Articles by language
-
22-Sep-2015 The Council of Canadians
Paris Climate Summit: New report protects climate legislation from trade deals
A new report formulates an innovative trade deal exemption clause that allows countries to pursue environmental and climate change policy free from the chilling effects resulting from investor-state dispute settlement provisions in trade agreements. -
22-Sep-2015 FFII
EU commission ISDS proposal a threat to democracy and civil rights
The European Commission has published its investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) reform proposal for the EU-US trade agreement under negotiation (TTIP), which institutionalises discrimination. -
22-Sep-2015 Lexology
TFTA: Pan-African free trade area announced
TFTA states that its aims include harmonisation and improvement of regional trading arrangements, enhancement of trade facilitation. -
22-Sep-2015 Borderlex
EU expands Tunisia olive oil import quota ahead of free trade talks
With its announcement on 17 September 2015 that it is expanding its import quota on Tunisian olive oil, the European Union is preparing the ground for fresh free trade talks with the North African country. -
22-Sep-2015 NFU
Election 2015: Talking about seed and trade
Recognizing the inherent rights of farmers to save seed and putting the interest of canada’s food and farmers ahead of corporate interests. -
21-Sep-2015 Troy
Harper’s bad bet on China
Canada’s commitments to China were written in cement while China’s promises to Canada were written in sand -
21-Sep-2015 Jogran Josh
India, Laos signed two MoUs to strengthen bilateral ties
India and Laos signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations. -
21-Sep-2015 CTV
TPP could have ’catastrophic effects’ on Canada’s economy: Unifor president
The president of Canada’s largest private sector union says the Trans-Pacific Partnership could have "catastrophic effects" on the nation’s economy.
-
21-Sep-2015 Corporate Europe Observatory
Cooperating to deregulate
In the EU institutions, a strategy to roll back “burdensome regulation” for businesses, has been unfolding for the better part of 15 years, and recently, this “Better Regulation Agenda” has been stepped up. This context combined with Regulatory Cooperation under TTIP could open up a new phase of hyper-deregulation. -
21-Sep-2015 China Daily
China to deepen ties with ASEAN by upgrading free trade agreement
China has said it will finish negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area called CAFTA by the end of this year -
21-Sep-2015 Nikkei Asian Review
China elbowing US out of Pacific tuna trade
A political battle is brewing in the Pacific over tuna as rising competition from Chinese vessels sours long-standing fishing arrangements between the US and Pacific island nations. -
21-Sep-2015
S. Korea, Central America to begin FTA negotiations
South Korea and six Central American countries will hold their first round of free trade agreement talks in Seoul for five days beginning Monday. -
20-Sep-2015 Mining Weekly
Mooted free-trade area seen boosting intra-African minerals trade flows
Formal negotiations are taking place among the 54 member States of the African Union to create a free-trade zone on the continent by 2017. -
20-Sep-2015
Sri Lanka pitches for inking CEPA by next year
Sri Lanka today sought finalisation of the long-pending Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India by next year, saying it will significantly enhance two-way trade besides opening up new areas for economic engagement. -
20-Sep-2015
Regional integration, private sector to help South Asia boost growth: Report
Increasing regional integration through enhanced role of private sector and cooperation in areas like trade, energy security and connectivity will help South Asian nations boost economic growth, says a report. -
20-Sep-2015
PACER re-entry was vital
While Fiji has rejoined the Pacific agreement on closer economic relations (PACER) Plus negotiations after a lapse of more than five years, the road to reaching a mutual agreement has not been easy. -
20-Sep-2015 Power Play: Auto sector questions trade deal
TPP could have ’catastrophic effects’ on Canada’s economy: Unifor president
The president of Canada’s largest private sector union says the Trans-Pacific Partnership could have "catastrophic effects" on the nation’s economy. -
20-Sep-2015
Pacific leaders want EPA negotiations to resume
Explore all options is the instructions Pacific leaders have told officials who are negotiating an economic partnership agreement with the European Union. -
20-Sep-2015
Wither BIMSTEC FTA
Members of the Trade Negotiating Committee of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), a regional bloc of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, are going to meet in Bangkok between 7-9, September 2015, for working on a functional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) among member countries. -
20-Sep-2015
China to deepen ties with ASEAN by upgrading free trade agreement
China has said it will finish negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area called CAFTA by the end of this year, said Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli on Friday.