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Australia: All eyes on China FTA
10-Oct-2013 The Land
Ongoing regulatory uncertainty and political friction towards investment in Australian agribusiness by foreign state-owned entities could jeopardise plans to conclude Australia’s stalled free trade agreement (FTA) with China over the next year.
Calm before the storm? Secretive TTIP talks on hold
10-Oct-2013 ARC
Thanks to the unexpected government shutdown in the US, this week’s Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks have been postponed. Nevertheless, the EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht said that this “in no way distracts from our overall aim of acheiving an ambitious trade and investment deal”, though the duration of the US government shutdown remains unclear.
APRN calls on governments to drop destructive free trade deal
10-Oct-2013 APRN
The Asia Pacific Research Network calls on participating governments to drop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement altogether after they failed to sign an agreement at the sidelines of the APEC talks in Bali, Indonesia.
RI, Japan agree to renegotiate economic partnership deals
9-Oct-2013 Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Japan have agreed to renegotiate their economic partnership agreements amid growing concern that the deals had failed to benefit both parties equally.
Ecuador establishes commission to audit investment treaties
9-Oct-2013 Dow Jones
Ecuador has established a special commission to audit bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, signed with different countries and by several governments, the country’s Foreign Minister said.
Thailand: Assembly of the Poor demanding Thai-EU FTA Talk must not restrain freedom of seed
8-Oct-2013 LVC
Over 100 farmers from Assembly of the Poor gathered in front of Thai Government House in Bangkok late September in a campaign action to scrutinize the implications for farmers’ seeds of the second round of Thai-EU FTA negotiations going on in Chiangmai
US trade official says to seek TPP deal by year-end
8-Oct-2013 Reuters
World trade ministers may discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization meeting that starts on Dec. 3, with a goal of reaching a deal by year-end.
Protest against APEC by Gerak Lawan in Indonesia
8-Oct-2013
The Indonesian civil society movement coalition, Gerak Lawan, held a protest on 7 October 2013 in front of the Ministry of Finance as a symbol of the struggle against the liberalization agenda in Indonesia.
EU-Thailand FTA - IP chapter (draft Sep 2013)
8-Oct-2013
EU-Thailand FTA - investment chapter (draft 2013)
8-Oct-2013
EU-Thailand FTA - trade in goods chapter (draft Jul 2013)
8-Oct-2013
TTIP: Health sector braced for ’damage control’
7-Oct-2013 Euractiv
While EU-US trade talks are expected to generate great economic benefits on both sides of the Atlantic, the impact of a trade agreement on the EU’s healthcare systems will surely be negative, experts warn.
India-ASEAN trade pact on services by year-end
7-Oct-2013 Vancouver Desi
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are set to formally sign a free trade agreement on services and investments by the end of 2013 and implement the ambitious agreement by July 2014, a top official said Monday.
US Commerce Secretary pledges TPP transparency, but not now
7-Oct-2013 Tempo
US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker defended the secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks on Sunday, responding to questions from Indonesian reporters on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bali.
Amid shutdown, US cancels trade talks with the EU
6-Oct-2013 The Hill
Trade talks between the United States and the European Union set for next week have been nixed because of the government shutdown.
EU-US trade deal will lead to a race to the bottom where only big business wins, warns new report
4-Oct-2013 S2B
As the second round of negotiations on the proposed EU-US trade agreement kick off in Brussels next week, a new report published by the Seattle to Brussels Network today reveals the true human and environmental costs of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Asia-Pacific heads to hash out trade deal as clock ticks
4-Oct-2013 Bloomberg
Asia-Pacific leaders will seek momentum on talks for a sweeping 12-nation trade pact when they meet in Bali in coming days, trying to overcome concessions sought by countries that threaten to further delay completion.
Bilateral FTAs emerge as Safta talks in limbo
4-Oct-2013 Kantipur
With the implementation of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) remaining in limbo, Nepal has been negotiating with a number of South Asian countries to sign bilateral Free Trade Agreements.
Chile and Canada upgrade FTA to include financial services
2-Oct-2013 Santiago Times
Chilean and Canadian officials announced the expansion of their existing free trade agreement Monday. Among other changes, the agreement now includes a chapter which extends free trade rights to the financial services sector.
Patents against people: How drug companies price patients out of survival
2-Oct-2013 Dissent Magazine
The struggle for access to medicine presents a legal and ethical minefield for rich and poor countries alike—one that is being fought out as humanitarians challenge corporations over intellectual property rights.