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1-Feb-2016 War on Want
TTIP transparency ’farce’ as Germany opens MP reading room
German MPs will be granted restricted access to documents from secret EU-US trade negotiations. Access to the documents will only be possible under supervision. -
1-Feb-2016 The Globe and Mail
For Canadian innovators, will TPP mean protection – or colonialism?
Despite Canada’s 14 new free-trade deals, Canada posted record trade deficits and shrinking exports throughout 2015 as prices for tangible commodities fell. -
1-Feb-2016 AFL-CIO
Look to Honduras for reasons the TPP will fail
The U.S. government claims the labor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership are “gold standard,” but we need to look no further than Honduras to see how inadequate and unenforced labor obligations endanger workers’ lives. -
1-Feb-2016 Tele Sur
TPP protesters alarmed by corruption, urge leaders not to sign
Bribery allegations against Japan’s lead TPP negotiator have sparked public concerns that corruption may have influenced the corporate-friendly deal. -
1-Feb-2016 The Atlantic
What economists got wrong about free trade
Considering how Chinese imports have affected American workers, the downsides of global exchange are much more intense and enduring than many make them out to be. -
1-Feb-2016 Mining
Canadian miners can take Kazakhstan to court for seized assets, rules tribunal
Eligible Canadian investors with property confiscated by the government of Kazakhstan are now legally entitled to international arbitration under the Canada/USSR BIT. -
1-Feb-2016 FFII
EU-Vietnam ISDS not conform European Parliament resolution
The European Commission today published the negotiated text of the EU – Vietnam FTA. The investment and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) chapter is not conform the European Parliament 8 July 2015 resolution. -
29-Jan-2016 The Herald
AU prioritises mining, intra-Africa trade
The Continental Free Trade Area offers African producers and investors an unique opportunity to benefit from this important market. -
29-Jan-2016 Hellenic Shipping News
India plans own FTA template to counter zero tariff formula
To counter the zero tariff formula championed by the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, India plans to advocate its own template for future free trade agreements (FTAs) wherein trade partners have to lower tariffs to 5%. -
29-Jan-2016 Ars Technica
Even after years of TTIP talks, new study still unable to point to any major benefits
Annual GDP boost to EU economy even lower than previously predicted. -
29-Jan-2016 Lawyer Herald
Al-Jazeera sues Egypt over crackdown and harassments which caused $150mn in losses
Pan-Arab TV Network Al-Jazeera is taking legal actions against Egypt over the closure of the Qatar-owned broadcast network and the harassments of its journalists has led to $150 million worth of losses. -
29-Jan-2016 Business Day
Reps to vet EPA with EU… lament textile industry collapse
House of Representatives call for caution in the implementation of the EPA between EU and Nigeria. -
28-Jan-2016 The Nation
Malaysian Parliament approves TPP agreement
The Malaysian Parliament approved the country’s participation in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement -
28-Jan-2016 The Economic Times
RCEP agreement: Eye on ’essential pillars’, meetings to be smaller and more focussed
"We will try for RCEP to be TPP minus because RCEP standards will be lower than TPP ones," said a commerce department official. -
28-Jan-2016 CAP
CAP calls on MPs to reject TPPA
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked that the Government is making a mockery of Parliament by seeking a blank cheque for the country to be tied to the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). -
28-Jan-2016 Business Day
Participation in Africa trade deal tenuous
26 African countries signed the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreement. However, only three of Africa’s eight regional economic communities are participating in the TFTA. -
28-Jan-2016 The Baltic Course
France’s Veolia files EUR 100 mln arbitration suit against Lithuania
France’s Veolia, which owns district heat supply companies in Lithuania, filed a suit worth a preliminary 100 million euros against Lithuania. -
27-Jan-2016 Foreign Policy in Focus
Corporate power doesn’t always win: remembering the FTAA
A decade ago, a transnational coalition beat back the largest corporate trade deal in history. Here’s what they can teach opponents of the TPP. -
27-Jan-2016 IUF
Trade deals and the TPP corporate power grab - resistance must continue!
Unions and their allies have a window of opportunity to stop the TPP. -
27-Jan-2016 Medium
Peterson Institute study shows TPP will lead to $357 billion increase in annual imports
There are several important issues that may have been missed thus there are reasons for believing that these projections may not prove correct.