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EU slams Canada for holding up free-trade negotiations
19-Jun-2013 Canadian Press
Canada has publicly been called on the carpet by the European Union for holding up free-trade talks.
PMI awaits jurisdiction ruling in Uruguay bilateral investment treaty litigation
19-Jun-2013 Tobacco Reporter
Philip Morris International expects a decision to be made this month or next on a challenge by Uruguay as to whether an international tribunal set to hear bilateral investment treaty complaints has jurisdiction over the matter.
US businesses launch coalition for fair trade with India
19-Jun-2013 IP Watch
A new coalition of United States business groups, called the Alliance for Fair Trade with India, launched today to take aim against what they say are discriminatory trade practices in India against US exports.
EU, US launch talks on vast free trade deal
18-Jun-2013 MENAFN
The European Union and the United States launched yesterday long-awaited formal negotiations on a vast trade pact, dubbed "the biggest bilateral deal in history."
Turkish firm Karkey files $700m claim on Pakistan
18-Jun-2013 The News
A Turkish power generation company has filed a case against the Pakistan government at ICSID for compensation of losses worth 700 million dollars
Europe hits back in war of words with the Pacific over trade
18-Jun-2013 Radio Australia
Plans for a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement are in jeopardy after the Pacific Island nations accused Europe of failing to respond to their requests and threatened to pull-out if Europe is unable to meet their deadline of the end of this year.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft directives for the negociations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (June 2013)
17-Jun-2013 BFMTV
As leaked by BFMTV
A Kiwi-sized "Spanner in the works" of the TPP?
17-Jun-2013 Mondaq
Are the PBS and Pharmac under threat from the TPP? Certainly, the respective governments of both Australia and New Zealand think not. So why then the paranoia? Quite simply, we need the US more than they need us. In order to secure the TPP (and with it, for example, access to the lucrative US dairy market), both Australia and New Zealand will likely need to yield in several key areas.
The TPP quietly comes to Vancouver for mini-negotiating round
17-Jun-2013 iPolitics
An inter-sessional Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating round is quietly taking place in Vancouver over the next few days — the first TPP negotiations to take place on Canadian soil.
Japanese gov’t seeks industry lobbies’ opinions on TPP
17-Jun-2013 Kyodo
The Japanese government on Monday sought opinions of industry lobbies and organizations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations the country will join from next month.
Civil Society Bahamas engaged in Economic Partnership Agreement talks
17-Jun-2013 Bahamas Weekly
Civil Society Organizations are concerned about Bahamians having a proper understanding of the EPA and its beneficial impact.
Trade deal would benefit US more than EU, Ifo study finds
17-Jun-2013 FT
The US would gain more than the EU from a transatlantic trade deal, according to a study to be released on Monday.
Verizon sees “trade” deal as the next “Share everything” plan
17-Jun-2013 Public Citizen
This week, a Verizon representative speaking on a pro-TISA panel expressed the company’s hope that the “trade” deal can be used to keep privacy policies in check.
Controversial debate on TTIP mandate in EU Council of Ministers
16-Jun-2013 IP Watch
After hours of late night discussion, the European Union Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers meeting in Luxembourg Friday finally excluded the audiovisual sector from the negotiation mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the bilateral treaty to be negotiated with the United States.
EU and US business to profit from the crisis?
14-Jun-2013 S2B
After the green light received from the Council, the European Commission will start negotiating an FTA with the US in July. It is already clear the concerns of civil society organisations, of the European Parliament and of Member States, will not be addressed.
Factbox - Issues at the heart of EU-US free-trade talks
14-Jun-2013 Reuters
The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic business.
EU reveals its EPA ‘cards’
14-Jun-2013 Islands Business
When Pacific trade negotiators sit down later this month with their European Commission counterparts to carve out the finer details of their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the pressure points would be fishery, market access and services.
The rise of regionalism in international investment policymaking: consolidation or complexity?
14-Jun-2013 UNCTAD
A recent UNCTAD analysis of nine selected regional negotiations has found that, were these to lead to agreements, they could replace close to 10 per cent of today’s bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
Seoul to become bridge between US, China through FTAs
14-Jun-2013 Yonhap
Under its new trade policy, Korea’s top priority will be to conclude negotiations for a bilateral FTA with China at the earliest date possible, while also seeking to speed up negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
India, Israel inching closer to signing FTA: Israeli envoy
14-Jun-2013 IANS
Hoping that an India-Israel free trade agreement (FTA) would be signed "in the coming months", the Israeli ambassador on Thursday said the agreement would be a "strategic game changer" in trade relations between the two countries.