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TICFA, political economy of US bilateralism and Bangladesh
28-Nov-2013 Countercurrents
It should come as no surprise that TICFA is not really an economic cooperation or development agreement, writes Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan in Countercurrents.
Scrapped EU-Ukraine trade deal is good news for China
27-Nov-2013 Forbes
A long-term beneficiary of Ukraine’s decision could prove to be China, who is investing heavily in Ukraine as a major source of energy and agricultural products
The alternative trade mandate
26-Nov-2013 TNI
The Alternative Trade Mandate has been developed in extensive civil society consultations all over Europe.
Zero tariff for 10 categories of Indian imports
26-Nov-2013
Despite the adverse impact on local industries, the Government has allowed tariff-free imports on ten categories of Indian goods, which had hitherto remained in the negative list under the Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, Daily Mirror learns.
Is ICSID really good for the Canadian taxpayer?
26-Nov-2013
Most trade lawyers across the country are lauding Canada’s ratification of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Convention. But they glaze over the serious and far-reaching effects for Canadian public policy.
Korea, Vietnam agree to work more closely on FTA
26-Nov-2013
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on November 24 that it held the fourth bilateral joint committee meeting with the Vietnamese government in Can Tho City. The conclusion of the free trade agreement between Korea and Vietnam is expected to speed up.
FTA talks with Seoul, Beijing start
26-Nov-2013
Japan, China and South Korea began their third round of free trade talks in Tokyo on Tuesday, with a wide range of areas such as intellectual property and goods and services on the agenda.
Israel’s argiculture seeds taking root in Vietnam
26-Nov-2013 Israel21C
An Israeli-Vietnamese agriculture research and development fund — and a free-trade agreement between the two countries — may be established soon, following a series of high-level visits.
Ticfa with US signed at last
26-Nov-2013 Daily Star
The government of Bangladesh, after more than a decade of talks, yesterday inked the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) with the US
Ill-fated India-EU FTA gets new demand from Belgium
26-Nov-2013 Business Standard
Belgium has demanded greater access to public procurement market for large-scale contracts under the proposed India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), whose fate already hangs in balance. The country also stressed on further tariff reduction on goods by India.
Trade unions oppose privileged rights for Big Business in EU-Canada trade deal
26-Nov-2013 4traders
The European Trade Union Confederation strongly opposes the inclusion of ISDS in CETA, and the subsequent creation of a parallel court system which allows multinationals to sue and threaten governments with heavy costs for doing their democratic job of regulating their societies and economies.
Possible FTA with EU raises fears for agriculture
26-Nov-2013 Business World
Further opening up the Philippine’s agriculture industry to competition with the European Union through a free trade agreement may put the sector at risk, according to the head of the non-government organization IBON Foundation, Inc.
More than 100 organizations sign transatlantic statement opposing dangerous investor "rights" chapter in CETA
26-Nov-2013 Council of Canadians
As European and Canadian trade officials meet again in Brussels today to continue negotiating an investment protection chapter in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), transatlantic civil society groups are demanding that this chapter be removed entirely as an affront to democracy, an attack on the independent judiciary, and a threat to climate change and our shared environment.
Access to medecines and the TPP: Open letter to the PM of Canada
26-Nov-2013 GTAG
Delivered by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Turkey: Not making eyes at the Eurasian Union — for now
25-Nov-2013 Eurasianet
After 26 years of frustration over its start-and-stop bid to join the European Union, would Turkey ever consider joining a rival regional bloc led by the Kremlin? Few observers believe it likely, but it’s not completely out of the question.
Korea-China FTA: Latest round of talks includes liberalization of some farm products, noted controversies
25-Nov-2013 Business Korea
The Korean government revealed its intention to open the agricultural sector during the first round of the so-called “second phase negotiations” for a free trade agreement between South Korea and China, showing its will to accelerate the FTA negotiation.
#Maori culture could be trademarked by TPP multinationals
22-Nov-2013 Intercontinental Cry
The scary thing about the TPP is that it won’t only affect indigenous free-hold land, nor will it just push our people further into poverty. The TPP will give multinationals the right to exploit and rape the ecosystem and further aid them in the acquiring of enforced trademarking and copyrighting of indigenous intellectual property and cultural/traditional knowledge.
Aussie sugar could get sweet FTA
22-Nov-2013 ABC
The Australian Sugar Industry Alliance is demanding sugar’s inclusion in the Trans Pacific Partnership after it was left out of the US FTA in 2008.
EU-Singapore free trade agreement: the missing chapter
22-Nov-2013 International Law Office
The European Union and Singapore initialled a free trade agreement on September 20 2013 that is expected to enter into force in late 2014 or early 2015. The agreement includes an investment chapter which is still under negotiation and thus missing from the text of the signed agreement.
EU holds India responsible for delay in FTA talks
22-Nov-2013 Hindu Business Line
The European Union has blamed India for the delay in conclusion of the free trade agreement being negotiated by the two for the last six years.