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20-Jan-2014 FT
US trade debate prompts fears of delay in talks
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mexico’s economy minister said governments in the TPP talks were unlikely to offer any significant concessions until they were sure Mr Obama had fast-track authority. A senior EU official said officials in Brussels were bracing for a TPA debate that could last through this year and inevitably affect TTIP negotiations. -
20-Jan-2014 Global Times
Apathy, dissent threaten to derail Sino-Australian FTA
Australians have a very ambivalent, indeed a lukewarm attitude toward the whole thing, writes Geoffrey Murray -
20-Jan-2014 Jiji Press
FTA talks open in Malaysia
Officials from 16 economies in Asia and Oceania gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to start a third round of negotiations on establishing a regional free trade agreement (RCEP). -
20-Jan-2014 IISD
Awards and decisions: Mohamed Abdulmohsen Al-Kharafi & Sons Co. v. Libya and others, Final Arbitral Award
Libya ordered to pay US$935 million to Kuwaiti company for cancelled investment project; jurisdiction established under Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital. -
20-Jan-2014 Want China TImes
Taiwan should learn from South Korea’s TPP strategy
Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, has recently turned aggressive in seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and could learn from Korea’s strategy. -
20-Jan-2014 Economic Times
India-EFTA free trade pact talks stuck on intellectual property regime issue
Negotiations for the free trade agreement between India and EFTA, four-member grouping that includes Switzerland, was stuck on the issue of intellectual property regime. -
20-Jan-2014 Sai Gon Giai Phong
Vietnam, EU aim to complete FTA in 2014
Chief negotiators from Vietnam and the EU have pledged to complete discussions about a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year. -
19-Jan-2014 SOMO
TTIP threatens financial reform and the public interest
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty will open markets to foreign services and foreign direct investment in the financial sector. It intends to limit financial sector regulations because they are considered as barriers to trade, reports SOMO. -
17-Jan-2014 Arirang
Korea & India to upgrade CEPA, revise tax treaty
Korean President Park and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have decided to quickly upgrade the Korea-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, or CEPA, so that it covers not only goods, but also investments and services. -
17-Jan-2014 Southern Times
Tripartite FTA soon a reality
Three regional economic communities in Africa — COMESA, EAC and SADC — are expected to sign an agreement this year to establish an enlarged market covering 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa. -
17-Jan-2014 Hindu Business Line
India-EU free trade pact likely to be signed next year
India and the European Union will have a free trade agreement most likely in the first half of 2015, EU Ambassador to India Joao Cravinho, said on Friday. -
17-Jan-2014 The Australian
US firm’s FTA plan to keep mine
An American investor plans to invoke the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement to prevent the NSW government cancelling a coal exploration licence that the Independent Commission Against Corruption said is tainted by corruption and should be expunged. -
17-Jan-2014 KUNA
GCC, China to sign ’’14-17 action plan, resume FTA negotiations - Amb. Al-Muzayen
Senior officials from the GCC countries and China met in Beijing on Thursday and discussed the resumption of negotiations to establish a free trade zone, a senior diplomat said. -
17-Jan-2014 New Indian Express
Delhi government to reverse FDI in multi-brand retail
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government Monday said it will not allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, reversing the previous Sheila Dikshit regime’s policy. -
16-Jan-2014
Liberalization key to Taiwan’s TPP bid: AmCham
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei urged Taiwan Thursday to speed up its efforts to liberalize its business environment to help its bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). -
16-Jan-2014 NPR
German farmers fear for Europe’s bacon with US trade deal
When German farmers and activists descended upon Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office building Wednesday morning, they brought along some special guests — 17 pigs. The stunt was the latest European backlash against a proposed free trade deal with the U.S. that could lift restrictions on American meat sold in Europe. -
16-Jan-2014 China News
China, US investment talks enter ‘substantive period’
The 11th round of Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) talks between the world’s two largest economies, China and the US, wrapped up in Shanghai on Wednesday.
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16-Jan-2014 Reuters
Pacific trade talks fall short on environmental protection: groups
Documents released by the whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks show countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) did not plan to sanction trading partners who break environmental promises — an issue that has caused a rift between the United States and others in the bloc and is an obstacle to finalizing the deal. -
16-Jan-2014 Council of Canadians
Jan 31: Inter-continental day of action vs TPP & corporate globalization
This is a call to action for communities throughout Mexico, Canada and the United States to join together on January 31, 2014, and say "ENOUGH!" to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and other corporate "trade" deals. Solidarity actions elsewhere throughout the globe are welcome. -
16-Jan-2014 The Star
US lays out goals for North American Free Trade Agreement
Twenty years after NAFTA began remapping the North American economy, the US wants a sequel.