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10-Sep-2015 Electronic Intifada
EU-US trade deal mustn’t stifle calls for Israel boycott, say unions
More than 150 organizations from across Europe are vowing to resist efforts by the United States to stifle campaigns for Palestinian rights by means of a controversial trade deal. -
10-Sep-2015 The Age
Free trade treaty ratification rests squarely on Executive
The government has a number of options to get the contentious China Australia Free Trade Agreement over the line. -
10-Sep-2015 Haveeru
China-Maldives sign MOU for free trade pact
The second meeting of the Maldives-China Joint Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation ended with the signing of the MOU between both countries to begin discussions of the Maldives-China free trade agreement. -
10-Sep-2015 People’s World
NAFTA impact: your Oreo cookies made in Mexico, not Chicago
Starting soon, as a result of the firm’s drive for higher profits and lower wages, your Oreo cookies will be made in Mexico, not Chicago. And it’s all thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). -
9-Sep-2015 Electronic Frontier Fondation
Nothing is agreed yet—we can still stop the TPP’s copyright trap
No matter how far advanced the parties are towards agreeing on repressive copyright rules, it is still not too late for them to turn back. -
9-Sep-2015 Radio New Zealand
TPP protesters occupy Prime Minister’s office
A small group of protesters against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal briefly occupied the Prime Minister’s electoral office in Auckland this morning -
9-Sep-2015 Indonesia for Global Justice
HR standard and investor liability in the new model of Indonesian BITs
The Government plan to reassess the 64 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that have been signed by Indonesia immediately. -
8-Sep-2015 Euractiv
Commission won’t ask EU judges to decide on legality of ISDS
The European Commission will not ask EU judges to decide on the legality of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in free trade agreements. -
8-Sep-2015 Swazi Observer
Tripartite FTA’s sugar industries vow to eliminate trade associated problems
In a bid to eliminate possible problems associated with sugar trade in Africa’s new trade agreement, the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), sugar industries of the bloc have resolved to speak in one unified voice. -
8-Sep-2015 Ecologistas en Acción
RAP #NoalTTIP
Rap tune describes the threat of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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8-Sep-2015 The Conversation
What’s really at stake if the China FTA falls through
Economic modelling demonstrates the gain in economic welfare from the three North Asian FTAs will be modest. -
8-Sep-2015 Latin American Herald Tribune
Venezuela loses US refinery as ConocoPhillips ICC award enforced in US court
A U.S. Federal Court has upheld U.S. enforcement of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration agreeing that U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips has the right to take Venezuela state oil company PDVSA’s 50% stake. -
7-Sep-2015 Business Korea
Lawmaker claims Korean agriculture sector will sustain much more damage than Government estimates
The Korea-China FTA will increase agricultural imports from China while scaling down Korea’s farming production. -
7-Sep-2015 Borneo Post
EEU aims to strengthen trade with ASEAN
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said the EEU acknowledged Southeast Asia’s vast economic potential and was looking at expanding free trade agreements (FTAs) with ASEAN member states. -
7-Sep-2015 Business Recorder
BIT template given final touches by BoI
The Board of Investment (BoI) has given final touches to a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) template, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediation would be made compulsory. -
7-Sep-2015 The Economic Times
RCEP pact: Commerce Ministry to hold consultations with industry on goods
With negotiations on the mega trade deal RCEP at an advance stage, the Commerce Ministry will hold stakeholders’ consultation with industry. -
7-Sep-2015 Tele Sur
Uruguay: governing coalition rejects TISA’s negotiations
The ruling progressivist coalition Broad Front overwhelmingly decided to withdraw Uruguay from the negotiations on the supra-national trade-deal TISA (Trade in Services Agreement). -
4-Sep-2015
COMESA prepares for regional trade facilitation
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has conducted training workshops for stakeholders in transit trade in preparation for the implementation of regional trade facilitation instruments. -
4-Sep-2015
COMESA courts Australia on mineral policy
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is working with the government of Western Australia to develop a harmonised regional mineral policy focusing on the legal and regulatory framework. -
4-Sep-2015
Trade barriers in India delaying India-SACU PTA: South African official
Delays in finalising a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have been largely caused by different processes in Indian states and resistance to New Delhi’s wide-ranging goods list, a senior official said here.