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26-Aug-2014 IBTimes
US cheesemakers raise stink over geographic labeling restriction proposals
Gouda, muenster and cheddar cheese are staples at delis and restaurants from New York to Vancouver. But if the final version of a cross-Atlantic trade agreement released earlier this month is approved, Canada will include them on a list of 173 food and beverage products barred from being sold under their common names unless they are produced in Canada or in the European regions for which they are named or commonly associated. -
26-Aug-2014 Huffington Post
Trade deals from hell
T-TIP is worse than a distraction. It’s another manifestation of corporate capture of democratic government. As soon as T-TIP is given a decent burial, perhaps we can get on with the business of rebuilding an economy that serves people. -
25-Aug-2014 Europe Online
Italy wants to declassify confidential papers on EU-US trade talks
Italy said on Monday it would push for the publication of confidential papers on controversial free trade negotiations between the European Union and the United States, in a bid to increase transparency. -
25-Aug-2014 Business World
Philippines: TPP technical consultations wrapped up by yearend
The Philippine government aims to finish technical consultations with member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the end of the year before it can decide whether the Philippines will participate in the regional free trade agreement, an official said. -
25-Aug-2014 The Standard
Kenya flowers at crossroads over EPAs trade talks
A senior Kenyan Government officer who wished not to be named confirmed that Tanzania has been dragging its feet in embracing the new EU trade deal. “This might prompt Kenya to sign the agreement alone," he said. -
25-Aug-2014 Xinhua
East Africans seeking to unlock trade talks with European Union
East African countries are scheduled to hold a meeting in September to resolve outstanding issues in order to conclude negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) with EU. -
25-Aug-2014 Dow Jones Newswires
Vietnam, EU expect to finish trade pact in October
Vietnam and the European Union are expected to complete negotiations on a free-trade agreement in October, officials said Monday. -
25-Aug-2014 Crikey
Palmer’s China comments could scupper trade deal
The Abbott government in Australia was close to negotiating a free trade agreement with China. That is, until Clive Palmer got involved. -
24-Aug-2014 Solidar
TTIP - German welfare organisations demand exclusion of social services
In a common position paper, SOLIDAR member Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) as a member of the German coordination organization of welfare organization together with another network outlined their position on the ongoing negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) regarding social and health care services. -
23-Aug-2014 Public Citizen
CAFTA investor rights undermining democracy and the environment: Pacific Rim mining case
Pacific Rim Mining Corp., a Canadian-based multinational firm, sought to establish a massive gold mine using water-intensive cyanide ore processing in the basin of El Salvador’s largest river, Rio Lempa. -
23-Aug-2014 Trade Union Left Forum
TULF on TTIP
Trade Union Left Forum is urging workers to sign a petition calling on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to get TTIP scrapped. -
23-Aug-2014 SIS
Russia asks Egypt to start negotiations on agreement with Eurasian customs union
Russia has asked Egypt to start negotiations to sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Customs Union, which groups Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, said Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour. -
23-Aug-2014 Kluwer
Indonesia’s termination of the Netherlands–Indonesia BIT: Broader implications in the Asia-Pacific?
While Indonesia intends to renegotiate its BITs to provide greater capacity to regulate in the public interest, the current Australian government has indicated it will consider the inclusion of ISDS on a case-by-case basis. -
21-Aug-2014 DW
TTIP - Debate: European goals and fears
"Multilateral negotiations on the WTO level should be the norm, but at the moment this TTIP will actually set world standards and the rest has to follow," says Olaf Böhnke of the European Council on Foreign Affairs
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21-Aug-2014
US ambassadors heart TTIP
US embassies across Europe are pushing the proposed US-European Union trade deal through bicycle tours and cash grants. -
20-Aug-2014 DW
Chlorine chicken: No thank you
There’s strong criticism of the planned free trade agreement TTIP. Europe’s organic farming sector is especially skeptical. Deutsche Welle reports.
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20-Aug-2014 Business World
War of the FTAs
As an exhausted World Trade Organisation struggles, expect a war of FTAs as rich countries hit back with new trade regimes under TPP and TTIP while emerging markets build the RCEP -
20-Aug-2014 The Tyee
Leaked CETA treaty: One thing to applaud
Massive, controversial EU-Canada deal manages to do copyright right, says Michael Geist -
20-Aug-2014 Trade Beat
How the EAC locked horns with the EU over the EPA negotiations
Godfrey Ssali from the Uganda Manufacturers Association explains what is behind the current deadlock between the East African Community and the European Union on the negotiations underway to agree a set of Economic Partnership Agreements -
20-Aug-2014 The Sun Daily
China against Malaysia-Taiwan FTA
Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang says China is against any move by Malaysia to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan.