2014 RT
The UK PM promises to launch what he calls ‘rocket boosters’ under a new deal between the EU and America. Not everyone is convinced about this. Nick Dearden joins RTUK for more.
Fight secret copyright deals: A global TPP teach-in
20-Nov-2014 EFF
A public online teach-in with representatives from several digital rights groups based in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries who share their analysis of the latest leaked text and lay out the current state of play of the negotiations
India to replace BIPA with a new pact to protect investments
19-Nov-2014 Jagran Post
A draft of India’s new model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), currently moving through Cabinet, reportedly excludes taxation matters and introduces rules on conflict of interests in arbitration.
EU’s Malmstroem attempts to revive US trade talks
19-Nov-2014 AFP
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem attempted Wednesday to breath new life into transatlantic trade talks that have been hobbled by opposition to one of the deal’s most controversial components.
CAP calls on govt to withdraw from TPPA negotiation
19-Nov-2014 Rakyat News
The Consumers’ Association of Penang has said that it is concerned that Malaysia is continuing with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiation and has urged the government to withdraw from it and not sign the TPPA.
Canada-EU deal could unleash "corporate litigation boom’’
19-Nov-2014 CUPE
A new report warns that controversial investor protection rules in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union could expose Canada to a new wave of corporate lawsuits that restrict the powers of all levels of governments.
FTA could ’lower mine safety’
19-Nov-2014 SBS
Mining groups fear standards could slip at Australian mines if Chinese companies are allowed to bring in their own workers.
China speeds work on ’negative lists’ to boost foreign investment - official
19-Nov-2014 Reuters
China has accelerated the process of freeing up inbound foreign investment by compiling a list of industries deemed to be off-limits, a high-ranking economic planning official said on Tuesday.
Leaked documents on TTIP
19-Nov-2014 ARD
Leaked TTIP negotiating documents show that the EU is trying to protect European banks from strong American financial regulations.
Sacu committed to India negotiations
19-Nov-2014 Sapa
The Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) said on Tuesday it was still committed to negotiations with India over a delayed preferential trade agreement (PTA).