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24-Nov-2014 RT
Going underground: WikiLeaks on TTIP
Afshin Rattans of Russia Today interviews Kristinn Hrafnsson on the role of WikiLeaks around the secret TTIP, TPP and TiSA negotiations.
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24-Nov-2014 APS
Algeria: EU Association Agreement has not had the desired effect, says Benyounes
The Algeria-EU trade deal has not had the desired effect of promoting non-oil exports and attracting foreign investment, Trade Minister Amara Benyounes said. -
24-Nov-2014 TASS
Some 40 states plan to create free trade zone with Eurasian Economic Union — lawmaker
Around 40 states have plans to establish a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Sergey Naryshkin, told an international conference in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on Monday. -
24-Nov-2014 Mondq
Australian dairy at the core of landmark Australia-China free trade agreement
While the new FTA generally opens up Australian assets to Chinese investors, farmland deals valued at over $15 million will face foreign investment review scrutiny. -
24-Nov-2014 Economic Times
India to seek US support to protect herbal knowledge
India will seek the United States’ support for an international treaty to protect its traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and herbs from being patented by other nations at a bilateral trade meeting this week. -
23-Nov-2014 Gulf Daily News
Europe-US free trade agreement faces risks
Europe’s proposed free trade agreement with the US would collapse if European leaders bowed to pressure to remove investment protection from any deal, the chairman of EU trade ministers said. -
23-Nov-2014
Australia’s gains at China’s expense signal new Free Trade Agreement landscape
International trade experts and diplomats have been astonished at one-sided gains made by Australia in this week’s free trade deal with China, with some believing Australia is poised to ride on the coat tails of a new era in China opening to international trade. -
21-Nov-2014 Allens
Investor-state dispute settlement and the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement
The Investment Chapter of the ChAFTA may be similar to the KAFTA’s with broad carve outs limiting the scope of claims that a foreign investor may bring against the host country and providing the parties with a discretion to regulate on ’public welfare’ objectives -
21-Nov-2014 Want China TImes
Japan under pressure for trilateral FTA after China-Korea FTA sealed
China and South Korea are set to complete negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year, which is expected to push Japan to step up the China-South Korea-Japan trilateral FTA negotiations, reports Shanghai’s China Business News. -
21-Nov-2014 IANS
India wants to energise trade ties with EU
Indian Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium Manjeev Singh Puri has called for energising EU-India trade and economic relations. -
21-Nov-2014 FES
Modalities for investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in TTIP from a trade union perspective
This study discusses the impact of investment protection on social and labour regulation and the autonomy of the social partners in regulating these matters through collective agreements. -
21-Nov-2014 BDS Movement
EU must cease “material support” for Israel’s crimes, say leading trade unions
The huge number of mainstream organizations that are calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement reflects the growing frustration across Europe with the failure of European governments to respond to Israel’s repeated massacres and violations of international law. -
20-Nov-2014 ISC
International forum on the present and future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
On April 18 and 19 2014, organizers, activists, and intellectuals from New Zealand, the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea gathered in Seoul to discuss the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and to strategize ways to stop it. -
20-Nov-2014 PNA
Philippines interested in joining US-led Trans-Pacific free trade area
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said his government is studying the benefits of joining the TPP before it makes a decision. -
20-Nov-2014 The Age
Large Chinese dairy investment follows historic FTA
The New Hope dairy investment could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement. -
20-Nov-2014 RT
‘TTIP would destroy small businesses’
The UK PM promises to launch what he calls ‘rocket boosters’ under a new deal between the EU and America. Not everyone is convinced about this. Nick Dearden joins RTUK for more.
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20-Nov-2014 EFF
Fight secret copyright deals: A global TPP teach-in
A public online teach-in with representatives from several digital rights groups based in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries who share their analysis of the latest leaked text and lay out the current state of play of the negotiations
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19-Nov-2014 Jagran Post
India to replace BIPA with a new pact to protect investments
A draft of India’s new model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), currently moving through Cabinet, reportedly excludes taxation matters and introduces rules on conflict of interests in arbitration. -
19-Nov-2014 AFP
EU’s Malmstroem attempts to revive US trade talks
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem attempted Wednesday to breath new life into transatlantic trade talks that have been hobbled by opposition to one of the deal’s most controversial components. -
19-Nov-2014 Rakyat News
CAP calls on govt to withdraw from TPPA negotiation
The Consumers’ Association of Penang has said that it is concerned that Malaysia is continuing with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiation and has urged the government to withdraw from it and not sign the TPPA.