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TPP trade pact risks degenerating into bilateral deals, ADB says
25-Oct-2013 Bloomberg
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact risks collapsing and producing a series of bilateral deals if the 12 nations involved cannot reach agreement on concessions sought by some, the Asian Development Bank said in a report.
China and Europe make up after averting trade war
25-Oct-2013 Reuters
A successful EU-China investment agreement could pave the way for a wider free-trade accord in the future. But for now, there is friction, according to Reuters.
Huawei a key to Chinese trade talks
24-Oct-2013 Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese telecoms company Huawei is set to become a pawn in the controversial free trade agreement (FTA) review between China and Australia.
Indonesia to prioritize palm oil in talks with EU
23-Oct-2013 Jakarta Globe
The Indonesian government has made it clear that the inclusion of palm-oil products is at the top of its priorities in the talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the European Union, suggesting that a deal may not be possible without some compromise.
Ecuador for alternatives to bilateral investment treaties
23-Oct-2013 Prensa Latina
Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño announced today that Ecuador looks for alternatives to the Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) -TIB in Spanish- signed with other countries and considered dangerous to national sovereignty.
Entrepreneurs, former officials call for resuming China-US investment treaty talks
23-Oct-2013 Xinhua
Chinese and American business leaders and former officials on Tuesday called for the China-US talks on signing a bilateral trade and investment treaty to be resumed.
Canadian takeovers made easier with Europe trade accord
23-Oct-2013 Bloomberg
Under the EU-Canada FTA, Canada will raise the threshold for reviewing foreign investment from EU countries to C$1.5 billion ($1.5 billion) and also raise the threshold for all countries it has free trade agreements with, including the US.
Call to end the WTO and stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements
23-Oct-2013
More than 90 organizations and social movements are part of the Call to End the WTO and Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements. Join us in the EndWTO Bali Week of Action! Sign the call and register.
American agriculture, GMOs and Europe
22-Oct-2013 The Hill
European law firm advises on how US companies should lobby the EU to get doors opened to GMOs
Nigeria moves to resist, as EU tries to impose EPA
22-Oct-2013 This Day
The Nigerian government and other stakeholders of the economy are preparing a stiff resistance against the European Union’s renewed plan to foist a questionable Economic Partnership Agreement on Nigeria, THISDAY has learnt.
Japan, EU begin 3rd round of free trade talks
21-Oct-2013 Kyodo
Japan and the European Union began their third round of free trade negotiations in Brussels on Monday, aiming to engage in full-fledged discussions on tariffs and other trade barriers.
Mitsubishi boss keen to seal free-trade deal
21-Oct-2013 The Australian
The chairman of Mitsubishi — a huge investor in Australia’s resource industry — has urged Japan and Australia not to miss the current "window of opportunity" and clinch the long-awaited free-trade agreement.
EU trade ministers back wider ASEAN mandate
21-Oct-2013 Tax News
The European Commission is to launch negotiations on investment protection with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as part of ongoing free trade talks.
CETA: What’s In the Canada-EU free trade deal?
21-Oct-2013 Huffington Post
Reporters got access to some CETA documents on Friday, but they were vague and, in the words of the Globe and Mail’s Bill Curry, the documents “don’t list what Canada gave up.”
Who regulates best, the US or EU? #TTIP
21-Oct-2013 TUC
The US and European trade union movements don’t want to see any weakening of standards through TTIP. Froman and deGucht have said they don’t want that either, but successive trade deals have done precisely that.
FTA between India and EFTA by early next year: Linus Von Castelmur
18-Oct-2013 Livemint
Swiss envoy says both sides are trying to seal the deal before the general election in India next year
EU should allow easier entry for Indian professionals to support free trade pact: Icrier
18-Oct-2013 Economic Times
The European Union should allow easier entry and movement of Indian professionals in order to generate support for the free trade pact between the two that’s been under negotiation for the last six years, Indian think tank Icrier said in a study commissioned by the 27-country grouping.
FTA Watch condemns bid to amend Article 190
18-Oct-2013 The Nation
Thai advocacy group FTA Watch yesterday issued a statement condemning attempts to end legislative scrutiny of negotiations concerning international trade agreements.
EPA is no more
17-Oct-2013 PANG
In a surprise move this week, the European Union has moved to suspend negotiations for a new economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the islands of the Pacific, ISLANDS BUSINESS has been told.
EU reported to have called off Pacific negotiations on EPA
17-Oct-2013 Radio New Zealand International
The Solomon Islands government says the European Union has suspended negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement between 14 Pacific Island Countries and the EU - 9 years after its EPA was launched in September, 2004.