Articles by language
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5-Sep-2016 Malaya Business Insight
European car distributors seek tariff concession under FTA
European car distributors are asking the government to seek tariff concession for automotive under the planned Europe-Philippines free trade agreement (FTA). -
2-Sep-2016 Lexology
Brexit and investment treaty arbitration
Brexit might expose the United Kingdom to claims of foreign investors (including investors from EU member states). -
2-Sep-2016 Daily Times
Pakistan, Turkey to complete FTA, eliminate 85% tariffs
Pakistan and Turkey agreed to eliminate 85 percent of tariffs. Both sides have also agreed to complete the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations by the end of current year. -
2-Sep-2016 All Africa
Kenya, Rwanda sign free trade pact with Europe
Kenya teamed up with Rwanda to sign a free trade pact with European Union in Brussels today in a move calculated to cajole other East African Community states to beat the September 30 deadline. -
2-Sep-2016 Russia Direct
Why Russia and China want to limit US economic influence in Asia-Pacific
Given new attempts by the U.S. to create economic integration structures that will restrain Chinese dominance in the region, Beijing is working on building deeper economic cooperation with other Asia-Pacific countries – including Russia. -
2-Sep-2016 Joy
Why EAC’s EPA wit the EU just doesn’t add up
The EPA issue has once again re-emerged when Tanzania informed EAC Members and the EU that it would not be able to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between EU and the six EAC Member States. -
1-Sep-2016 Reuters
Austrian economy minister adds his ’nein’ to U.S. trade talks debate
Austria’s economy minister said talks on a EU-U.S. free trade agreement should be halted, adding his voice to an increasingly polarized debate on both sides of the Atlantic over whether to keep the negotiations going. -
1-Sep-2016 The News
Senior US official reaffirms commitment to trade with Pakistan
Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for South Asia Michael Delaney led a delegation to Islamabad to discuss the ongoing US-Pakistan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement -
1-Sep-2016 EurActiv
German leaders told to put brakes on CETA as well
Dismantling democracy, millions spent in lawsuits and jobs in peril. A study into the effects of the planned CETA and TTIP agreements on the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia has revealed a grim picture. -
1-Sep-2016 Toronto Metro
Trudeau brings Canada closer to potential free trade pact with China
The prime minister makes mention of his father’s legacy in pursuit of deeper relations with Beijing. -
1-Sep-2016 Reuters
Austria says will start ’conflict’ in EU about Canada trade deal
Austria is ready to confront other European Union members states over its opposition to a free trade deal with Canada, Chancellor Christian Kern said -
1-Sep-2016 Reuters
German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court
Activists delivered what they said was Germany’s biggest-ever public complaint to the Constitutional Court, hoping it will scupper a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada.
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1-Sep-2016 BuzzFeed
"Let’s make them poorer, and we’ll get rich"
Financial companies have figured out how to turn a controversial global legal system to their own very profitable advantage. -
1-Sep-2016 Scoop
Christchurch March for Democracy, National Day of Action
The purpose of the protest march is to show that a wide cross-section of groups and organisations are united in concern about the government’s intention to ratify the TPPA -
31-Aug-2016 GMN
Chinese beef acquisitions in Uruguay as Beijing dangles free trade deal
The purchase of a Uruguayan beef processor by a giant Chinese industrial conglomerate looks well-timed as China dangles the prospect of a free trade deal before the Latin American nation. -
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.