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16-Jul-2014 Thanh Nien News
Vietnam has trouble escaping dependence on China through FTAs
A host of pending trade agreements could help Vietnam reduce its heavy economic reliance on China, but won’t unless the country takes bold and difficult steps toward developing alternative supply chains and aggressively building up a domestic base range of fabric and component part manufacturers, economists said. -
15-Jul-2014 ECI Stop TTIP
European Citizens’ Initiative demands: Stop negotiations for TTIP and CETA
Today, the 47th European Citizens’ Initiative has brought forward a motion for registration asking the EU Commission to recommend to the EU Council of Ministers to repeal the negotiating mandate for the Trade Investor Partnership (TTIP) and not to conclude the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) either.
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15-Jul-2014 Swissinfo
Swiss face tough US-EU trade deal decisions
A free trade agreement between Brussels and Washington could shave billions off the Swiss economy, if Switzerland is left sitting on the sidelines. That’s the conclusion of a government-sponsored study. -
15-Jul-2014 Japan Times
Reform of state-run firms one of TPP’s biggest hurdles
Emerging economies are at odds with developed countries in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, clashing over the reform of their state-run firms to ensure a fair playing field for foreign capital. -
15-Jul-2014 Tax News
ASEAN, Hong Kong start FTA negotiations
The first round of negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement between Hong Kong and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was held on July 10 and 11. -
15-Jul-2014 Financial Express
Govt to push for FTA with Latin American nations
Even as the Indian government is to review its free-trade agreements with several countries in South and South East Asia, including the Asean region, it is set to push for new such pacts with countries in Africa and South America. -
15-Jul-2014 Computerworld
Concern over copyright ’super powers’ in free trade agreement
The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement grants "super powers" to intellectual property owners, according to IP expert Dr Matthew Rimmer. -
15-Jul-2014 Malta Today
Malta: Anti-TTIP front launched
Social Europe: Front against TTIP (Malta) has been set up by Żminijietna - Voice of the Left, the Anti-Poverty Alliance, Moviment Graffitti, Association of Federative Socialists; and GWU Youth. -
14-Jul-2014 Aporrea
The Alba Fair hosts Venezuela Exporta in Cochabamba
Alvaro Garcia Linera, the vice president of Bolivia, was entrusted with inaugurating in Cochabamba, the Fair of Industrial Complementarity of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America – a Trade Treaty for the People (Alba – TCP) -
14-Jul-2014 Business Week
Kenya flowers at crossroads
Industry players fear that the more than 120,000 tonnes of fresh cut flowers exported to EU from Kenya every year could face taxes of between eight and 12% if the EPA is not signed and ratified in three months’ time. -
14-Jul-2014 Livemint
India, EU free-trade talks stall despite 49% FDI in insurance
Talks between India and the European Union for a free-trade agreement are unlikely to take off any time soon, even though the new government has met a key EU demand by raising the ceiling for foreign direct investment in insurance companies to 49%. -
13-Jul-2014 Spy Ghana
EJN condemns EPA
The Economic Justice Network of Ghana unequivocally condemns the decision of the West African leaders to approve the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. -
13-Jul-2014 DFAT
Australia-Japan FTA (2014)
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13-Jul-2014 EPRS
Overcoming Transatlantic differences on intellectual property: IPR and the TTIP negotiations
A report from the European Parliament Research Service -
13-Jul-2014 China Daily
China-US: Timetable laid out for investment treaty talks
The two-day high-level dialogue between China and the United States has led to a timetable for talks on a bilateral investment treaty -
12-Jul-2014 DG Trade
Commission publishes state of play of TTIP negotiations ahead of the 6th round of the negotiations
The European Commission has published a "state of play" of the US-EU trade negotiations ahead of the 6th round of talks scheduled to take place in Brussels on 14-18 July 2014. -
11-Jul-2014 Global Arbitration Review
Supporters of investment arbitration launch EU think tank
Corporate counsel and practitioners in Europe have formed a non-profit association to promote the benefits of investor-state arbitration and influence EU policy on investment protection. -
11-Jul-2014 GBC
ECOWAS leaders approve Economic Partnership Agreement with EU
The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have approved the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. -
11-Jul-2014 Colombia Reports
Pending Colombia-UK investment pact ‘undermines democracy and peace prospects’
The United Kingdom’s Parliament was expected to ratify an international investment treaty with Colombia Thursday that critics claim jeopardizes Colombian reform attempts and the future of the South American nation’s ongoing peace process with the FARC rebel group, reported the The Guardian newspaper. -
11-Jul-2014 EFF
EFF: We join dozens of organizations and businesses to protest TPP copyright proposals
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and its partners in the global Our Fair Deal coalition join together with an even more diverse international network of creators, innovators, start-ups, educators, libraries, archives and users to release two new open letters to negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.