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12-Oct-2014
China tariff unwanted hiccup: Abbott
China’s surprise decision during free trade talks to impose tariffs on Australian coal shows the importance of getting an agreement soon, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says. -
12-Oct-2014
Review of FTAs almost finalised: Nirmala Sitharaman
The review process of the existing Free Trade Agreements that India had entered into with partner countries is almost finalised and domestic manufacturers would benefit from the revised pacts, Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman said today. -
11-Oct-2014 IISD
Yukos v. Russia: Issues and legal reasoning behind US$50 billion awards
Yukos was created as a joint stock company in 1993 and privatized in 1995, with operations across the oil and gas sector. -
11-Oct-2014 11 October Stop-TTIP-CETA-TiSA Alliance
European action day: citizens in 22 countries demand "Stop TTIP, CETA and TiSA"
On a European day of action against the free trade agreements TTIP, CETA and TiSA, thousands of citizens took to the streets with more than 1100 public activities in 22 European countries. -
11-Oct-2014 Politico
Tobacco raises TPP concerns
US trade officials have denied they plan to offer a new tobacco proposal in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Australia later this month. -
11-Oct-2014 Globe and Mail
Why climate litigation could soon go global
Climate change is already causing about $600-billion in damages annually, gobally. Oil and gas companies could soon find themselves on the hook for at least part of the damage. -
10-Oct-2014 STA
Slovenia: Left demands transparency on Transatlantic trade deals
The United Left (ZL), a coalition of leftist parties, demanded on Friday answers from the Slovenian government about the secretive Transatlantic trade agreements as pressure mounts on governments across the EU to reveal the details of the far-reaching accords. -
10-Oct-2014 TeleSur
Document reveals EU bullied Ecuador into trade agreement
A document leaked today shows that Ecuador’s government was threatened with isolation and a devastating loss to its trade if it didn’t return to the negotiating table for the EU-Andean Trade agreement. -
10-Oct-2014 RTE
EU publishes its mandate for US trade talks
The EU has published its — widely leaked — negotiating mandate for a free trade deal with the United States in a bid to quell opposition to the proposed accord. -
10-Oct-2014 Economist
The arbitration game
Governments are souring on treaties to protect foreign investors -
10-Oct-2014 Reuters
Venezuela ordered to pay Exxon $1.6 bln for nationalization
A World Bank arbitration tribunal on Thursday ordered Venezuela to pay Exxon Mobil Corp around $1.6 billion to compensate for the 2007 nationalization of its oil projects in the country. -
10-Oct-2014 Parliament Magazine
INTA debates EU-Japan trade
The European Commission made it very clear that it would be difficult to see the end of negotiations if nothing happens in terms of taxation of cars in Japan. -
9-Oct-2014 Reuters
China’s Zhu: Asia-Pacific trade deal would be incomplete without Beijing
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact would be "incomplete" in the long term without China, a top Chinese official said on Wednesday. -
9-Oct-2014 DG Trade
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - EU negotiating mandate (2013)
As published by the EU on 9 October 2014 -
9-Oct-2014 Stop-TTIP.org
TTIP negotiating mandate published
The European Council today published the negotiating mandate for the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP). -
9-Oct-2014 Xinhua
China, US likely to conclude BIT talks in two years, says official
China and the United States are likely to conclude bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations within two years, China’s Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said Wednesday. -
9-Oct-2014 STA
Slovenia: Panel issues strong criticism of EU’s secret free trade talks
A Slovenian NGO-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU’s talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada. -
8-Oct-2014 GMA News
Six years after JPEPA: PHL the world’s toxic waste dump site?
Six years after the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) was signed, Philippines may be becoming the world’s dump site for toxic waste. -
8-Oct-2014 The Nation
Myanmar and Israel sign an agreement to cement bilateral trade
Israeli Ambassador to Myanmar Hagay M Behar and DICA director general Aung Naing signed a reciprocal promotion and protection of investments agreement in Yangon yesterday. -
8-Oct-2014 Reuters
’Plan B’ needed for EU-US trade pact - Italian minister
Italy said on Wednesday there needed to be a "plan B" that foresees a partial EU-US trade deal in order to sidestep deadlock over specific issues.