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5-Sep-2014 Bordelex
INTA Committee Chief sets ‘red lines’ for TTIP – ahead of EP rentrée
Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s international trade committee, made explicit his ’red lines’ for the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) negotiations, adding that he would settle for a much less ambitious deal than the one currently planned. -
5-Sep-2014 The Guardian
EU under pressure to allow GM food imports from US and Canada
Britain and other European Union member states are under increasing pressure from North American business groups to open their borders to imports of genetically modified food as part of negotiations for a new Transatlantic trade deal, environmental campaigners have warned. -
5-Sep-2014 EFE
Guatemala repeals plant breeder rights law
The Congress of Guatemala has repealed the controversial "Monsanto Law" which legalised property rights on plant varieties in accordance with CAFTA. -
5-Sep-2014 ECNS
Australia-China trade deal close
Australia Thursday said it hopes to complete an elusive free trade agreement (FTA) with its top export partner China when President Xi Jinping visits in November. -
4-Sep-2014 Dairy Herd Management
US dairy groups oppose Canadian market access restrictions
US dairy companies are putting up a fight against the pending Canada-European Union free trade agreement (CETA) which they saw would give the EU exclusive access to more than 70% of Canada’s “Most Favored Nation” cheese imports. -
4-Sep-2014 ABC
Australia to consider free trade agreement with India, Tony Abbott says
The Prime Minister says Australia will consider negotiating a free trade agreement with India once it has finalised a trade deal with China. -
4-Sep-2014 Seafarers Canada
SIU of Canada forms coalition to fight CETA
The Canadian Maritime and Supply Chain Coalition says the Canadian-European Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement will completely halt the Canadian maritime transport sector’s growth and destroy the communities and regions that depend on this industry -
4-Sep-2014 Tax News
Mexico begins free trade negotiations with Jordan
Mexico and Jordan held their first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement in Amman, end August. -
4-Sep-2014 Scoop
Australian Labour Party and Green MPs reject Korea Free Trade Agreement
“The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties has issued conflicting reports in its review of the Korea Australia Free Trade agreement (KAFTA)”, Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, said today. -
3-Sep-2014 ADITAL
Guatemala: Under pressure from social movements, Justice temporarily suspends part of the "Monsanto Law"
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has suspended the so-called "Monsanto Law" which was support enter into force, as an obligation under the US-Central America free trade agreement (CAFTA), on 26 September 2014. -
3-Sep-2014
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2-Sep-2014 War on Want
TTIP will cost one million jobs: official
War on Want together with major UK trade unions and other campaigns groups has released figures showing that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation between the EU and USA will cost at least one million jobs if it is negotiated to its conclusion. -
2-Sep-2014 City AM
NHS could still be opened to American corporations under TTIP
The NHS is not safe from the effects of the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal, ministers have admitted. -
2-Sep-2014 La Voz
Guatemalan court suspends "Monsanto Law"
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has provisionally suspended the entry into force of the controversial "Monsanto Law" required by CAFTA to legalise property rights over plant varieties -
2-Sep-2014 Motoring Australia
EU FTA to kill LCT
An Australian government keen to cement a free trade agreement with Europe will have to ditch the unpopular Luxury Car Tax first, currently bringing in $500 million per year, says an executive from Mercedes-Benz Australia. -
2-Sep-2014 GNA
Ghana, Turkey in negotiations for free trade
Ghana is in discussions with the Turkish Authorities for a free trade agreement to ensure unimpeded access to each other’s market. -
2-Sep-2014 Yonhap
NE Asian economies aim to conclude FTA next year
South Korea, China and Japan have planned to conclude their drawn-out negotiations on a trilateral free-trade deal in 2015, but an agreement may not be achievable unless it is a “high-level and comprehensive pact,” China’s top negotiator to the talks said Tuesday. -
2-Sep-2014 Stock and Land
Farmers take to Twitter with FTA fight
Australian dairy farmers fight hard for better access to China’s market under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, launching a social media campaign that reached 1.6 million Twitter users. -
1-Sep-2014 Brunei Times
Small countries no say on trade pact
A recent report shows that small countries eager to join mega-regionals trade deals like the TPP could dock into the agreement but they would not have much say. -
1-Sep-2014 The Courier
Trade deal ’worth £10bn a year’
UK Government has hit back at critics of a new trade deal, insisting it will create jobs, increase wages and boost the UK economy by £10 billion a year.