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8-Jun-2015 Stop TTIP
2 million sign European Citizens’ Initiative against EU-US trade deal
The European Citizens’ Initiative “Stop TTIP” has reached a new record number of signatures a few days ahead of a critical vote on TTIP in the European Parliament. -
8-Jun-2015 Pakistan Today
Korea, Pakistan likely to start FTA negotiations
South Korea and Pakistan are likely to announce negotiations to clinch a free trade agreement (FTA) soon, according to a source familiar with the issue, The Korea Times reported on Sunday. -
7-Jun-2015 Vimeo
The trouble with TTIP
A documentary about the dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade talks being held between the European Union and the United States of America.
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5-Jun-2015 Stop Corporate Impunity
Days of mobilisation: Reclaiming peoples sovereignty against the corporate-led trade and investment architecture on the occasion of the EU-CELAC Summit
In Brussels, 8-10 June 2015 -
5-Jun-2015 IP Watch
Alternative summit offers ideas for trade agreements, G7, amid 40,000 protesters
Just days before leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) industrialised countries gather in the well-guarded Bavarian Castle Elmau, a broad coalition of organisations invited free trade critics to an International Summit for Alternatives in Munich. -
5-Jun-2015 Today
Indonesia not renewing 2005 bilateral agreement
Indonesia has informed Singapore that it does not want to continue with a bilateral agreement signed in 2005 by both countries to promote greater investment flows, and this is an issue that must be addressed for both nations to boost economic ties, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. -
5-Jun-2015 EurActiv
American and German unions reject ISDS
Union leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have called for TTIP negotiators to drop extra-legal arbitration systems from any future trade deal. They believe existing judicial systems offer adequate protection to investors. EurActiv France reports. -
5-Jun-2015 TeleSUR
US-Peru free trade deal failed to enforce environmental norms
An Environmental Investigation Agency report undermines the Obama administration’s argument that free trade helps protect the environment. -
5-Jun-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Meet RCEP, a trade agreement in Asia that’s even worse than TPP or ACTA
It’s been a big few weeks for leaked trade agreements. Just when we thought we had seen all the leaked text of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), Wikileaks went ahead and published some more yesterday. And on the same day, a leaked draft of the intellectual property chapter of yet another trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was leaked by Knowledge Ecology International (KEI). -
5-Jun-2015
TPP stakes are high, so harden up
There has never been any doubt that the United States, and especially the US Congress, wields ultimate power over the Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
5-Jun-2015
Gov’t submits bills on ratification of new FTAs with China, Vietnam, New Zealand
The South Korean government said Friday that it has asked the parliament to ratify the country’s bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with China that was signed earlier in the week, apparently demonstrating its firm resolution to quickly implement what it has called one of the most significant trade deals it has ever signed. -
4-Jun-2015
‘Negotiators working overtime to seal India-Australia FTA’
Indian and Australian negotiators were working overtime for the proposed free trade agreement, Australian High Commissioner to India Patrick Michael Suckling said here on Thursday. -
4-Jun-2015
Latest Wikileaks dump raises concerns for regulation in Australia
A new dump of leaked secretive trade deal documents on WikiLeaks reveals an international agreement could prevent future Australian governments from introducing regulations around licensing, qualifications and technical standards, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. -
4-Jun-2015
Official urges signing of Taiwan-EU investment accord
Duh Tyzz-jiun (杜紫軍), minister of the National Development Council (NDC), Thursday called for both Taiwan and the European Union to expedite the process of signing a bilateral investment agreement (BIA). -
4-Jun-2015
Taiwan needs regulatory reform to qualify for TPP: AmCham Taipei
The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham Taipei, 台北美國商會) urged the Taiwanese government Thursday to quickly prepare Taiwan’s candidacy for second-round entry into the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bloc. -
4-Jun-2015
Pacific Civil Society Swings Out Against Free Trade Agreement
Fourteen Pacific Island Forum countries are currently locked in negotiations with their two largest economic neighbours, Australia and New Zealand, to forge a new regional free trade agreement called ‘PACER Plus’, which supporters believe will boost economic growth in the region. -
4-Jun-2015
Malaysia, GCC To Resume FTA Talks
Malaysia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will resume talks on a free trade agreement this year, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. -
4-Jun-2015 KEI
RCEP - draft IP text from Japan (2014)
as leaked by KEI on 10 Feb 2015 -
4-Jun-2015 EurActiv
Parliament’s TTIP vote in limbo
Next week’s vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is in question, after the Socialists and Democrats backed down from a deal with the European People’s Party. -
4-Jun-2015 KEI
RCEP - draft IP text from Korea (Oct 2014)
As leaked by KEI on 3 June 2015