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27-Feb-2019 Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Chevron Vs Ecuador: international arbitration & impunity (ISDS case)
In February of 2011 the Ecuadorian Courts delivered an historic verdict, sentencing the Big Oil Corporation Chevron to pay US$9,500 million dollars for its contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon (1964-1992). However, Chevron hit back via the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system and sued Ecuador.
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27-Feb-2019 The ASEAN Post
India seeks better trade, connectivity with ASEAN
India is hoping that better connectivity will help boost trade ties with ASEAN and decrease its trade deficit with the 10-member bloc -
26-Feb-2019 The Mainichi
Japan, US likely to launch trade talks in April or May
Japan and the United States will likely launch trade talks in April or May, later than initially planned, as Washington needs to focus first on ongoing negotiations with Beijing to settle a tariff war. -
26-Feb-2019 AKI Press
Kyrgyzstan ratifies EAEU-China agreement on trade, economic cooperation
Kyrgyzstan President has ratified the trade-economic cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union member states from one side and China from the other. -
26-Feb-2019 Rabble
New NAFTA faces ratification deadlock
Faced with real 21st century problems — climate change and global inequality exacerbated by globalization and trade agreements — we cannot accept this unambitious agreement which fails to live up to major existential challenges. -
26-Feb-2019 EJIL: Talk!
The post-TTIP transatlantic cooperation on trade: Stepping up conformity assessment
Conformity assessment cooperation does not imply cooperation on the content of regulatory disciplines, making it a less ambitious mechanism than as had been initially intended under the TTIP. -
26-Feb-2019 Yellowhead Institute
Lessons from Aotearoa: The indigenous “exception” clause in free trade agreements
Exception clauses amount to little more than tokenism, and short-change our full rights to determine trade relationships on our land and oceanic territories. -
26-Feb-2019 CBC
Canada ordered to pay US concrete company $7M in NAFTA case
Long-running case began after New Jersey company’s bid to open a quarry in Nova Scotia rejected in 2007 -
25-Feb-2019 The East African
Why East Africa needs new funding sources
Seatini said East African countries should find alternative ways to finance development projects rather than depend on public-private partnerships and bilateral investment treaties, which have cost the region dearly. -
25-Feb-2019 The International News
Pakistan, China set to ink FTA-II by June 2019
Pakistan and China are set to ink much-awaited second free trade agreement by June 2019 and to this effect a technical experts’ delegation from Islamabad will leave for China by end of February. -
25-Feb-2019 The Ecologist
TTIP rises from the grave?
There should be no trade negotiations with countries that are not even willing to sign up to the minimal commitments of the Paris Agreement. Global commitments towards stopping climate change must come before the interests of the car industry lobbyists. -
25-Feb-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
ASEAN and Japan to ink revamped economic pact in March
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are finalizing updates to their economic partnership agreement to resolve shelved issues on liberalizing the investment and service fields, completing a deal that took effect over a decade ago. -
25-Feb-2019 Pakistan Today
EFTA shows interest to sign Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – comprised of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland - has shown interest to sign Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan. -
25-Feb-2019 People Over Profit
Indonesian women’s group reject RCEP
Intervention from Retno Dewi of Indonesian women’s organization SERUNI during the RCEP Stakeholders Consultation for the 25th RCEP TNC Meeting in Westin Hotel, Bali, Indonesia.
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25-Feb-2019 Forum against FTAs
Sign-on letter from India against IPR on seed
A mega free trade agreement, like RCEP that undermines farmers’ seed freedoms in a mega diverse country, with seed diversity and farmers’ knowledge is unacceptable, say over 50 groups and citizens -
25-Feb-2019 People Over Profit
Indonesian activists storm 25th RCEP negotiations in Bali
Press Release: Indonesian activists storm 25th RCEP negotiations in Bali -
25-Feb-2019
People’s movements urge countries to stop RCEP negotiations
Press release: Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice urges governments not to agree on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. -
25-Feb-2019 Reuters
EU no closer to Mercosur deal but sees US beef quota fix in weeks
The EU was looking for concessions in relation to cars, car parts, rules of origins, public procurement, the maritime sector, dairy and geographic indications, ahead of a next round of negotiations in March. -
23-Feb-2019 New Internationalist
Winners and losers
How the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power. -
23-Feb-2019 Open Democracy
Revealed: How dark money is winning ‘the Brexit influencing game’
Documents show the “unfettered” access to ministers and senior politicians enjoyed by secretive think tanks that are “marching the country” to a no-deal Brexit and radical free-trade deals.