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14-Aug-2015 The Tyee
Rejecting TPP a matter of human rights
Trade deal would put Canada in consort with nation plagued by trafficking, aggressive corps. -
14-Aug-2015 Swazi Observer
Swaziland to eliminate barriers to ratification, approval of Tripartite FTA
Swaziland will eliminate in any way possible barriers to the ratification and approval of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). -
14-Aug-2015 Economie Matin
La marché du porc : un problème politique européen !
Ce n’est pas au niveau national, table ronde ou pas au ministère de l’Agriculture, que le problème pourra se résoudre. -
14-Aug-2015 Friends of the Earth
TPP in trouble: why we can win this fight!
Time is running out for a congressional vote on a completed TPP deal during President Obama’s term of office. -
14-Aug-2015 Ars Technica
EU doubles down on TTIP secrecy as public resistance grows
Top national politicians must visit a special room in Brussels to read key TTIP documents. -
13-Aug-2015 Kotaku
Japanese fan comics could die under new trade deal
While Japan has strict copyright laws, self-published comics tend to get a free pass and flourish. A new trade agreement could change that forever. -
13-Aug-2015 Voxy
Potatoes seen ’potesting’
An angry mob of potatoes was seen protesting in New Zealand against the Trans Pacific Partnership. -
13-Aug-2015 PDI
Efta states asked to make PH their gateway to Asean
The Philippines is willing to “provide more openings” in the local services sector for the four-member states of the European Free Trade Association (Efta) under a proposed free trade agreement (FTA), if the bloc makes the country its hub in or main gateway to the Asean. -
13-Aug-2015
SADC summit to focus on economic transformation
Leaders from Southern Africa meet for their annual summit this month in Botswana, united by a common objective to improve the socio-economic situation in the region. -
13-Aug-2015
Reko Diq arbitration: Can there be a settlement?
We have been hearing news of the Pakistan government’s efforts to reach a settlement with the Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) in connection with the Reko Diq matter involving copper and gold reserves worth billions of dollars. -
13-Aug-2015
Pakistan, Thailand ready for FTA talks
Pakistan and Thailand are preparing for a formal dialogue on free trade agreement (FTA) and in this regard a 19-member trade delegation headed by General Chatchai Sarikulya, Commerce Minister of the Royal Thai Government was visiting Pakistan. -
13-Aug-2015 Foreign Policy In Focus
Where the TPP could lose
Activists in Chile have made their government draw red lines on the corporate-friendly investment deal. North Americans could take a lesson. -
13-Aug-2015 Les moutons enragés
L’Europe impose à l’Afrique un traité pire que le TAFTA….
L’Union européenne qui a signé avec seize pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest un accord dit de partenariat économique. Un appel est lancé pour appeler les élus européens à ne pas ratifier cet accord. -
13-Aug-2015 Euro-synergie
TPP, TTIP et TiSA – «des accords politiques visant de supprimer le modèle démocratique»
Alfred de Zayas, spécialiste renommé de droit international, présente toute la complexité de ces soi-disant accords de libre échange du point de vue du droit international. -
12-Aug-2015 Le360
ALE : le Maroc met en place une nouvelle politique de négociation
Le Maroc va désormais évaluer l’impact des accords de libre-échange, avant de les signer. -
12-Aug-2015 TheWikiLeaksChannel
WikiLeaks is raising €100,000 reward for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ’TTIP’
WikiLeaks has launched a €100,000 crowdfunding campaign for the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal to be leaked. -
12-Aug-2015 KEI
KEI briefing note on the evolution of TPP negotiating text on patentable subject matter
The KEI briefing note underlines the evolution of certain sections of the TPP negotiating text on patents and patentable subject matter. -
12-Aug-2015 Mmegi
SADC to set new Customs Union deadline
After missing the 2010 deadline, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will now negotiate a new target date for the transformation of the organisation into a Customs Union (CU), during the 2015 Ordinary Summit. -
12-Aug-2015 ZDNet
NZ IT industry mobilises to fight TPP software patent threat
The Institute of IT Professionals joins the NZ Open Source Society in questioning TPP deal on software patents. -
12-Aug-2015 Inter Press Service
Opinion: crisis, emergency measures and failure of the ISDS system: the case of Argentina
The dozens of cases that were initiated against Argentina as a result of the outburst of one of its worst economic and financial crises in late 2001 became an often-quoted sad illustration of many of these shortcomings of the ISDS system.