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23-Oct-2013 Jakarta Globe
Indonesia to prioritize palm oil in talks with EU
The Indonesian government has made it clear that the inclusion of palm-oil products is at the top of its priorities in the talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the European Union, suggesting that a deal may not be possible without some compromise. -
23-Oct-2013 Prensa Latina
Ecuador for alternatives to bilateral investment treaties
Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño announced today that Ecuador looks for alternatives to the Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) -TIB in Spanish- signed with other countries and considered dangerous to national sovereignty. -
23-Oct-2013 Xinhua
Entrepreneurs, former officials call for resuming China-US investment treaty talks
Chinese and American business leaders and former officials on Tuesday called for the China-US talks on signing a bilateral trade and investment treaty to be resumed. -
23-Oct-2013 Bloomberg
Canadian takeovers made easier with Europe trade accord
Under the EU-Canada FTA, Canada will raise the threshold for reviewing foreign investment from EU countries to C$1.5 billion ($1.5 billion) and also raise the threshold for all countries it has free trade agreements with, including the US. -
23-Oct-2013
Call to end the WTO and stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements
More than 90 organizations and social movements are part of the Call to End the WTO and Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements. Join us in the EndWTO Bali Week of Action! Sign the call and register. -
22-Oct-2013 The Hill
American agriculture, GMOs and Europe
European law firm advises on how US companies should lobby the EU to get doors opened to GMOs -
22-Oct-2013 This Day
Nigeria moves to resist, as EU tries to impose EPA
The Nigerian government and other stakeholders of the economy are preparing a stiff resistance against the European Union’s renewed plan to foist a questionable Economic Partnership Agreement on Nigeria, THISDAY has learnt. -
21-Oct-2013 Kyodo
Japan, EU begin 3rd round of free trade talks
Japan and the European Union began their third round of free trade negotiations in Brussels on Monday, aiming to engage in full-fledged discussions on tariffs and other trade barriers. -
21-Oct-2013 The Australian
Mitsubishi boss keen to seal free-trade deal
The chairman of Mitsubishi — a huge investor in Australia’s resource industry — has urged Japan and Australia not to miss the current "window of opportunity" and clinch the long-awaited free-trade agreement. -
21-Oct-2013 Tax News
EU trade ministers back wider ASEAN mandate
The European Commission is to launch negotiations on investment protection with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as part of ongoing free trade talks. -
21-Oct-2013 Huffington Post
CETA: What’s In the Canada-EU free trade deal?
Reporters got access to some CETA documents on Friday, but they were vague and, in the words of the Globe and Mail’s Bill Curry, the documents “don’t list what Canada gave up.” -
21-Oct-2013 TUC
Who regulates best, the US or EU? #TTIP
The US and European trade union movements don’t want to see any weakening of standards through TTIP. Froman and deGucht have said they don’t want that either, but successive trade deals have done precisely that. -
18-Oct-2013 Livemint
FTA between India and EFTA by early next year: Linus Von Castelmur
Swiss envoy says both sides are trying to seal the deal before the general election in India next year -
18-Oct-2013 Economic Times
EU should allow easier entry for Indian professionals to support free trade pact: Icrier
The European Union should allow easier entry and movement of Indian professionals in order to generate support for the free trade pact between the two that’s been under negotiation for the last six years, Indian think tank Icrier said in a study commissioned by the 27-country grouping. -
18-Oct-2013 The Nation
FTA Watch condemns bid to amend Article 190
Thai advocacy group FTA Watch yesterday issued a statement condemning attempts to end legislative scrutiny of negotiations concerning international trade agreements. -
17-Oct-2013 PANG
EPA is no more
In a surprise move this week, the European Union has moved to suspend negotiations for a new economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the islands of the Pacific, ISLANDS BUSINESS has been told. -
17-Oct-2013 Radio New Zealand International
EU reported to have called off Pacific negotiations on EPA
The Solomon Islands government says the European Union has suspended negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement between 14 Pacific Island Countries and the EU - 9 years after its EPA was launched in September, 2004. -
17-Oct-2013 Lexology
Panama, Colombia sign free trade agreement
Panama has signed a free trade agreement with Colombia, making a step forward to join the Pacific Alliance. -
17-Oct-2013 Dow Jones Newswires
China worried about Ecuador move to end bilateral investment treaties
Ecuador’s decision to end bilateral investment treaties with all countries and take disputes to a new regional arbitration body has raised concerns among Chinese investors. -
17-Oct-2013 rabble.ca
Canada-EU trade deal: Sell-out or celebration? Public needs a veto on massive corporate rights treaty
Responding to reports today that Canada and the European Union have concluded negotiations on a massive new corporate rights treaty called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Council of Canadians is demanding that parliament and the public be given an opportunity to review and make changes to the deal, or even to reject it outright, before it can be signed.