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  • 20-Nov-2014 RT
    ‘TTIP would destroy small businesses’
    The UK PM promises to launch what he calls ‘rocket boosters’ under a new deal between the EU and America. Not everyone is convinced about this. Nick Dearden joins RTUK for more.
  • 20-Nov-2014 EFF
    Fight secret copyright deals: A global TPP teach-in
    A public online teach-in with representatives from several digital rights groups based in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries who share their analysis of the latest leaked text and lay out the current state of play of the negotiations
  • 19-Nov-2014 Jagran Post
    India to replace BIPA with a new pact to protect investments
    A draft of India’s new model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), currently moving through Cabinet, reportedly excludes taxation matters and introduces rules on conflict of interests in arbitration.
  • 19-Nov-2014 AFP
    EU’s Malmstroem attempts to revive US trade talks
    European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem attempted Wednesday to breath new life into transatlantic trade talks that have been hobbled by opposition to one of the deal’s most controversial components.
  • 19-Nov-2014 Rakyat News
    CAP calls on govt to withdraw from TPPA negotiation
    The Consumers’ Association of Penang has said that it is concerned that Malaysia is continuing with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiation and has urged the government to withdraw from it and not sign the TPPA.
  • 19-Nov-2014 CUPE
    Canada-EU deal could unleash "corporate litigation boom’’
    A new report warns that controversial investor protection rules in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union could expose Canada to a new wave of corporate lawsuits that restrict the powers of all levels of governments.
  • 19-Nov-2014 SBS
    FTA could ’lower mine safety’
    Mining groups fear standards could slip at Australian mines if Chinese companies are allowed to bring in their own workers.
  • 19-Nov-2014 Reuters
    China speeds work on ’negative lists’ to boost foreign investment - official
    China has accelerated the process of freeing up inbound foreign investment by compiling a list of industries deemed to be off-limits, a high-ranking economic planning official said on Tuesday.
  • 19-Nov-2014 ARD
    Leaked documents on TTIP
    Leaked TTIP negotiating documents show that the EU is trying to protect European banks from strong American financial regulations.
  • 19-Nov-2014 Sapa
    Sacu committed to India negotiations
    The Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) said on Tuesday it was still committed to negotiations with India over a delayed preferential trade agreement (PTA).
  • 18-Nov-2014 Trend
    Georgia, EFTA to hold talks on free trade
    The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has decided to follow the EU and start talks with Georgia on a free trade agreement.
  • 18-Nov-2014 GRAIN
    Trade deals criminalise farmers’ seeds
    From Guatemala to Ghana, from Mozambique to Malaysia, seed-saving on the farm is being turned into a criminal offence, so that half a dozen large multinational corporations can turn seeds into private property and make money from them.
  • 18-Nov-2014 SMH
    Chinese corporations allowed to sue Australian government under free trade agreement
    The deal struck between China and Australia on Monday will contain an Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism that will allow Chinese corporations to challenge the Australian government for "pretty much anything", say academics
  • 18-Nov-2014 China Daily
    Deal set to boost food cooperation
    An unprecedented agreement was signed by agriculture tycoons from China and Australia on Monday providing that food from Australia sold to China will be of the highest quality and "marked under one brand and under one logo".
  • 17-Nov-2014 Beyond Brics
    US-India food deal and the WTO
    India and the US have reached a bilateral deal to resolve their differences over food stock holdings at the World Trade Organization. Analysis from Kavaljit Singh.
  • 17-Nov-2014 EurActiv
    French government will not sign TTIP agreement in 2015
    Matthias Fekl, France’s Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, has made it clear that France will not support the inclusion of the Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS) in a potential TTIP agreement.
  • 17-Nov-2014 ABC
    Trade Minister says he’ll now work on a deal with India, after signing of FTA with China
    Within an hour of finalising a free trade deal with China, Australia’s Federal Trade Minister said he hoped to complete an FTA with India in the next year.
  • 17-Nov-2014 AFP
    Aus-China trade deal a ’game changer’
    Australia and China sealed a landmark trade deal hailed Monday as a “game-changer”, abolishing tariffs in the lucrative resources and agricultural sectors as Canberra confronts a painful downturn in mining.
  • 17-Nov-2014 IPS
    As TPP trade talks miss third deadline, opponents claim momentum
    For the third year in a row, government negotiators for 12 Pacific Rim countries have missed an internal deadline to reach agreement on a controversial US-led trade deal.
  • 17-Nov-2014 Left Foot Forward
    US unions to fight back against right-wing attacks and trade deals
    Following the US mid term elections, unions are mobilising opposition against trade agreements, including a major campaign against ‘Fast Track’ legislation, TPP and TTIP.