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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. -
11-Aug-2014 Popular Resistance
Critical moment to stop the TPP & other rigged trade agreements
The opposition is global. At the same time people were acting in the US, 65,000 people protested the TPP in Mexico and more than 1.8 million in Australia called for the text to be made public. -
8-Aug-2014 rabble.ca
CETA will likely be signed, but it will also implode
At this point, the text has reportedly been sent to Canadian provincial governments and the European Union member states for initial feedback to be submitted over the next few weeks, reports Brent Patterson. -
8-Aug-2014 The Guardian
Two-third of voters in Tory marginals want NHS exempt from US trade pact
More than two-thirds of voters in 13 battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal that critics say threatens to make the privatisation of UK health services permanent. -
8-Aug-2014 International Trade Reporter
End in sight for US-Japan TPP talks on agriculture market access, Oe says
The conclusion of agriculture market access talks between the US and Japan is in sight, Japan’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Ambassador Hiroshi Oe said 5 August. The US Trade Representative talked of "some progress". -
8-Aug-2014 Tax News
Japan, Sri Lanka push for trade treaty
During their recent meeting in Colombo, the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Japan and Sri Lanka was the main topic of conversation between Rishad Bathiudeen, the Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce, and the Japanese Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Kazuyoshi Akaba. -
8-Aug-2014 Asian Tribune
Trade talks for first TA with surging ‘Nam on the cards
The possibility of a first ever official trade agreement with one of the most discerning Asian suppliers to Sri Lanka has edged closer to reality. -
8-Aug-2014 Post Gobalisation Initiative
New World Trade Order? Fighting TPP and TTIP/TAFTA
At the Left Forum 2014, one of the RLS-NYC panels discussed the trade agreements that are currently being negotiated: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, or TAFTA).
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8-Aug-2014 BBC
’Too many’ Asian free trade agreements survey finds
A survey of Asian businesses by HSBC has found that there are too many free trade agreements and they are too complicated.
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8-Aug-2014 Yonhap
S. Korea, New Zealand fail to make breakthrough in latest FTA talks
The latest round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and New Zealand has ended without a significant breakthrough as the countries remained divided over the agriculture market, the South Korean government said Friday. -
8-Aug-2014 India Briefing
ASEAN-India services and investment FTA inches closer to implementation
The ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services and Investment is one step closer to implementation following approval by Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce to accept the terms outlined in the region-wide agreement. -
6-Aug-2014 London Economic
Euro-African trade signifies changing relations
From a geopolitical perspective, Europe arguably needs the EPA trade deals with Africa more than Africa does.