bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

Articles by language

English
Tagalog
Panama, Colombia sign free trade agreement
17-Oct-2013 Lexology
Panama has signed a free trade agreement with Colombia, making a step forward to join the Pacific Alliance.
China worried about Ecuador move to end bilateral investment treaties
17-Oct-2013 Dow Jones Newswires
Ecuador’s decision to end bilateral investment treaties with all countries and take disputes to a new regional arbitration body has raised concerns among Chinese investors.
Canada-EU trade deal: Sell-out or celebration? Public needs a veto on massive corporate rights treaty
17-Oct-2013 rabble.ca
Responding to reports today that Canada and the European Union have concluded negotiations on a massive new corporate rights treaty called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Council of Canadians is demanding that parliament and the public be given an opportunity to review and make changes to the deal, or even to reject it outright, before it can be signed.
Stephen Harper à Bruxelles pour conclure l’accord de libre-échange Canada-UE (officiel)
17-Oct-2013 Les Echos
Le Premier ministre canadien Stephen Harper se rendra à Bruxelles jeudi en vue de conclure l’accord de libre-échange que le Canada et l’Union européenne négocient depuis plus de quatre ans, a annoncé mercredi soir son porte-parole.
Conservatives open door to free trade with EU after reaching cheese import deal
16-Oct-2013 The National
Negotiators have agreed to double the amount of European cheese imported into Canada — to around 30,000 tonnes a year — in order to get the Europeans on board.
Lose the double standard around foreign investment in Canada
16-Oct-2013 Huffington Post
Should the "right" of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments’ attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most Canadians would say no. But that’s what their government is pushing poor countries to accept if they want Canadian investment.
Japan politicians criticise Shinzo Abe’s trade pact push
16-Oct-2013 FT
“Why should Japan take its own underpants off?” a parliamentarian from rural Toyama prefecture told reporters last week, after a senior Japanese negotiator suggested that Tokyo may have to make concessions over a set of highly protected agricultural products.
Can $150 melons boost Japan’s post-TPP agriculture exports?
16-Oct-2013 The Diplomat
While Japanese farmers fret that the TPP will cut import tariffs and flood the domestic market with cheap foreign produce, Abe sees the potential for an increase in luxury food exports – specifically pertaining to Japan’s world-class fruit, rice and beef.
Anfaco insists on excluding Thai tuna from EU-Thailand FTA
16-Oct-2013 FIS
Spain’s National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco Cecopesca) is to once again ask the authorities of the European Union for the exclusion of Thai tuna from the free trade agreement that the European bloc is negotiating with Thailand.
Divisions grow in govt over farm buyouts
15-Oct-2013 Sky News
Divisions within the Australian government over foreign ownership of farmland appear to be deepening, with Labor accusing the coalition of speaking with two heads about Chinese investment.
Peru’s FTA with Thailand to increase exports of grapes and fish
15-Oct-2013 Andina
The recent free trade agreement with Thailand is expected to allow Peruvian producers to increase their exports of grapes, canned food, flour and fish, Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister announced Monday.
Green and consumer groups voice fears over EU-US trade agreement
14-Oct-2013 FT
As negotiations get under way for an EU-US trade agreement, European environmental and consumer groups are mobilising to contest a pact they believe would lower standards for everything from apples to automobiles.
EU Parliament panel may raise FTA issue with Anand Sharma
14-Oct-2013 PTI
India-EU free trade agreement is expected to be a major issue that will come up in the meeting between a high-level delegation of European Parliament’s panel on international trade and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.
After 6 years, some continue struggle against FTA with United States
14-Oct-2013 Inside Costa Rica
The group which emerged as the “Patriotic Committee” nearly six years ago as Costa Rica held a national referendum which ultimately ended with the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States, continues its struggle against the agreement, known locally as TLC.
GCC-Singapore free trade deal boon for Saudi firms
14-Oct-2013 Arab News
The Saudi-Singapore Business Council is encouraging Saudi investors to invest in Singapore instead of Europe, using the GCC-Singapore FTA as a launching pad into China.
Australia: Farmers seek bigger slice of FTAs
11-Oct-2013 The Australian
Australian farmers are demanding that Tony Abbott’s proposed free trade deals with China, Japan and South Korea unlock a greater share of Asian markets that are predicted to expand agricultural imports by more than $90 billion in real terms by 2050.
TTIP Update III
11-Oct-2013 Computerworld
Glyn Moody addresses the EU’s latest document "Incorrect claims about investor-state dispute settlement"
At summit, Kerry’s visit draws 100 anti-TPPA protestors
11-Oct-2013 Malay Mail
About 100 people railed in Kuala Lumpur against the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as US Secretary of State John Kerry rubbed shoulders with Malaysian government officials at an entrepreneurial summit in the capital city.
PM calls for economic accord with Indonesia, wider trade
11-Oct-2013 Daily News
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for a comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Indonesia, saying that such an accord would open up the potential on both sides and provide impetus to growth.
Putting the I In TTIP: The necessity of a strong investment chapter
11-Oct-2013 USCIB
United States Council for International Business (USCIB) argues for a strong investment chapter in the EU-US FTA (TTIP)