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6-Mar-2014 IP Integrity
Lex AT&T? EU Commisson’s TTIP proposal to revise telecoms law
The European Union could give away unlimited rights to foreign telecoms companies to buy up rivals in Europe as part of the proposed new transatlantic trade deal (TTIP). This is one of an astonishing set of proposals revealed in a Commission document leaked by the German newspaper Die Zeit last week. -
6-Mar-2014 EU Trade Insights
TTIP: American business confident no issue can derail talks, says AmCham EU
In an exclusive interview with viEUws, Susan Danger, Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, talks to Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt, viEUws Trade Editor, about the TTIP negotiations.
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6-Mar-2014 TTIP unfairhandelbar
Sign the petition to candidates running in the 2014 European elections: Stop the TTIP and CETA!
A sign-on message for candidates running in the 2014 European Parliament elections launched by the German anti-TTIP coalition. Please join! -
6-Mar-2014 NPR
Europe tells US to lay off Brie and get its own cheese names
The European Union wants US food makers to stop using names with historical ties to Europe. But what else would you call, say, Parmesan or Brie?
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6-Mar-2014 FFII
US wants to outlaw EU cloud in TTIP negotiations
Privacy is not on the table in the TTIP negotiations, but data flows are, which brings privacy to the table, explains Ante Wessels of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) -
6-Mar-2014 FOEE
New report: No fracking way How the EU-US trade deal risks expanding fracking in Europe and the US
A trade deal between the EU and the US risks opening the backdoor for the expansion of fracking in Europe and the US, reveals a new report released today. -
6-Mar-2014
Tell MEPs to Stop the TTIP and CETA!
Tell MEPs to stop TTIP and CETA! The German coalition against TTIP invites everyone in Europe to sign this petition to candidates running in the 2014 European Parliamentary elections to "Stop the TTIP and CETA!" Please join in. -
6-Mar-2014 BBC
US judge annuls Ecuador oil ruling against Chevron
A judge in the US has ruled that lawyers representing Amazonian villagers used bribes to secure compensation worth billions of dollars from oil company Chevron in Ecuador. -
5-Mar-2014
East Kutai may file criminal charges against Churchill
The local administration in East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, has threatened to file criminal charges against British company Churchill Mining Plc for allegedly forging its mining permits to operate mine areas in the regency. -
5-Mar-2014
Govt may revisit all preferential, free trade agreements
The government of Pakistan is revisiting all the FTAs and PTAs as there is a growing realisation among policymakers that they had been poorly negotiated and were now causing injury to the domestic industry, official sources said on Tuesday. -
5-Mar-2014 Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
TTIP: A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy.
This new booklet, written by John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want, explains in short what TTIP is and how it will affect the lives of all of us if it comes into force. -
5-Mar-2014 TheTrade Beat
South Africa: FAQs on foreign direct investment featured
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has recently been a hot topic in South Africa, following the government’s unilateral cancellation of bilateral investment treaties with the European Union and the release of the draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill. But what is FDI, and why is it important? -
5-Mar-2014 SMH
China to accelerate Australia free trade agreement
China will "accelerate" negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia, Premier Li Keqiang has said in his opening speech to the National People’s Congress. -
5-Mar-2014 Kyodo
USTR sets 2014 as goal of signing Pacific free trade deal
"The administration will work to conclude negotiations of the TPP in 2014," the office of the US Trade Representative said in a document attached to President Barack Obama’s budget blueprint for fiscal 2015. -
5-Mar-2014 Costa Rica Times
Costa Rica & Colombia approve free trade agreement
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica has approved the country’s Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, a prerequisite for Costa Rica to gain admittance into the Pacific Alliance group, composed of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. -
5-Mar-2014 Frankfurter Rundschau
EU-US FTA: "Free trade agreement must immediately stop"
IG Metall leader Detlef Wetzel fears disadvantages for workers and consumers if the EU and the US create a free trade zone. "The negotiations must be stopped," he states categorically. -
4-Mar-2014 Be Your Own Leader
NAFTA partners pushing North American competitiveness integration agenda
The growing domestic and international opposition to the secret trade talks have put the Globalists plan to use the TPP to upgrade and expand NAFTA to more countries in serious jeopardy. -
4-Mar-2014
US back ECOWAS’ efforts to attain borderless trade status
Countries in the West African sub-region were yesterday reassured of the support of the United States in their quest to establishing a borderless trade environment in the ECOWAS region. -
4-Mar-2014
Let us seal FTA early, Prime Minister tells regional club
Urging the seven-member BIMSTEC grouping to fast-track trade and economic cooperation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for “early conclusion” of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement and said it should be extended to investment and services. -
4-Mar-2014
Turkish firm’’s claim: government seeks 20 days to file reply
Pakistan has sought a 20-day extension to file its reply to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against a damage claim of $2.1 billion filed by Turkish firm M/s Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim. The sources said Pakistan had to submit its reply to the international body by February 28, 2014 but it was delayed due to a change in legal firm.