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14-Oct-2016 SOL
GSP+ is by far a much better option for Ghana than implementing its interim EPA
Asking to the EU the benefit of GSP+ would be by far a much better option than implementing its interim EPA it has already ratified. -
14-Oct-2016 The Globe and Mail
Windstream Energy awarded damages after Ontario cancels wind farm project
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project. -
14-Oct-2016 Fresh Plaza
Spain: Partnership agreement between EU and SADC rejected
The Joint Parliamentary Group has presented a non-legislative motion at the Parliament, urging the Government not to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the Southern African Development Community. -
14-Oct-2016 EurActiv
‘Strange’ manoeuvering over CETA exposes democratic deficit
French lawmakers are continuing their battle against the EU’s free trade deal with Canada (CETA). -
14-Oct-2016 EurActiv
Commission faces EU court battle over secret TTIP documents
The European Commission faces an EU court battle to keep secret its lawyers’ analysis on whether the controversial investor-state-dispute (ISDS) clause in draft trade deals with the USA and Canada is illegal. -
14-Oct-2016 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Is Argentina looking for reconciliation with ISDS?
In a quite short period the new government, led by the recently elected President Mauricio Macri, has turned around its foreign policy and alignments. -
14-Oct-2016 The Hindu
Push for trade pact will polarise BRICS nations, warns S. Africa
An immediate push for a BRICS Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will polarise heavily-industrialised and lesser-industrialised nations within the five-member grouping, warned South African trade and industry minister. -
14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks
TiSA - bilateral market access request by the European Union (June 2016)
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14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks
TiSA - draft annex on localisation provisions (June 2016)
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14-Oct-2016 WikiLeaks
TiSA - draft annex on financial services (27 June 2016)
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13-Oct-2016 Stop TTIP
German Court on CETA: Important success for our democratic rights!
The Germany’s Constitutional Court’s decision on CETA is an important success in the fight against the EU’s free trade machinery -
13-Oct-2016 EU Observer
Belgian local parliament votes to block Canada trade deal
Members of the parliament of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels voted a resolution that could block the signing of the EU-Canada free trade deal, Ceta. -
13-Oct-2016 Australian Institute of International Affairs
Backdoor for investor-state disputes in TiSA
There is a loophole that may allow private investors to bring a dispute against states. -
13-Oct-2016 Don’t trade our lives away
Open letter to ambassadors (in India) of RCEP negotiating countries by Delhi Network of Positive People
Member countries must consider the impact of RCEP on access to medicines in developing countries -
13-Oct-2016 Xinhua
Australia, Singapore to sign updated free trade deal
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in Canberra on a three-day visit to strengthen the ties with Australia, is set to sign the updated FTA. -
13-Oct-2016 EurActiv
Mercosur to consider trade deal with United Kingdom
The EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc could strike a free trade deal within two years. After Brexit, Mercosur would be open to a separate trade deal with the UK. -
13-Oct-2016 Thomson Reuters
German court rejects emergency appeal to block EU-Canada trade deal
Germany’s Constitutional Court gave the green light for the government to approve an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada under certain conditions. -
12-Oct-2016 EurActiv
European Commission paralysed over data flows in TiSA trade deal
European Commission officials have struck a deal that could put a clause guaranteeing international data flows into a trade agreement with 22 countries outside the bloc, including the United States and Australia. -
12-Oct-2016 S2B
Joint Interpretative Declaration on CETA: unpacking the “clarifications” on investment protection
The Joint Interpretative Declaration on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) reaffirms that investors can bypass the domestic court systems and will enjoy ample rights without any obligations. -
12-Oct-2016 Reuters
Germany’s top court hears challenge to EU-Canada trade deal
Germany’s Constitutional Court began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord.