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21-Jan-2014 BFOG
The transatlantic colossus
‘The transatlantic colossus: Global contributions to broaden the debate on the EU-US free trade agreement’ (2014), a publication from the Berlin Forum on Global Politics in collaboration with the Internet & Society Collaboratory and FutureChallenges.org of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, is now available online. -
21-Jan-2014 S2B
S2B analysis on ISDS and CETA
Seattle to Brussels Network analysis of the European Commission’s note on “Investment Provisions in the EU-Canada free trade agreement” -
21-Jan-2014
Harper, Netanyahu sign broad agreement in Jerusalem meeting
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a wide-ranging set of bilateral goals Tuesday and agreed to expand a free trade pact during their meeting in Jerusalem. -
21-Jan-2014 The Independent
Sovereignty fears lead to EU-US trade rethink
The European Commission is to rethink its approach to a controversial US trade deal which campaign groups in the UK have warned would fundamentally erode Britain’s sovereignty. -
20-Jan-2014 20Minutes
Un accord de libre-échange est-il éthique?
Le Gouvernement suisse planche sur un projet d’alliance économique avec la Russie. Mais celle-ci s’appliquerait aux pays signataires de l’union douanière avec Moscou, dont la controversée Biélorussie. -
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).