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28-Aug-2015 Le Monde
A Libreville, les Africains dressent un bilan mitigé de l’accord de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis
L’ouverture du marché américain qu’a permis la loi AGOA est une ouverture en trompe-l’œil. Les produits pétroliers et le textile ont été privilégiés, mais ceux-ci ne constituent pas l’essentiel du potentiel de l’ensemble des pays africains. -
28-Aug-2015 Terre-net
Tafta, Pac, crise de l’élevage : « Les revendications de la Fnsea ne sont pas tenables »
Laurent Pinatel, le porte-parole de la Confédération paysanne, défend ses revendications pour sortir les éleveurs de la crise, évidemment différentes de celles du syndicalisme majoritaire -
28-Aug-2015 La Marseillaise
Susan George : « Il est encore possible d’empêcher le Tafta »
L’essayiste altermondialiste et présidente d’honneur d’Attac intervenait mercredi dans un forum sur le thème « Combattre le libre-échange ». -
28-Aug-2015 Live Mint
RCEP seals modalities for tariff liberalization
China agreed to accept India’s initial market access offer in the recently concluded RCEP ministerial in Kuala Lumpur. -
27-Aug-2015 SSRN
The regulatory cooperation chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: institutional structures and democratic consequences
This article focuses on the structure, scope, discipline, institutional design, enforcement and implementation of the envisaged horizontal chapter, often defined regulatory cooperation chapter. -
27-Aug-2015 Nile International
President Sisi to discuss free trade, industrial zone, nuclear energy with Putin in Russia visit
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Russia to discuss a number of economic projects as well as strategic issues with Russian President Vladimir Putin -
27-Aug-2015 All Africa
Seychelles: President Michel meets with Prime Minister Modi - Seychelles is a key strategic partner for India
The two leaders discussed issues concerning defence, the Blue Economy, climate change, capacity building, investment, economic progress, as well as technology and innovation projects. -
27-Aug-2015 Libre-échange.info
Vote pro-TAFTA au Parlement européen en juillet : bons points et cartons rouges
Malgré une campagne citoyenne intensive à travers l’Europe, ainsi que le refus de soutenir les négociations par plus des deux tiers des eurodéputés français, le vote de résolution du 8 juillet a été adopté par une large majorité au Parlement européen. -
27-Aug-2015 Chemsec
Why EU’s and US’ new trade deal threatens progressive business
In the EU, representatives from parts of the chemical and pesticide industry have used TTIP to fiercely lobby against stronger protections from hormone (endocrine) disrupting chemicals (EDCs) -
27-Aug-2015 The Detroit News
AFL-CIO blasts U.S. on auto trade talks
The president of the AFL-CIO blasted the Obama administration for not pushing hard enough to protect U.S. auto jobs -
27-Aug-2015 The Chronicle
Comesa drafts 2016-20 strategic plan
Removing tariff and non-tariff barriers to facilitate increased regional trade dominated the deliberations that buttressed the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreement -
27-Aug-2015 The Express Tribune
Pakistan wants zero tariff on 70% items
In a bid to take advantage of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China, Pakistani authorities have asked for zero tariff on 70% of its export items and has offered to give zero tariff on 40% of the Chinese items. -
27-Aug-2015 The Independent
TTIP controversy: The European Commission and Big Tobacco accused of cover-up after heavily redacted documents released
Documents back up fears that TTIP will allow tobacco giants to take legal action against the UK and other European governments who attempt to tighten smoking legislation -
26-Aug-2015 Want China Times
ASEAN and China to strive to end talks on upgraded FTA
Chinese commerce minister Gao Hucheng said that both China and ASEAN have agreed to strive to bring to an end their negotiation on an upgraded version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA) before the end of this year. -
26-Aug-2015 The Bolton News
10,000 emails sent to Bolton Euro MP about trade agreement which could see American firms providing health and transport services in UK
North West MEP Afzal Khan says he has received more than 10,000 emails from constituents concerned about the proposed trade agreement between the United States and the European Unions. -
26-Aug-2015 Asialyst
Vietnam et Etats-Unis : une nouvelle ère stratégique ?
Les relations entre Hanoi et Washington, ennemis d’hier, entrent dans une nouvelle ère. Au-delà du symbole, l’enjeu est la redéfinition des rapports de forces en Asie-Pacifique, avec la Chine au centre du jeu. -
26-Aug-2015 TNI
How TiSA strolls off with our services
While TTIP is currently the center of attention, our world leaders discuss TiSA, an extensive service agreement meant to put (public) services, like the water supply, in the hands of the international market. -
26-Aug-2015 FT Alphaville
Alphachat podcast: Joe Stiglitz on minimum wage, monetary policy, TPP and more
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, discusses TPP.
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26-Aug-2015 The Jakarta Post
RCEP on track as China, Japan reach a deal
Southeast Asian countries and their trading partners will continue their talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as China and Japan eventually agreed on certain thresholds for import duties -
26-Aug-2015 Fortune
How regional trade agreements can spark a fight over Feta cheese
While the European Union and Canada agree that Feta cheese must come from Greece, the deal underscores the problems with regional trade deals not giving other countries a say.