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6-Dec-2016 ABC
Scrapping TPP won’t make a lick of difference
The problem with free trade deals is they rarely are about trade. In fact, trade usually is a side issue. And the TPP was a classic case in point. -
6-Dec-2016 Déclaration de Namur
Namur Declaration
The heated debates generated in Europe by the signature of the CETA have revealed that the way the EU negotiates international economic and trade agreements as well as their content are challenged by an increasingly large segment of public opinion. -
6-Dec-2016 SAT PR
Wallonia proposes new rules for negotiating international trade deals
Named after Namur, the capital of Wallonia, the declaration is signed by three dozen university professors from many countries, including the US and Canada. -
6-Dec-2016 Newstalk
EU closes in on TTIP-style deal with Japan
Officials in Brussels have announced that they are close to securing a free trade agreement with Japan. -
6-Dec-2016 India Today
India ready to resume BTIA talks with EU without preconditions
Government is committed to an early and balanced outcome of India-EU Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement negotiations. -
6-Dec-2016 Bloomberg
Asia should wrap up China-led trade talks quickly: ADB official
As the latest round of RCEP talks occur in Indonesia, ADB official says liberalisation of services are a challenge. -
5-Dec-2016 All Africa
East Africa: Private sector to shape EPA deal
The Tanzania government will take the views of the private sector in deliberation of its position on the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the East African Community. -
5-Dec-2016 EurActiv
Netzpolitik editor: Trump will press on with ‘insidious’ TiSA deal
Net politics activist Markus Beckedahl argues that the proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a huge threat to data protection. -
5-Dec-2016 New Europe
Wallonia threatens again to block CETA
The Walloon minister president Paul Magnette announced again that his region is ready to block the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada -
5-Dec-2016 Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF press release: RCEP trade deal negotiators must reject terms that would harm access to medicines
International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with other health groups, reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the proposed agreement that would increase market monopolies for pharmaceutical corporations and delay or block access to affordable generic medicines. -
3-Dec-2016 SOL
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme undermined by the Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana
The Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana will disrupt in a number of ways the functioning of intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme -
2-Dec-2016 CNN
The NAFTA teardown: Here’s where Trump could start
Trump could begin with a controversial chapter of NAFTA that some experts believe allows a company to go head-to-head with a foreign country — an idea that bothers some. -
2-Dec-2016 Global Times
China-NZ FTA would help drive the maritime silk road
New Zealand’s unique advantages mean that through the upgraded FTA, they will play a greater role in boosting global trade and investment and will help China gain a greater say in the world’s trade rules. -
2-Dec-2016 Colombo Gazette
Indian, Sri Lankan officials to meet this month on FTA
Senior officials of India and Sri Lanka will meet to discuss broadening of the existing trade deal by including services and investments. -
2-Dec-2016 Friends of the Earth International
Secret TiSA trade deal equally as dangerous as TPP and TTIP finds new report
The current trade and investment system—including TTIP, TPP and TiSA—needs to be challenged and fundamentally transformed in order to achieve a more just and sustainable world. -
2-Dec-2016 European Commission
Malmström welcomes parliamentary vote on Ghana agreement
The European Parliament voted, with a 375-220 majority, to give its consent to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Ghana. -
2-Dec-2016 CBC
Canada-EU trade deal: Costs for new drugs may rise, but not for years
CETA drug-patent extension applies only to new products, and higher costs are likely at least 8 years away -
2-Dec-2016 Equal Times
El Salvador’s win against the US mining company Pacific Rim : a very nuanced victory
The ICSID decided in favour of El Salvador in a case brought by the US mining company Pacific Rim Cayman regarding a dispute over the granting of a mining licence. -
2-Dec-2016
Week of action on RCEP regional meeting in Indonesia (December 5-9, 2016)
Week of action and resistance -
1-Dec-2016 The Economic Times
Next round of RCEP negotiations in Jakarta from Dec 5
The single-tier system of duty relaxation under the proposed mega trade deal RCEP will be the central issue under discussion at the next round of negotiations of 16 countries, including India and China, in Jakarta from December 5.