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15-Jan-2014 The Nation
The global fight against corporate rule
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments. -
15-Jan-2014 Mondaq
Born’s BAT gets set to fly
A proposal for a new form of international arbitration, with states abandoning sovereign rights to commercial dispute litigation in favor of resolution by arbitration, has provoked wide public interest and is now being drafted into an international model treaty. -
15-Jan-2014 CounterPunch
The deadly wages of free trade
The very same policies which undermined the livelihoods of the approximately 2 million small farmers in Mexico who were displaced as a consequence are devastating the Colombian country side now. -
15-Jan-2014 Globe and Mail
Canada-South Korea free trade pact moving closer
Canada and South Korea are moving closer to a long-delayed free trade deal amid stiff resistance from Canadian-based auto makers. -
15-Jan-2014 ABC
GM likely to shift Holden production to Korea under FTA
General Motors says it is likely that South Korea will end up making its cars for the Australian market under the coming free-trade agreement between Canberra and Seoul. -
15-Jan-2014 World Bulletin
Turkey to sign FTA with far-east nations
Turkey’s Economy Minister announced that Turkey will sign free trade agreements with Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. -
15-Jan-2014 Stock Journal
Australia: Questions linger over FTAs
While the federal government and farm leaders are pushing hard for Australian Free Trade Agreements to be finalised speedily with big customers such as Japan, China, Indonesia and India, southern Queensland beef producer Liam O’Dea said there was good reason to be cautious, even sceptical, about just what FTAs actually delivered in farmgate returns. -
15-Jan-2014 Wikileaks
Wikileaks: Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP)
Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 per cent of global GDP and one-third of world trade. -
14-Jan-2014 Euractiv
French senators strongly attack EU-US trade deal
During a debate in the French Senate, all political parties harshly criticised the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but the French government defended the potential deal. -
13-Jan-2014 Inside Story
Philip Morris, Australia and the fate of Europe’s trade talks
Australia’s clash with Philip Morris over plain packaging has disrupted trade talks between the United States and Europe, reports James Panichi in Brussels -
13-Jan-2014 Wall St Journal
Seoul affirms interest in joining TPP, but says China deal comes first
South Korea’s Trade Ministry made clear Monday that the country will prioritize bilateral free trade negotiations with China this year over the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership -
13-Jan-2014 La Via Campesina
La Via Campesina appelle à la cohérence des politiques agricoles de l’Union européenne
La Via Campesina rappelle les liens très forts entre l’agriculture familiale et les accords de libre échange : l’un et l’autre sont en parfaite contradiction, alors que les défis sociaux et environnementaux qui sont ceux de notre temps doivent pris au sérieux. -
12-Jan-2014 Think Left
Recipe for ruin: TTIP - the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want, introduces TTIP, the free trade and investment agreement being negotiated between the EU and USA; talk given to Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique at Café Diplo, London, 4 November 2013 -
10-Jan-2014 Reuters
US lawmakers propose fast-track bill for trade agreements
US lawmakers on Thursday proposed a bill to give the White House power to fast-track international trade agreements as the United States gears up for a hectic year of trade negotiations. -
10-Jan-2014 EU Observer
US drafts Ukraine sanctions, as EU mulls new talks
The US state department has been remodelled to fit the EU’s so-called Eastern Partnership policy on pulling former Soviet republics closer to the West amid Russia’s new assertiveness in the region -
9-Jan-2014 Korea IT Times
Korea and Myanmar sign investment guarantee treaty
The governments of Myanmar and Korea have signed an investment guarantee agreement to protect companies like POSCO and Daewoo International operating in Burma. -
9-Jan-2014 Mondaq
Protecting foreign investments in Sub-Saharan Africa: The SADC and its protocol on finance and investment
The SADC protocol on investment provides rights to investors, including investor-state dispute settlement provisions, in southern Africa no matter what country they hail from. Thus, it goes way beyond typical bilateral investment treaties (BITs) while protecting foreign companies operating in SADC countries without BIT coverage. -
8-Jan-2014
PHL sets sights on inclusive growth from free trade deals
The government will put more teeth on initiatives, including education drives and linking small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) to trade chains, to make free trade agreement (FTA) benefits trickle down to the grassroots, an official said Tuesday night. -
8-Jan-2014
Second largest SAARC partner hungry for Lankan exports, FTA trade
Sri Lanka’s second largest trade partner in SAARC, Pakistan, is hungry for more Lankan exports in the coming year-while also closely looking at Sri Lanka’s sugar sector for entry. -
8-Jan-2014
DTI to give more lectures on FTAs
To boost the country’s use rate of free trade agreements, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is planning to give more lectures on FTAs the Philippines is party to and tap social media to expand the program’s reach.