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4-Sep-2015 Huffington Post
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership an environmental pollution pass for corporations?
Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are skeptical saying the agreement will be harmful to the environment and economically benefits large corporations. -
4-Sep-2015 Tech Dirt
European Commission admits defeat in trying to improve corporate sovereignty chapter in CETA
The excitement over the mad dash to finish TPP — and the failure to do so — has rather obscured the other so-called trade deals currently being negotiated, such as TAFTA/TTIP and the one between the EU and Canada, CETA. -
4-Sep-2015 El Destape Web
TiSA and the new development bank: two antagonistic proposals
The central banks of BRICS bloc bet on the New Development Bank, while the central countries put their money on TiSA: free trade in services. -
4-Sep-2015 The Globe and Mail
Ecuadorians can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules
Ecuadorian villagers can sue Chevron and its Canadian subsidiary in an Ontario court to enforce a $9.5-billion (U.S.) judgment from Ecuador. -
4-Sep-2015 Diario Información
Free trade treaties and the health system
While mass media are almost entirely absorbed with cases of corruption, trade and investment agreements slip by, almost unnoticed. TTIP, CETA and TiSA are being negotiated throughout the world, in complete opacity and in the absence of democratic checks. -
4-Sep-2015
Hockey urges business to speak for FTAs
Treasurer Joe Hockey has used a global forum to take aim at "detractors" of free trade agreements. -
3-Sep-2015 Yonhap
S. Korea, China ink MOU to tackle non-tariff barriers
South Korea and China have agreed to tackle the issue of non-tariff barriers following their signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) -
3-Sep-2015 Just Style
Trade agreements: EU grows bilateral and regional FTAs
Free trade agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and its trading partners worldwide have mushroomed in recent years and more are in the pipeline. -
3-Sep-2015 Net Indian
India, UAE agree to enhance cooperation, increase trade by 60%
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today agreed to enhance their cooperation in all areas of bilateral relations and to increase their trade by 60 per cent over the next five years. -
3-Sep-2015 New Straits Times
Losing access to generic drugs may be a bitter pill to swallow
The pharmaceutical industry, with worldwide sales of more than US$980 billion in 2013, stood to be one of the biggest winners under TPP. The developing countries would lose out. The United States and Canada looked set to win big. -
3-Sep-2015 Counter Punch
For the love of water: El Salvador’s mining ban
Over 90 percent of El Salvador’s surface water is contaminated with industrial chemicals, making it unsuitable to drink even if the water is boiled, chlorinated or filtered beforehand. A new action plan for passing a nationwide ban has begun to unfold, as Salvadorans await the outcome of the Pacific Rime ICSID case. -
3-Sep-2015 Journal of Public Health
Warning: TTIP could be hazardous to your health
In the case of TTIP, the Faculty of Public Health has identified numerous risks to public health and potential conflicts with the policies called for in its recent manifesto. -
2-Sep-2015 Flush the TPP
The TransPacific Partnership: a neoliberal escalation
The outcome of such a process, based on what we know so far, is what one might reasonably expect: “a wishlist of the 1%–a worldwide corporate power”. -
2-Sep-2015 Colombo Page
Private sectors of Sri Lanka, Pakistan urged to forge deeper links to boost trade
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are important partners not only in promoting bilateral trade and economic interactions but also enhancing regional economic integration through SAARC and SAFTA. -
2-Sep-2015 Interfax
EU backs free trade agreement with Ukraine’s entry into effect on Jan 1, 2016 – foreign minister
Ukraine-EU Association Agreement will be fully applicable as of 01.01.2016, -
2-Sep-2015 Astro Awani
ASEAN govts should consider incentives for flexible employment arrangements
ASEAN governments should consider giving further incentives for expenses incurred by employers in implementing flexible employment arrangements. -
2-Sep-2015 The Japan Times
Poster woman for the war against the U.S.-led TPP
A Japanese artist takes aim at society’s assumptions about commerce and culture using works rooted in intensive research. This time, her target is the Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
2-Sep-2015 Contributoria
TTIP vs food sovereignty
TTIP threatens our food future. In addition to campaigning against it, we need to work towards an alternative framework. -
1-Sep-2015 Food Dive
TPP, TTIP, organic equivalencies — trade...
TPP, TTIP, organic equivalencies — trade agreements have been all over the headlines for the past few months. But what is the impact for food and beverage companies in the U.S.? -
1-Sep-2015 Third World Network
Opposition mounts against regional trade pact threatening human rights
Less well known than the notorious Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is engendering growing opposition because of its similar oppressive provisions.