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2-Nov-2016 Vietnamnet Bridge
Can Vietnam take full advantage of preferences in VN-EAEU FTA?
With the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) having taken effect, many Vietnamese export items now enjoy a zero percent tariff. However, it will be not an easy task to boost exports. -
1-Nov-2016 Madhyam
RCEP pact signing: LDF govt ready to lead all-party delegation to Centre
The move to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would adversely affect Kerala’s agriculture sector, mainly the cash crops. -
1-Nov-2016 The Southern Times
Why East Africa should reject European pact
Countries in East Africa are ready to sign on a poorly understood trade agreement with the EU whose overall impact will be disastrous for years to come. -
31-Oct-2016 European Law Blog
Investment Court System in CETA to be judged by the ECJ
The Belgian federal government will seek the opinion of the European Court of Justice on the compatibility of the Investment Court System (ICS) in CETA with the Treaties. -
31-Oct-2016 EurActiv
CETA: Controversy over EU pressure on Wallonia
The president of Walloon party CDH has repeated that there had been insinuations about negative consequences for the region if it continued to veto the trade treaty with Canada. -
31-Oct-2016 Ecns
Neighbors’ political ties key to substantial collaboration
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea trade ministers agreed to speed up their negotiations on a trilateral free trade deal. -
31-Oct-2016 Mainstream Weekly
India changes tack on RCEP negotiations
Recently India abruptly changed tack by expressing its willingness to drop the three-tiered approach on tariff liberalisation under the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. -
31-Oct-2016 The Advertiser
Minority of Japanese support TPP
Only 38 per cent of Japanese want to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, according to a survey, showing a growing public distrust of free trade agreements. -
31-Oct-2016 EurActiv
EU, Canada sign historic trade deal amid protests
After seven years of negotiations, and a bumpy final landing, the European Union and Canada signed a landmark trade deal on Sunday (30 October). -
29-Oct-2016 Electronic Intifada
EU recognises right to boycott Israel
The European Union recognises the right of its citizens to boycott Israel, its top foreign policy official has said. This tardy move comes after three member governments — Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands — already explicitly recognise this right. -
29-Oct-2016 Climate Strategies
The trade system and climate action: ways forward under the Paris Agreement
The relationship between trade policy and climate policy needs to improve in the future, in particular with a view towards implementing the Paris Agreement. -
29-Oct-2016 BBC
Ceta: EU-Canada trade deal to be signed on Sunday
Canada and the European Union are to sign a long-delayed landmark trade deal at a summit in Brussels on Sunday (30 October 2016). -
28-Oct-2016 Government of Norway
TiSA - Norway second revised conditional offer (October 2016)
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28-Oct-2016 Secrétariat d’Etat suisse à l’économie
TiSA - second revised Swiss offer (October 2016)
Released by the Government of Switzerland -
28-Oct-2016 Council of the European Union
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) - joint interpretative instrument (October 2016)
As released by the Council of the European Union -
28-Oct-2016 AFL-CIO
How the TPP trades away migrant rights
The TPP would fuel displacement and fail migrant workers -
28-Oct-2016 People Over Profit
Primer on RCEP and TPPA
FTAs operate as extensions of the WTO resulting in decentralized and yet intensifying attacks against workers and peasants across the different global regions. -
28-Oct-2016 Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnam’s reluctance to ratify the TPP is bad news for Washington
Vietnam’s decision to hold off ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a further blow to the beleaguered trade pact and a setback for American economic ambitions in Asia. -
28-Oct-2016 swissinfo
Swiss cheese threatened by trade deals
Chemical products and cheese top the list of Swiss exports endangered by a proposed trade deal between the European Union and the United States, a government agency reported on Thursday. -
28-Oct-2016 Inequality
El Salvador lessons for the TPP fight
In a tale of people power over corporate power, a tribunal has ruled against a global company in a case over mining rights. Now we need to block trade deals that allow these “investor-state” lawsuits.