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How an EU-US free trade agreement will affect the energy sector
21-Nov-2013 Oilprice.com
Energy has not been making headlines in the context of these talks, but a TTIP will have far-reaching implications for the energy sector, e.g. with regard to oil sands, LNG and shale gas.
Trade-talk protesters push limit, then back off
21-Nov-2013 Salt Lake Tribune
Will Munger, of Utah Tar Sands Resistance, said his group wasn’t trying to get arrested. Instead they were raising their voices against what they fear will be a trade pact that encourages the export of methane gas from the United States to other nations.
RI halts cooperation with OZ, mulls more
21-Nov-2013 Jakarta Post
Jakarta has upped the ante in the spying row with Canberra by officially suspending cooperation on preventive measures against boat people and mulling the suspension of free trade negotiations with its southern neighbor.
Trade talks open in Utah, but secrecy spurs protests
20-Nov-2013 Salt Lake Tribune
Outside Salt Lake City’s Grand America Hotel on Tuesday, the rains fell, the speakers rose, the marchers chanted. Inside, top trade negotiators from the US and 11 other Pacific Rim nations perhaps discussed imports and exports, profits and products, prices and patents. The exact topics aren’t known. The talks were closed.
FTA increases export of US produce to S Korea
19-Nov-2013 Seoul Food: Why U.S. Agriculture Loves Korea’s Fresh FTA
In March 2012, the South Korea- US KORUS FTA eliminated a 24 per cent tariffs on US cherries. By the end of 2012, 5,897 tonnes of US cherries had been exported to South Korea, almost double the quantity the previous year.
Bahrain-US trade doubles over FTA
19-Nov-2013
Addressing a seminar at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) in Sanabis yesterday, Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro said bilateral trade has grown from about $1.1 billion in 2006 to about $2bn last year, as Bahrain was given tariff-free access to the world’s largest economy, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.
Jailbreaking and unlocking might be restricted in treaty pushed by Obama
19-Nov-2013 Ars Technica
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty pushed by the Obama administration could complicate efforts to loosen restrictions on jailbreaking and unlocking smartphones, tablets, or other consumer electronics
Indonesia could stall trade negotiations
19-Nov-2013 ABC
There are fears Indonesia could stall the trade negotiations with Australia because of the diplomatic run-in between Jakarta and Canberra.
S’pore hopes for early ratification of EU-S’pore Free Trade Agreement
19-Nov-2013 CNA
Singapore is pushing for early ratification of the agreement so that it may come into force by 2015
TPP - draft IP chapter (30 Aug 2013)
19-Nov-2013 WikiLeaks
Cameroon to ratify economic partnership deal with EU amid doubts
19-Nov-2013 Xinhua
Cameroon will soon ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that it signed in 2009 with the European Union, despite reservations among regional African countries over the bloc’s alleged attempt to keep its dominance on its African partners.
To stop misuse of free trade agreements, finance ministry plans text review
19-Nov-2013 Economic Times
India’s finance ministry is pushing for a review of the model text for free trade agreements after recent misuse of bilateral pacts exposed many loopholes in the pacts India has entered into with its trading partners.
Mega EU-US trade talks moving ahead ‘step by step’
17-Nov-2013 AFP
A second round of EU-US talks to seal the world’s largest free-trade accord concluded in Brussels on Friday while a third round is scheduled for December 16-20 in Washington
Now, India eyeing Mekong-India Economic Corridor
17-Nov-2013 Business Standard
The idea of a Mekong-India Economic Corridor — a network of land and sea infrastructure connecting India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam — is gaining traction with the upcoming signing of the India-ASEAN services and investment deal.
Tackling the trade law dimension of ‘land grabbing’
15-Nov-2013 IIED
As trade talks regain momentum, ’land grab’ activists are scrutinising negotiations and pioneering new opportunities for public accountability
Ecuador: In search of EU trade agreement
15-Nov-2013 PanAm Post
Last Friday, from Paris, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa expressed his hopes for a conclusion to the long-awaited trade agreement in the first quarter of next year.
Canada signs free trade deal with Honduras amid pre-electoral repression
15-Nov-2013 Upside Down World
Canada and Honduras inked a bilateral free trade agreement on November 5, amid political repression, increasing militarization, and controversial Canadian investment in the Central American nation.
European food industry backs ‘comprehensive free trade’ between EU and Japan
15-Nov-2013 Food Navigator
Representatives of European food industry organisations have come out in support of a strong free trade agreement between the EU and Japan, ahead of talks in Tokyo next Tuesday.
The people can defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership
15-Nov-2013 Counterpunch
Momentum is growing in the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the United States.
Broader access to investment ’key’ in EU talks
15-Nov-2013 China Daily
The European Union sees broader access for investment in China as a key issue in negotiations on an agreement that will consolidate 27 bilateral pacts, the head of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China said.