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31-Aug-2016 IUF
Emergency services turn life-threatening under US private equity owners — and a global Trade in Services Agreement would globalize the damage
Vital public services like firefighting and ambulances are being handed over to a small number of transnational companies worldwide, a trend that will be hugely boosted by TPP, TTIP, CETA and TiSA. -
31-Aug-2016 Jewish Business News
Hague tribunal to seek jurisdiction in case Kolomoysky vs. Russia
The claimants submit that the Russian Federation breached its obligations under the Ukraine-Russia BIT by taking measures that deprived the claimants of their property. -
31-Aug-2016
An open letter to the sixteen governments negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Nearly 70 networks and organisations call on the RCEP negotiators to listen to civil society, not just corporate interests -
31-Aug-2016 Asia Pacific Report
PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu undecided
The negotiations are said to offer an opportunity to help Pacific Islands Forum countries benefit from enhanced regional trade and economic integration. -
31-Aug-2016 BuzzFeed
The billion dollar ultimatum
International corporations that want to intimidate countries have access to a private legal system designed just for them. And to unlock its power, sometimes all it takes is a threat. -
30-Aug-2016 BuzzFeed
The court that rules the world
A parallel legal universe, open only to corporations and largely invisible to everyone else, helps executives convicted of crimes escape punishment.
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30-Aug-2016 The Wire
A new generation of free trade agreements that privilege business interests over human rights
There must be ex ante human rights impact assessment of the trade agreements and investment treaties that are being negotiated by the ASEAN community, including with and in India. -
30-Aug-2016 EurActiv
Brexit fuels Japanese worries over planned trade deal
The prospect of Brexit is giving Japan serious cause for concern as its government fears dwindling interest in a planned free trade agreement with the EU. -
30-Aug-2016 The Hindu
BIT deal with US can help India gain APEC membership
American industry is keen that India and the US conclude their much-awaited Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which it believes will strengthen India’s chances of membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. -
30-Aug-2016 The Nation
NGOs warn against dispute mechanism in Asian free-trade pact
Activists of various NGOs have urged Asean governments to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) draft. -
30-Aug-2016 Reuters
France, joining Germany, urges halt to Transatlantic trade talks
Current Transatlantic trade talks should be halted and a new set started, France’s trade minister said. -
29-Aug-2016 Financial Express
International arbitration: levelling the playing field
Third party funding is at the cusp of changing the landscape of international dispute resolution. Third party funding is when a neutral party finances an on-going proceedings for potential profit in return. -
29-Aug-2016 Toronto Star
Venezuela ordered to pay Canadian miner Rusoro more than $ 1.2 billion
An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay a Vancouver-based mining company more than $1.2 billion for expropriating its gold mines. -
29-Aug-2016 Bloomberg
Cutting red tape Japan’s focus in preparation for TPP
Japan’s government will focus on cutting red tape to accommodate foreign businesses wanting access to the Japanese market as it ramps up efforts to have a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade pact ratified -
29-Aug-2016 The Tyee
Trudeau’s China trip sparks fears of bad deal for workers
Beijing’s trade agreement with Australia allows Chinese companies to use their own workers. Is Canada next? -
29-Aug-2016 Radio NZ
Negotiations conclude on free trade agreement for Pacific
Trade ministers from Pacific Island Forum countries including Australia and New Zealand gathered to try to sign off on the negotiations which have been going on for more than 8 years. -
29-Aug-2016 The Jakarta Post
Financial services liberalization in jeopardy
There are prominent dangers associated with the negotiation of IA-CEPA, particularly with the financial services liberalization. -
29-Aug-2016 Silicon India
International arbitration structure skewed in favour of developed nations
Developing countries, including India, should build capacity instead of playing the victim as the structure of international arbitration was heavily biased towards the developed countries, a top Finance Ministry official said. -
29-Aug-2016 The Independent
TTIP has failed – but no one is admitting it, says German Vice-Chancellor
Germany’s Vice-Chancellor said in 14 rounds of talks neither side had agreed on a single common chapter out of the 27 being deliberated. -
26-Aug-2016 Reuters
Chile plans to send TPP Pacific trade deal to Congress this year
Despite protests and opposition from social movements, the Chilean government is expecting to send the Trans-Pacific Partnership to its Congress for approval by the end of 2016, President Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday.