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20-Aug-2014 EU Observer
What the leaked EU-Canada trade paper means for TTIP
EU trade negotiators, who like to give as little away as possible, will have been deeply dismayed by the leak of 520 pages of their latest baby: the EU-Canada free trade agreement (Ceta). -
18-Aug-2014 CIO
US trade officials say it’s their way or the highway on TPP
A new website is highlighting that United States trade officials could dictate to other countries their laws and regulations relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). -
17-Aug-2014 Le Monde
CETA: What the leaked version reveals
The most controversial provisions include the investor state dispute resolution mechanism (ISDS), an arbitral tribunal meant to settle disputes between governments and corporations. -
17-Aug-2014 Xinhua
Africa’s "grand" FTA negotiation progressing well: SADC officials
Negotiations to set up a grand free trade zone encompassing 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa are progressing well and may be completed in 2015, a year before schedule, SADC officials reveal. -
17-Aug-2014 Daily Mail
Don’t let Americans put hormones and pesticides in our dinner, warns Jamie Oliver as he launches latest food offensive
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is planning a campaign to stop British food standards being lowered to allow American food imports pumped full of pesticides and hormones into the UK under TTIP. -
15-Aug-2014 American Ag Radio Network
EU sugar industry fears import pressures In TTIP talks
Europe’s sugar industry fears there could be sugar imports from the combined US and Mexican market if sugar is becomes part of the ongoing Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. -
15-Aug-2014 EurActiv
EU-Canada trade deal leak ‘ridicules’ TTIP consultation, campaigners say
The leaked EU-Canada trade agreement contains a controversial chapter on investor-state disputes settlement that is substantially unchanged from previous drafts that were used as a basis for the EU’s recently held public consultation. -
14-Aug-2014 Xinhua
Japan, US make no progress in TPP-related talks
Japan and the United States conclude talks on opening Japan’s auto sector as a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal without major progress. -
14-Aug-2014 Canadian Press
Leaked EU trade pact suggests Canada caved on drug patents
A leaked copy of the full text of the Canada-EU free trade agreement was posted online late Wednesday and appeared to confirm the fears of the deal’s critics on both sides of the Atlantic. -
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)
As leaked by German news outlet Tagesschau -
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.