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14-Aug-2014 VoA
Rights group files complaint over EU-Vietnam trade talks
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) says it has filed a complaint with the European Union over its free trade talks with Vietnam. -
13-Aug-2014
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) (consolidated draft, 1 Aug 2014)
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13-Aug-2014
EU-ECOWAS EPA (draft, Feb 2014)
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13-Aug-2014 AFTINET
AFTINET on ISDS
Australia Fair Trade and Invesment Network’s Convener, Dr Patricia Ranald, gave evidence to the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs Defense & Trade on the 6th August 2014 about the dangers of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in trade agreements. -
13-Aug-2014 AFTINET
Website reveals how US could rewrite Australian medicine, media content and data storage laws through Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP)
“A new website has been launched today http://tppnocertification.org/ which reveals that the United States claims the right to vet and approve other countries’ laws before it will allow a trade and investment treaty to come into force,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment network, said today. -
13-Aug-2014 US Department of State
West Africa: New pact aims to expand trade between US, West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States have signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA), usually a precursor to a US FTA. -
13-Aug-2014 North Queensland Register
FTAs key for Aus agribusiness: Rabo
A new report released by global agribusiness specialist Rabobank points to free trade agreements (FTAs) and building strategic government and business relationships as the keys to improving market access for Australian exporters. -
13-Aug-2014 Reuters
Russia to boost agri-trade with Egypt after EU food ban
Russia will increase exports of wheat to Egypt and imports of other agriculture products from it, Russian officials said on Tuesday as the two countries discussed the potential for a free trade zone. -
13-Aug-2014 Bernama
Peru to begin FTA negotiations with Indonesia, India
The governments of Peru and Indonesia have completed a joint feasibility study in order to reach a free trade agreement, announced Tuesday Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva. -
13-Aug-2014 Business Korea
Demand for cross-border movement of professional manpower increasing in FTA talks
The Korean government is planning to carry out a study on the import of professional manpower such as consultants, engineers and lawyers and its impact on the domestic job market, as the issue is emerging in FTA negotiations across the world, -
13-Aug-2014
EU-Canada FTA
EU-Canada FTA Consolidated draft of CETA text - 521 pages, dated 1 August 2014 - now leaked & circulating. Additional leaks of annexes and reservations now included. -
12-Aug-2014 Civitas
Big Tobacco’s £11bn UK attack could send EU-US trade deal up in flames
Philip Morris International has threatened to sue Britain for an eye-watering sum over potential losses resulting from our proposed standardised brand-free cigarette packaging laws. -
12-Aug-2014 PR Newswire
Bear Creek announces its intent to commence an arbitration against Peru - Santa Ana dispute
Canadian company Bear Creek Mining announces that it intends to commence an arbitration proceeding against the government of Peru under the Canada-Peru FTA. -
12-Aug-2014 WSRW
Illegal EU fish agreement with Morocco now ratified by King
The King of Morocco has ratified its dirty fisheries agreement with EU, allowing EU vessels to fish in Western Sahara waters under Moroccan occupation. The European Commission fails in geography regarding the location of the fisheries in communiqué. -
12-Aug-2014 Hindu Business Line
‘India should focus on Latin America, Africa, BRICS to counter trans-Pacific challenge’
Commerce Secretary Rajiv Kher has said India should focus on increasing its trade with Latin America, Africa, the BRICS nations and certain countries in the Asean bloc to counter the challenge posed by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). -
12-Aug-2014 AP
EU seeks free-trade agreement with Vietnam
European Union’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton says she hopes the deal could be signed before the end of the year. -
12-Aug-2014 IISD
Risky business or risky politics: what explains investor-state disputes?
What was once risky business for investors has become “risky politics” for states, critics argue. -
11-Aug-2014 Globe & Mail
Despite the pronouncements, Canada-EU trade deal not set in stone
To trade experts, the moving goal line is all part of the game of these complex negotiations. Average Canadians, however, might be forgiven for not knowing the score. Some may even have mistakenly thought the game was already over. -
11-Aug-2014 Korea Times
Ecuador wants Korea to start CEPA talks immediately
Ecuadorian Ambassador Nicolas Trujillo Newlin called the Korean government today, urging it begin negotiations toward signing a trade agreement with the country. -
11-Aug-2014 PTI
India, ASEAN likely to sign FTA later this month
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are likely to sign the long-delayed free trade agreement in services and investments later this month when their economic and trade ministers meet.