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31-Jan-2017 Lanka Business Online
Global trade, China, RCEP took centre stage in Davos
Global trade took centre stage at the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos recently with signs of a new leader in town, despite U.S. assurances they wanted trade and not a trade war. -
31-Jan-2017 The Guardian
Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal?
Consumers could be exposed to American farming practices banned by the EU.
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31-Jan-2017 Buzzfeed
Theresa May’s Brexit plan will leave Britain subject to secret global trade courts
Experts say that to agree trade deals outside the EU, the UK will have to sign up to an “unaccountable” legal system that can force states to overturn laws corporations don’t like. -
31-Jan-2017 RCI
Unifor president: NAFTA, other free trade deals need renegotiating
NAFTA and other free trade deals including CETA have been badly negotiated by Canada, and have hurt the economy.
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31-Jan-2017 Lexology
International arbitration news round-up
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31-Jan-2017 EurActiv
UK agrees ‘immediate’ post-Brexit talks with US, leaving EU high and dry
US President Donald Trump has agreed to start immediate trade talks with Britain. Switzerland took a similar course of action. -
31-Jan-2017 Patent Docs
Why President Trump is wrong about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
The TPP was generally favorable to American interests because its provisions favored American innovators, specifically biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. -
31-Jan-2017 Alternet
Trump’s decision to leave the TPP was to protect one faction of the super rich
If workers benefit, so be it, goes the thinking in Trumpland. -
30-Jan-2017 Columbia FDI Perspectives
Brazil’s bilateral investment treaties: More than a new investment treaty model?
Brazil has finally become a player in the international investment regime, but it represents a peculiar case in foreign investment relations. -
30-Jan-2017 PTI
On partnership anniversary, India-ASEAN vow to strengthen cooperation
On the occasion of 25th anniversary of country’s relationship with 10-nation ASEAN grouping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly pitched for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), saying it will further strengthen cooperation and economic integration in the region. -
30-Jan-2017 Our World Is Not For Sale
Amidst political uncertainty, new updated secret documents on the “Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)” are leaked
The documents include the core text and annexes -
29-Jan-2017
TiSA - small group non paper on ecommerce (Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on telecommunications services (Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on air transport services (3 Nov 2016)
from November 2016 negotiating round -
29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on delivery services (9 Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on domestic regulation (15 Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on electronic commerce (Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on international maritime transport services (14 Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on movement of natural persons (8 Nov 2016)
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29-Jan-2017
TiSA - draft annex on localization provisions (Nov 2016)
from November 2016 negotiating round