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5-Jan-2015 The Nation
Ministry pushes for FTA talks with EU
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry will push for the resumption of free-trade negotiations between Thailand and the European Union this year. -
5-Jan-2015 CEPS
Agriculture, food and the TTIP: Possibilities and pitfalls
Two think tanks - the Centre for European Policy Studies and the Center for Transatlantic Relations - lay out possible "landing zones" on agriculture and food regulations in the TTIP -
5-Jan-2015 Deutsche Welle
’We can’t protect every sausage,’ says German agriculture minister over TTIP deal
Germany’s Minister of Agriculture, Christian Schmidt, says some German specialties may be stripped of their regional protection due to a free-trade deal with the US. -
2-Jan-2015
China to Hold Free Trade Agreement Talks with Israel
Chinese state media on Tuesday reported that the Asian economic superpower, which holds the world’s second largest GDP, will begin negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Israel next year. -
31-Dec-2014 Sputnik
Some 40 states ready to create free trade zone with EEU: Diplomat
About 40 countries and groups of states have officially declared their readiness to create a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Nebenzya said in an interview with RIA Novosti. -
31-Dec-2014 Counter Punch
Trade In Services Agreement: Goodbye privacy, hello censorship
Internet privacy and net neutrality would become things of the past if the secret Trade In Services Agreement comes to fruition. -
31-Dec-2014 Reuters
US expects China investment treaty talks to intensify
The United States plans to step up negotiations with China for a treaty to free up investment flows, the Obama administration said on Tuesday -
31-Dec-2014 Reuters
China to step up FTA talks with GCC
China will speed up free trade agreement talks with six GCC countries, a deal that will help China cut costs on energy imports from the region -
30-Dec-2014 European Parliament
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and labour
Negotiations on the labour provisions in TTIP will start in 2015. This briefing for the European Parliament highlights some of the issues. -
29-Dec-2014 TeleSur
Powerlessness and confusion: The EU and Israel
EU’s trade policy with Israel continues to be business as usual, including trade in military hardware. -
29-Dec-2014 Financial Express
Beijing proposes FTA with Dhaka
China has proposed negotiating a free trade agreement with Bangladesh -
26-Dec-2014 APA
Egypt to add more jobs, trade agreements in 2015
The Egyptian government expects to begin negotiations for free trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as with African economic blocs such as COMESA, SADEC and EALA, and to sign a deal with MERCOSUR in Latin America. -
26-Dec-2014 Pravda
Armenia wants to be member of both European and Customs Union
Armenia resumes negotiations on a new agreement with the European Union, which will preserve all rules of the Association Agreement that do not contradict to the country’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. -
26-Dec-2014 ASEAN Briefing
Thailand’s European tariff privileges withdrawn
The European Union’s generalized scheme of preferences (GSP) will be withdrawn from over 6,200 Thai products on 1 January, 2015. -
25-Dec-2014 Financial Express
Fixing BIPPA
The definition of investment that the govt of India had agreed to while entering into BIPPAs is particularly problematic, writes Biswajit Dhar -
25-Dec-2014 Tanjug
Austrian chancellor speaks against sanctions, and TTIP
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has warned that Austria could file a lawsuit before the European Court of Justice over EU’s intention to sign the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the United States. -
25-Dec-2014 Korea Times
Tel Aviv proposes Korea-Israel FTA
Israel’s top diplomat Avigdor Lieberman Tuesday proposed that Korea’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se open negotiations on free trade between the two countries. -
24-Dec-2014 The Conversation
On the road to Asia: why Germany and the Eurozone want a trade deal with Australia
The post-G20 initiative could serve as a precursor for negotiations on a European-Pacific trade and investment agreement, writes Harald Sander. -
24-Dec-2014 Washington Blade
Gambia dropped from US trade program
The Obama administration has announced that Gambia is no longer eligible for trade benefits under AGOA amid growing concerns over the country’s LGBT crackdown and other human rights abuses. South Sudan is also dropped. -
24-Dec-2014 Reuters
Sugar buyers’ slam NAFTA sugar pact, shift focus to Australia, Canada
A new US-Mexican government pact will limit supplies of sugar from Mexico via NAFTA and drive US manufacturers to seek supplies from Australia and Canada through the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), which represents candy makers like the Hershey and Mars.