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20-Oct-2014 ABC
Foreign investment concerns loom large as Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb talks up China Free Trade Agreement
Trade Minister Robb went to talk about the looming China-Australia FTA with dairy farmers, but they wanted to talk about China buying Australian farmland and taking over their farms instead. -
20-Oct-2014 Scoop Media
Experts condemn possible TPP trade-offs as talks resume
MPs, public health and copyright experts condemn possible TPP trade-offs as talks resume in Canberra -
20-Oct-2014 AFTINET
TPP rallies in Canberra & Sydney
AFTINET are organising rallies in Canberra and Sydney in time with the TPP negotiations that are being held in Australia this week -
18-Oct-2014
Taiwan confirms desire for free trade deal with Australia
Taiwan has confirmed its desire to forge a trade deal with Australia and rejected suggestions that mainland China could "meddle" in its efforts for deeper regional ties. -
17-Oct-2014 European Commission
EU-Singapore FTA - draft investment chapter (Oct 2014)
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17-Oct-2014 IBT
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht warns ’no TTIP without ISDS’
The European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned that there will be no free trade agreement between the EU and US without the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause. -
17-Oct-2014 DG Trade
EU and Singapore conclude investment talks
The European Union and Singapore have concluded the negotiations of the investment part of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA). -
17-Oct-2014 DG Trade
EU strikes a comprehensive trade deal with East African Community
Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community finalised today a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between both regions. -
17-Oct-2014 China Daily
US-China free trade could generate $460b in gains -study
Peterson Institute says a US-China FTA would generate gains of 0.6% of GDP for the US and 1.9% for China. -
17-Oct-2014 Malaysian Digest
Work towards an EU-ASEAN free trade pact: PM Lee
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong thinks more FTAs between Asia and Europe would bring out linkages, especially an EU-ASEAN free trade pact. -
17-Oct-2014 Hindu Business Line
British industry pitches for restart of India-European Union trade talks
India and the European Union should restart trade talks and take steps to conclude the much-awaited free trade agreement, said Michael Rake, President of the Confederation of British Industry. -
17-Oct-2014 EFF
Latest TPP leak shows US still pushing terrible DRM and copyright term proposals—and new threats arise
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s analysis of the new draft Trans-Pacific Partnership intellectual property chapter leaked by Wikileaks -
17-Oct-2014 Bernama
Malaysia to push for FTA talks with EU
Malaysia is keen to push for talks on free trade agreement with the European Union, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the 14th Asia-Europe Business Forum -
17-Oct-2014 Madariaga - College of Europe
Departing from TTIP and going plurilateral
European think-tank piece on how TTIP is designed to create a "transatlantic internal market" without the democracy. -
16-Oct-2014 Atlantic Community
Event report: TTIP on the defensive
Opponents of any agreement now control the agenda. This has become quickly apparent at an event in Berlin last week featuring leading stakeholders of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. -
16-Oct-2014 KEI
New leak of TPP consolidated text on intellectual property provides details of pandering to drug companies and publishers
KEI’s first impression in reading the document is the extent to which the United States has sought hundreds of changes in intellectual property norms, some small and subtle, others blunt and aggressive, nearly of all of which favor big corporate right holders, and undermine the public’s freedom to use knowledge. -
16-Oct-2014 Wikileaks
TPP - draft IP chapter (May 2014)
as leaked by Wikileaks on 16 October 2014 -
16-Oct-2014 Tuoi Tre News
Vietnam to spend nearly $5bn on meat, animal feed material imports in 2014
Vietnam is forecast to spend as much as US$4.5 billion on imports of animal feed material, plus another $400 million on cattle and poultry meat shipments this year, a trend that will grow under TPP. -
16-Oct-2014 Vancouver Observer
Hupacasath First Nation puts China on notice over FIPA
The Hupacasath First Nation put the Chinese government on notice today, stating it does not acknowledge the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month. -
16-Oct-2014 Colombo Page
US, Sri Lanka sign trade and investment agreement to boost bilateral trade
Sri Lanka and the United States inked a joint trade and investment agreement on Wednesday in Colombo.