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4-Aug-2014 SCMP
China’s surging investment in US heralds new multinational era
Chinese investments in the United States now exceed American investments in China in an historic shift that may see the emergence of joint Sino-US multinationals, but one that is also fraught with geopolitical risks, said analysts. -
4-Aug-2014 ECDPM
US-Africa Summit - Are we up for a new deal?
The US Trade Representative Michael Froman argues for comprehensive trade and investment strategy – read possibly in the future, negotiate reciprocal trade agreements, à la EU-Africa Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) but with more binding investment clauses to protect the interests of US businessmen. -
4-Aug-2014 The Star
Geist: How a 20-year-old patent application could upend Canada’s biggest trade deal
From a Canadian perspective, the Eli Lilly case has provided a powerful reminder that the risks associated with ISDS may outweigh the benefits with legal cases that can take decades to resolve. -
4-Aug-2014 Kyodo
Abe talks up trade ties with Latin American alliance
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed eagerness Saturday to bolster economic and trade ties with the four Latin American nations that make up the Pacific Alliance, after accelerating the conclusion of a free trade agreement with Colombia. -
4-Aug-2014 ASEAN Briefing
Foreign ministers rekindle interest in EU-ASEAN FTA
It is expected that the EU FTAs currently under negotiation with Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, and the deal already concluded with Singapore, will eventually be used as the basis for a rejuvenated region-to-region FTA. -
4-Aug-2014 War on Want
TTIP: battle of the choirs
The battle over TTIP has moved into the cultural sphere with the Strawberry Thieves Socialist Choir versus the Yale Spizzwinks. -
3-Aug-2014 Oxford Analytica
International trade partnerships: Deal or no deal?
Obstacles in several countries could delay the negotiations of TPP and TTIP — and possibly scupper the deals entirely, says Oxford Analytica. Infographic. -
1-Aug-2014 Oryza.com
South Korea farmers begin fresh protests against rice market liberalization
Farmers are demanding a Rice Tariff Law and also want the government to exclude rice from all future Free Trade Agreements (FTA). -
1-Aug-2014 Reuters
US lawmakers warn Japan, Canada on Pacific trade deal talks
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Wednesday said Japan’s refusal to drop all barriers to farm imports under a Pacific trade deal was unacceptable and urged the US administration to cut Japan and Canada out of the talks if they did not give ground. -
1-Aug-2014 ChinaWorker.Info
Obama’s TPP: Taking neo-liberalism to a new level
The sort of movement we need to successfully defeat the TPP has not yet emerged. In part trade union leaders bear responsibility for this: they have spoken up either in a tokenistic manner or not at all about what will be an absolute catastrophe for workers’ rights and living conditions in the region. -
1-Aug-2014 CBC
Canada to clinch trade deal with EU in September
Canada and the European Union will release final details of their mammoth trade deal on Sept. 25 in Ottawa, ending a marathon 10 months of bargaining since Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew off to Brussels to sign the initial agreement in principle, according to CBC News. -
1-Aug-2014 PINA
Fiji fears force deal with EU to save sugar industry
Fears of the collapse of Fiji’s multi-million dollar sugar industry prompted its government late last month to opt for an Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) with the European Union. Islands Business magazine investigated. -
1-Aug-2014 ABColombia
The UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty
The UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty that was ratified by the House of Commons on 10 July 2014 poses grave risks to the achievement of human rights and the successful implementation of agreements currently being made in the peace dialogues between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian Government in Havana. -
31-Jul-2014 TakePart.com
’Sharing is not a crime’: Why a Colombian student faces prison for posting research online
A South American biologist who found a five-year-old master’s degree thesis online, then shared it with fellow graduate students on a Web page, could spend the next eight years in prison for copyright infringement — thanks to the US-Colombia FTA. -
31-Jul-2014 European Ombudsman
Ombudsman asks Council and Commission to publish more TTIP documents
The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has called on the Council of the European Union to publish the EU negotiating directives for the on-going Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations with the US. -
30-Jul-2014 Madhyam
The era of mega-arbitration: International court rules against Russia in $50 billion decision
On 28 July 2014, an international arbitration tribunal announced that Russia must pay $50.02 billion in damages to former shareholders of the now defunct oil giant, Yukos Oil Company. Analysis by Kavaljit Singh. -
30-Jul-2014 Colombia Reports
Colombia, Japan agree to accelerate FTA process
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and the prime minister of Japan agreed to expedite the process of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. -
30-Jul-2014 MITI
Japan-Iraq BIT (2012)
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30-Jul-2014 MITI
Japan-Mozambique BIT (2013)
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30-Jul-2014 First Biz
UPA may have left another can of worms in Anand Sharma’s free trade agreements
One of the most serious long-term damages done by any ministry under the UPA — in India — was commerce under Anand Sharma.