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10-Dec-2012 AFP
Protests turn violent at trade talks in New Zealand
A protest aimed at disrupting Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks in New Zealand turned violent as demonstrators attacked security forces, police said. -
10-Dec-2012 SOMO
New free trade agreements threaten financial reforms
While financial reforms are ongoing in the EU and many other countries, little attention is paid to free trade agreements that continue to liberalise financial services as well as restrict regulatory freedom (‘policy space’) and controls on capital movements. -
8-Dec-2012 AJE
Will the Pacific trade deal protect workers?
Al Jazeera ask if the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations have rendered democratic decision-making irrelevant.
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7-Dec-2012 Yonhap
S. Korea to prioritize FTA with China
South Korea will prioritize the conclusion of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China over a possible trilateral free trade deal that further encompasses Japan, Seoul’s top envoy to Beijing has said. -
6-Dec-2012 South Centre
Hazards in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs): Investors’ rights v. public health
Developing countries that have signed BITs should start a process of review and eventual renegotiation or denunciation, writes Carlos Correa -
6-Dec-2012 Washington Post
A free-trade agreement with Europe?
Clinton is said to envision an “economic NATO” — a comprehensive agreement between the US and the EU covering trade in goods, services, investment and agriculture. -
6-Dec-2012 IDN
The evils of bilateral investment treaties – Analysis
While multinational corporations such as Philip Morris dispose of the financial means to pay for elite law advice, developing countries don’t. -
6-Dec-2012 Beacon News
Canada-China investment treaty should be delayed – Suzuki
Should the government of Canada sign agreements if they subject our workers to unfair competition from lower-paid employees from investor nations, hinder our ability to protect the environment or give foreign companies and governments excessive control over local policies and valuable resources?, asks David Suzuki -
6-Dec-2012 The Nation
TPP vs. RCEP: A new Washington-Beijing tug-of-war?
How the Thai government navigates the contest between the United States and China in the economic sphere will be a litmus test of Thailand’s diplomatic and political skills. -
6-Dec-2012 The Nation
The public must be heard on free trade proposals
With Thailand set to join numerous trading blocs, it is essential that the govt opens a public discussion, as this issue will affect everyone -
6-Dec-2012 Bangkok Post
Thailand: Cabinet approves EU FTA talking points
The framework of the Thai-EU free trade agreement will be scrutinised by parliament as required by the charter before bilateral talks on 17 trade issues can proceed. -
6-Dec-2012 Colombia Report
Colombia FTA with EU may increase money laundering: Report
A free trade pact between the EU, Colombia and Peru will increase the risk of illegal money flows and capital flight, said a report Wednesday from a group of Members of the European Parliament. -
6-Dec-2012 Kyiv Post
EU-Ukraine FTA (draft, 2012)
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5-Dec-2012 Transnational Institute / Corporate Europe Observatory
Cuando la injusticia es negocio
Un pequeño grupo de firmas de abogados, árbitros y especuladores financieros internacionales está alimentando un auge del arbitraje de inversiones que cuesta a los ciudadanos miles de millones de dólares de sus impuestos e impide que se adopten leyes en pro del interés público -
5-Dec-2012 Triple Crisis Blog
Putting a Spotlight on the Arbitration Industry
“There is little use in going to law with the devil while the court is held in hell.” These words from an unlikely source – Humphrey O’Sullivan, a 19th Century Irish schoolmaster – became a widely used argument by multinational companies in the last decade as they justified the construction of an international arbitration system to decide state-investor disputes. -
5-Dec-2012 Transnational Institute / Corporate Europe Observatory
Profiting from injustice
A small club of international law firms, arbitrators and financial speculators are fuelling an investment arbitration boom that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars and preventing legislation in the public interest. -
5-Dec-2012 MercoPress
EU and Mercosur to resume free trade talks at two events next January
The European Union and Mercosur will resume talks on a free trade agreement during a coming summit in Brazil and later at a meeting in Santiago de Chile, both in January, -
4-Dec-2012 S2B Network
EU-Canada FTA (CETA): landing zones (draft, Nov 2012)
CETA Landing Zones - November 2012 -
4-Dec-2012 Dominion Post
Activists stage TPP boxing match
Activist group Aotearoa is Not for Sale Wellington staged a symbolic boxing match protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement today. -
4-Dec-2012 Business Day
New statism: what replaces canned investment treaties?
What is remarkable about South Africa’s move against the EU is the lack of bilateral consultation before terminating its BITs as much as the proposal, almost novel in international investment law, that all future investment arbitration with SA should be domesticated.