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28-Feb-2017 Info Justice
Statement of public interest principles for copyright protection under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Civil Society Statement concerning about the copyright protection standards proposed for the RCEP IP Chapter. -
28-Feb-2017 The Hindu
Protecting the rights of tribals
Even as bilateral investment treaties are strengthened, domestic legislation must be implemented. -
28-Feb-2017 Jakarta Post
Gold jewelry maker asks government for FTA with UAE
Major gold jewelry producer has asked the government to establish a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates to lower the country’s import tax for Indonesian jewelry. -
28-Feb-2017 Tax-news
Business groups seek progress on Australia-Indonesia FTA
Businesses from Australia and Indonesia have urged officials to reach an agreement on a new trade deal by August (2017), the target date set by ministers. -
28-Feb-2017 Tax-news
EFTA, Mercosur to begin FTA negotiations
Delegations from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states and MERCOSUR met to prepare for the upcoming negotiations of a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. -
28-Feb-2017 Business Korea
Talks for South Korea-GCC FTA to be resumed soon
Three rounds of negotiations for the South Korea-GCC FTA were underway in 2007 to 2009 but the talks came to a halt when the GCC withdrew from the negotiating table in the wake of the global financial crisis at that time. -
28-Feb-2017 RFERL
Armenia reaches new political agreement with EU
The European Union and Armenia have agreed on a new pact tightening political ties, more than three years after Yerevan walked away from a more far-reaching political and commercial deal with the EU to join the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. -
28-Feb-2017 The Tyee
Trade deal ups risks in Chinese firm’s takeover of seniors’ care giant
FIPA means province could be blocked from improving care standards for residents. -
28-Feb-2017 The Hindu
As Trump quashes TPP, Canada pushes pact with India
But Ottawa’s stance on model investment treaty has New Delhi worried -
27-Feb-2017 Sunday Guardian Live
India should not let Europe undermine its new BIT and TRIPs flexibilities for medicines
There is no principled basis for EU’s demand of extending patent protection beyond the period of 20 years. -
27-Feb-2017 Desmog
Europe pushes ahead with controversial Canadian trade deal, opens door for tar sands
The trade deal could facilitate energy companies suing Member State governments when environmental policies threaten their profits. -
26-Feb-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Law professors address RCEP negotiators on copyright
The recent death of the TPP has thrust RCEP further into the spotlight, and raised the stakes both for its sixteen prospective parties, and for lobbyists with designs to stamp their own mark on the text’s intellectual property and e-commerce chapters. -
26-Feb-2017 MSF
MSF calls on Japan and South Korea to drop the harmful RCEP measures
The intellectual property provisions initiated by Japan and South Korea go far beyond the requirements needed under international trade rules. -
25-Feb-2017 In Cyprus
Cyprus and Greece lock legal horns over bail-in
Greek investors claim that they were discriminated against and lost millions in the bail-in of Cypriot bank deposits some four years and have launched legal action against Cyprus. -
25-Feb-2017 Disputing Blog
ICSID orders Ecuador to pay $380 million to U.S. oil exploration company over investment treaty violations
An arbitration tribunal has ordered Ecuador to pay a ConocoPhillips’ wholly-owned subsidiary nearly $380 million and ordered the company to pay Ecuador $42 million in response to the Republic’s counterclaim -
24-Feb-2017 CDR
Investment arbitration: a strange beast
The criticism of ‘double hat’ – arbitrator and counsel – is legitimate and needs to be addressed. -
24-Feb-2017 La Libre
Du bœuf canadien irradié bientôt dans nos assiettes ?
Avec la validation du CETA, les consommateurs européens vont-ils à l’avenir trouver du bœuf canadien irradié dans les rayons des supermarchés ou leurs assiettes ? -
24-Feb-2017 All Africa
East Africa: Tanzania demands study on impact of EU trade deal
Tanzania wants a study conducted on the impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union on the East African Community. -
24-Feb-2017 International Business Times
Turnbull and Widodo to seal free trade
Sealing a free trade between the two countries is reportedly the main agenda of Widodo’s visit to Australia. -
24-Feb-2017 Canadian Wheat Board Alliance
CETA enables giants in agriculture
The approval by the European Union of CETA makes the world safer for the global agricultural cartels and much less pleasant for Canadian farmers and the consumers in both jurisdictions.