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19-Feb-2016 India Writes
Delhi dialogue VIII: India calls for fast tracking RCEP
India has exhorted ASEAN countries to fast track the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and underlined the need to forge regional value chains and production networks. -
19-Feb-2016 Rabble
Needlessly complicated TPP rules have negative impacts on Canadian businesses
Canada and Canadian businesses will be left to grapple with numerous different legal approaches and commitments to GIs arising from domestic rules, the various trade agreements, and side letters with one-third of TPP members. -
19-Feb-2016 Otago
Trade ministry defends Saudi sheep farm
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is defending a controversial sheep farm in Saudi Arabia, saying that the project has helped nudge New Zealand closer to a free trade deal with the Gulf states. -
18-Feb-2016 European Water Movement
La gestion des ressources en eau dans le sillage du libre-échange - CETA
Exposé de la position de l’AöW, au sujet de l’accord de libre-échange de l’UE avec le Canada – CETA. -
18-Feb-2016 Ecofin
60 000 tonnes de volailles américaines entreront bientôt en Afrique du sud
L’association sud-africaine des importateurs et exportateurs de viande (AMIESA) est prête à recevoir plus de 60 000 tonnes de volailles en provenance des USA. -
18-Feb-2016 Khazanah Research Institute
Why trade matters
International trade has been an important component in the economies of the Malay Archipelago. Despite this, the extent to which international trade affects our daily lives may not be fully appreciated by many of us. -
18-Feb-2016 Antara
Indonesia needs more time to decide on joining TPP
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that Indonesia is still calculating the benefits and disadvantages of joining the Trans Pacific Partnership. -
18-Feb-2016 A Gold Standard for Workers? The State of Labor Rights in Trans-Pacific Partnership Countries
New AFL-CIO TPP Report Highlights Lack of Worker Protections
A report by the US unions makes the case that TPP’s labor chapter and consistency plans do not protect workers sufficiently and in a meaningful manner -
18-Feb-2016 Friends of the Earth Europe
Investment court system, ISDS in disguise: 10 reasons why the EU’s proposal doesn’t fix a flawed system
The European Commission has proposed a new ’Investment Court System’ to replace the current investor to state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other future investment deals. -
18-Feb-2016 GNA
West Africa and EU prepare towards EPA implementation
West Africa and the European Union continue to prepare for the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement — pending its signature by all member states — by putting together the necessary texts for the institutional bodies and instruments envisaged under the EPA, in order that it becomes operational immediately upon entering into force. -
17-Feb-2016 Scoop
Global dairy prices stem from bad trade agreements
New Zealand First is blasting the government for poor quality “free trade” agreements and exposing New Zealand farming to questionable Chinese investment. -
17-Feb-2016 Thai PBS
Thai livestock industry opposes TPP agreement
The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand and other livestock groups yesterday protested against the country’s move to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement claiming that doing so would bring enormous damages to Thailand’s livestock industry. -
17-Feb-2016 CTV
Parts of Canada-EU trade deal still being revised: chief negotiator
Canada is working with the European Union to revise controversial investor protection provisions in their landmark free trade deal at the direction of the new Liberal government. -
17-Feb-2016 Embassy
Canada re-opens investment talks with India
Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago. -
16-Feb-2016 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Japan and the Islamic Republic of Iran sign a bilateral investment agreement
The Agreement stipulates rules for investment protection and the development of an investment environment. -
16-Feb-2016 The Jakarta Post
TPP may bankrupt Indonesia, activists say
Indonesia could fall into bankruptcy if the biggest market in Southeast Asia join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would allow investors to sue the government. -
16-Feb-2016 The Nation
Thailand’s challenges on TPP framework
Thailand has decided to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). That will be the key message Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will deliver to President Barack Obama at the special Asean-US meeting. -
16-Feb-2016 Tele Sur
US-EU trade will undermine ’tax justice,’ says report
The secretive TTIP could make it easier than ever for big business to sue governments, according to new research. -
15-Feb-2016 S2B
The zombie ISDS
Rebranded as ICS, rights for corporations to sue states refuse to die. -
15-Feb-2016 The Economic Times
India proposes informal forum to resolve RCEP issues
Keen on an expeditious conclusion of the biggest trade accord in Asia, India has proposed the creation of a forum for in formal resolution of prickly issues under the planned Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.