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Study says fish-sector players to suffer with PHL-EU trade deal
27-Jan-2014 Business Mirror
In the likelihood of a free-trade agreement between the Philippines and European Union, big processors, exporters of fish and the fish consumers in general will be the gainers while small-scale fishermen, small-scale fish processors and marketing agents, including women, will be among the losers, PIDS said in a report issued recently.
EEB: “Regulatory rollback: how TTIP puts the environment at risk”
27-Jan-2014 EEB
European Environmental Bureau position paper on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
PH to seek more concessions under deal with Japan
27-Jan-2014 PDI
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry is seen to press for more agricultural concessions for the country under the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, the general review of which is expected to be completed this year.
Japan, US agree to continue cooperation for sealing TPP
27-Jan-2014 Kyodo
Japan and the US have agreed to continue to work for an early conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, the Japanese trade minister said after meeting Saturday with the US trade chief on the fringes of the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland
Possible retard de l’accord de libre-échange entre la Suisse et l’Inde
27-Jan-2014 RTS
Le conseiller fédéral suisse Johann Schneider-Ammann a laissé entendre samedi dans la presse alémanique que la question de la protection des brevets pourrait retarder l’accord de libre-échange avec l’Inde.
Critics score against extreme corporate rights in TTIP, but must not be fooled by the Commission’s tricks
25-Jan-2014 CEO
This week, the European Commission announced a freeze in negotiations over dangerous corporate rights in the proposed EU-US trade deal (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP) and that it would conduct a public consultation on the issue.
EPA with Canada would help Japan, open NAFTA door: Quebec official
25-Jan-2014 Japan Times
Japan should consider concluding a bilateral economic partnership agreement with Canada, which could then be used as a card against the United States in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, Quebec’s minister of international relations and foreign trade said.
The global fight against corporate rule
25-Jan-2014 The Nation
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments, write Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
China-Sri Lanka FTA feasibility to be finalized in March
24-Jan-2014
The feasibility study on the highly-anticipated Sri Lanka-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is underway and due to be completed by March with eventual signing of the deal slated for before end 2014, an official said here on Thursday.
US, EU negotiators say obstacles won’t delay trade accord
24-Jan-2014 WSJ
The chief trade negotiators of the US and the European Union admitted obstacles to a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement, but said a European decision to open public consultations over proposed procedures to settle investment disputes wouldn’t delay the accord.
Auto industry fights Canada-Korea free-trade deal
24-Jan-2014
A Canada-Korea trade deal looks like a winner for Canadian agribusiness, but the auto industry is making a last-ditch push to head off the agreement.
Reform of investor-state dispute settlement: In search of a roadmap
24-Jan-2014 TDM
Transnational Dispute Management examines various proposals for the reform of ISDS.
US sees hurdles in China joining pacific trade pact
24-Jan-2014 Reuters
Washington wants progress on an investment treaty with Beijing before it considers expanding an eventual Pacific-region trade pact to include China, a top US official said on Thursday.
Free trade for ’high-risk biotech’?
23-Jan-2014 Testbiotech
New report from Testbiotech on the potential influence of the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the authorisation of new genetically engineered organisms for use in agriculture and food production.
ECOWAS, EU to resume negotiations on economic partnership agreement
23-Jan-2014 Premium Times
The EU wants the West African region to open up 80 per cent of its market
Ecuador: International support crucial in battle with Chevron
23-Jan-2014 EFE
Ecuador’s hopes of winning a legal struggle against US oil supermajor Chevron Corp. pertaining to a multi-billion-dollar pollution judgment rest on the degree of "global solidarity" with the Andean nation, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Wednesday.
Pacific trade partners in end-game of trade talks: US official
23-Jan-2014 Reuters
Pacific Rim trading partners are working to resolve the last thorny issues in sealing an ambitious free trade pact and are likely to have further high-level talks next month, a senior US trade official said on Wednesday.
A BIT of a secret
22-Jan-2014 Indian Express
India’s bilateral investment treaty arbitration must be made more transparent.
Correa: Ecuador will not sign a FTA with the EU
22-Jan-2014 Prensa Latina
We have resumed the negotiations, but we will not sign an FTA with the EU, but a trade agreement, Correa stressed Tuesday during a press conference in the south-western port city of Guayaquil.
Brussels seeks to curb investor litigation under trade deals
22-Jan-2014 FT
EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht pledged to release a proposed negotiating text of the investment chapter of any deal in March.