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20-Feb-2017
S2B
Globalisation is at a dangerous crossroads. One path leads to regained policy-space for governments to address climate change, inequality and other pressing issues of our times. The other leads to more rights for corporations to bully decision-makers.
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20-Feb-2017
Vietnamnet
The RCEP will have the effect of locking in Vietnam - and all the other signatories - and prevent them from modifying or withdrawing investors’ rights they have granted, even if some years later they decide that granting those rights did not contribute to development in the country.
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18-Feb-2017
Business Europe & Keidanren
Business Europe and Keidanren have been encouraging industrial sector-to-sector dialogue to identify mutually beneficial solutions to non-tariff measure issues, which are a major subject for negotiation in the EU-Japan FTA.
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18-Feb-2017
Radio NZ
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to work together to try to breathe life into the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
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18-Feb-2017
Ghana Web
The United Kingdom, as suspected after Brexit, will “do a free trade deal” with Ghana, its Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said in Accra
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18-Feb-2017
Armen Press
The Prime Minister of Singapore stressed that he is ready for a constructive dialogue and hopes that the FTA will be signed by the end of 2017
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18-Feb-2017
Fresh Plaza
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, if enacted could change many areas of trade between Canada and Europe. One of these changes could lead to Europe allowing GMO potatoes from Canada.
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18-Feb-2017
European Commission
Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida met to discuss the way forward for the negotiation of a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Japan.
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18-Feb-2017
Le Dauphiné
Alors que le CETA vient d’être ratifié par le Parlement européen, Grenoble organise samedi, après Barcelone, les 2e Rencontres paneuropéennes des villes contre TAFTA - CETA – TISA,
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17-Feb-2017
The Times
Last month the UK government approved field trials of GM wheat and is expected to give the go-ahead to trials of a potato genetically modified to be resistant to blight
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17-Feb-2017
International Law Office
The Svea Court of Appeal rejected the Republic of Kazakhstan’s request to declare invalid or set aside the arbitral award in Stati v Kazakhstan. The judgment cannot be appealed.
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16-Feb-2017
EurActiv
The huge uncertainty surrounding the future of US foreign, security and trade policy opens new horizons for the EU in most parts of Asia.
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16-Feb-2017
New Straits Times
In the absence of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, bilateral trade agreements with trading partners would be a ‘doable and more realistic’ option for Malaysia, International Trade and Industry Minister said.
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16-Feb-2017
Lexology
Pac Rim Cayman raises interesting jurisdictional issues as well as environmental and social justice issues in the context of resource development in developing countries.
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16-Feb-2017
Local Futures Blog
Local Futures’ Isabel Marlens discusses why many people know so little about trade issues, and what can be done about it.
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16-Feb-2017
EurActiv
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström confirmed Mexico and Mercosur are next on the negotiating agenda.
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16-Feb-2017
Bernama
Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said Malaysia would continue to focus on efforts to conclude the RCEP negotiations as the TPP would not be implemented.
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16-Feb-2017
Australian Financial Review
The European Union hope to launch the negotiation with Australia in the second half of the year, says EU ambassador to Canberra
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16-Feb-2017
EurActiv
Because CETA was declared a mixed agreement by the European Commission, it will also need to be ratified by national and regional parliaments.
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16-Feb-2017
Japan Times
In drafting a joint statement for release after the summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump, Washington urged Tokyo to refer to signing a bilateral free trade agreement.