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4-Jul-2016 EurActiv
CETA and TTIP threaten the EU’s precautionary principle
Le principe de précaution pourrait passer à la trappe dans les accords de l’UE avec le Canada et les États-Unis. Et remettre en cause les interdictions du bœuf aux hormones ou des OGM -
4-Jul-2016 The Economic Times
RCEP talks: Chief negotiators to meet on July 18-19 in Jakarta, tariff talks on agenda
India will make a pitch for continuation of the three-tier system of tariff or tax elimination for member countries as a few countries favour only one tier, an official said. -
4-Jul-2016 Institute for Policy Studies
Free Trade Agreements have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis in Central America
Proposals like the Alliance for Prosperity Plan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will only accelerate a race to the bottom for families in the Northern triangle of Latin America. -
1-Jul-2016 La Razón
Potential effects of the Transpacific Agreement (TPP)
It is possible that the Transpacific Agreement may stimulate global trade flows. However, those of us that think that this mega – agreement, as in previous cases, will provide unequal benefits, have good reasons to be worried. -
1-Jul-2016 Ecologistas en Acción
This is how Big Business negotiated the TTIP
A report ‘A Dangerous Regulatory Duet’ explains how lobby groups of major multinationals, influenced the negotiations of the trade treaty between the European Union and the United States. -
1-Jul-2016 Noticias de Gipuskoa
The TTIP and the privitization of health
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Treaty (TTIP) may present a genuine threat to health and to the outcomes we have reached in the healthcare systems today. -
1-Jul-2016 Sputnik
The Netherlands prepares for a referendum against TAFTA
The Netherlands envisages organizing a referendum of the Transatlantic Free Trade Treaty (TAFTA) between the United States and the European Union. -
1-Jul-2016 Vieuws
Commission rejects MEPs’ request for full ban on ratchet and standstill clauses in TiSA
The European Commission has rejected a recommendation put forward by the European Parliament in February’s resolution to fully exclude the application of the standstill and ratchet clauses in the Trade in Services Agreement -
1-Jul-2016 Dominican Today
Agro, agribusiness, free trade pact’s big winners
The agro and agribusiness sectors have profited the most from the US-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) during the 10 years since it took effect. -
1-Jul-2016 AFL-CIO
Trade or human rights? Integrity of State Department trafficking report still an open question
"The Administration appears to be resolute in forging a flawed trade agreement with countries that currently violate fundamental labor and human rights." -
1-Jul-2016 Agenda.ge
Georgia-EU Association Agreement fully comes into play
Georgia and the EU signed an AA on June 27, 2014 and today, July 1, 2016 the AA and its inclusive Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) deal fully entered into force. -
1-Jul-2016 Myanmar Times
Myanmar farmers wary of free trade deadline
Six months into the grace period, Myanmar farmers are worrying what will happen when free trade finally comes to all ASEAN members in 2018. -
30-Jun-2016 Tele Sur
Mexican activist says NAFTA should act as a warning against TPP
teleSUR spoke with Victor Suarez Carrera, who is campaigning against the TPP in Canada as Obama, Peña Nieto, and Trudeau push the trade pact. -
30-Jun-2016 iPolitics
Three amigos further liberalize NAFTA rules of origin
Agreement covers range of products, from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics. -
30-Jun-2016 FIS
Shrimp and tuna could benefit from trade agreement with EFTA
Next October Ecuador is to begin the negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). -
30-Jun-2016 The Conversation
Why TTIP will live on – but not in the EU
The controversial trade agreement between the EU and United States could well fall apart, only for the UK to pick up the pieces for its own trade deal. -
30-Jun-2016 E15 Initiative
The ISDS controversy: How we got here and where next
In recent years the debate over investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) has heated up and in Europe is reaching boiling point -
29-Jun-2016 AFL-CIO
The impact of ISDS on the environment
Brooke Guven (Colombia Center on Sustainable Investment) talks about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) at AFL-CIO conference on trade.
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29-Jun-2016 South Centre
Approaches to international investment protection: divergent approaches between the TPPA and developing countries’ model investment treaties
A growing international community of policy makers and analysts that recognizes that major reforms in the investment treaty regime are needed. -
29-Jun-2016 Calgary Sun
Mexico to reopen market to Canadian beef
The Canadian beef industry is applauding Mexico’s decision to fully reopen its market to Canadian beef.