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9-Dec-2014 Reuters
NSA’s surveillance a ’trade barrier’ for EU companies
The US National Security Agency’s mass surveillance is a trade barrier for European Internet companies trying to provide services in the United States, a top EU official said yesterday (8 December). -
9-Dec-2014 Infojustice
International Chamber of Commerce: Trade secret law should be harmonized, included in TPP
The International Chamber of Commerce is urging the inclusion of strong trade secret provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. -
9-Dec-2014 Interfax
Ukraine wishes to form free trade zones with Canada, Turkey, Israel, West Africa
The government of Ukraine intends to launch free trade negotiations with Canada, Turkey, Israel, the Gulf States, West Africa and some other countries, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said. -
9-Dec-2014 Jiji Press
Japan, EU begin 8th round of EPA talks
Japan and the European Union began five-day talks in Tokyo on Monday on concluding an economic partnership agreement for free trade. -
9-Dec-2014 EurActiv
ISDS clause: a gateway to future trade deals
Trade officials negotiating the ISDS arbitration clause within the EU-US trade agreement have half an eye on their next deals, since the wording is likely to shape other key trade treaties on the table. -
9-Dec-2014 The Guardian
TTIP divides a continent as EU negotiators cross the Atlantic
A fear of multinationals and distrust of European governments is fuelling a growing antipathy towards the transatlantic free trade pact -
8-Dec-2014 Mediapart
Saving the climate means stopping TTIP!
How the transatlantic free trade agreements cheerfully scupper energy transition…. -
8-Dec-2014 New Straits Times
TPP must be a done deal in 2015: US-Asean Business Council
Marc Mealy, who is vice president (policy) in the US-Asean Business Council, says the Trans Pacific Partnership can and must be a done deal in 2015. -
8-Dec-2014 PTI
Switzerland expects to sign FTA with India soon
Bullish about its companies making huge investments in India, Switzerland expects the long-delayed Free Trade Agreement between the two countries to be signed soon. -
8-Dec-2014 Live Mint
RCEP members fail to finalize talks template
Members of the regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP) grouping were unable to agree a template for negotiations on a proposed mega regional trade agreement at the sixth round of talks held in Greater Noida near New Delhi last week. -
8-Dec-2014 MyJoyOnline
EPA will not benefit Ghana – Adwoa Safo
Member of Parliament for Dome/Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has warned that Ghana risks losing its manufacturing sector if it goes ahead to sign the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. -
7-Dec-2014 Xinhua
China’s Xi demands accelerated FTA strategy
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for accelerated fulfillment of the free trade area (FTA) strategy and the building of a new economic system of openness. -
7-Dec-2014 FFII
Seven things you should know about EU-Singapore ISDS
Lock-in, no institutional safeguards for independence, perverse incentives, no separation of powers, automatic consent, ripe for exploitation, sovereign debt instruments included, open to the world, and a strategic mistake. Former trade commissioner De Gucht left us a Gordian Knot, writes Ante Wessels. -
5-Dec-2014 rabble.ca
National Assembly, Senate in France adopt resolutions opposing CETA investment rules
Both houses of the French Parliament last week adopted resolutions opposing the investment protection rules in the proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), in the latest sign of growing opposition in Europe to the deal’s sweeping corporate rights provisions. -
4-Dec-2014 AITEC
CETA: The French Parliament votes against the ISDS
At the end of November, both chambers of parliament rejected integrating the investor-state dispute resolution mechanism into CETA. -
4-Dec-2014 FOEE
Revealed: How taxpayers are footing bill for Europe’s trade deals
New research today reveals that European governments have already paid at least €3.5 billion to private investors due to a clause in international trade deals. -
4-Dec-2014 Stop TTIP
Self-organised European Citizens’ Initiative against US and Canada trade deals tops a million signatures in record time
More than a million people across Europe have signed a self-organised European Citizens’ Initiative in the last two months opposing trade deals between the European Union and North America. -
4-Dec-2014 Public Citizen
Congressional Financial Services Committee leaders: Exclude ISDS from US-EU deal
US congressional leaders have just sent a letter to the Obama administration warning against TAFTA/TTIP provisions that could restrict Congress’ ability to prevent another financial crisis. -
3-Dec-2014 Skadden
The increasing appeal and novel use of bilateral investment treaties
State measures that reduce or nullify existing creditor rights, such as the Argentine “Lock Law” or similar moratoria on repayment, may violate BIT rights and supply investors and creditors in other jurisdictions, particularly in the eurozone, with a basis for challenging similar measures. -
3-Dec-2014 IR Blog
Investor-state dispute settlement in Europe
If it is left in TTIP, a great deal more of global FDI flows will suddenly be covered by ISDS.