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Cambodia urged to join TPP
10-May-2016 Phnom Pehn Post
US Ambassador to Cambodia said that given Vietnam’s participation in the TPP, “it would be a shame for Cambodia to miss out and be left behind”.
Waitangi Tribunal ruling on TPPA – “it was unlikely that the Tribunal in this claim would opt to talk truth to power”
10-May-2016 The Daily Blog
The Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a paradox. Time and again the Tribunal says it is ‘troubled’ and ‘concerned’ about aspects of the TPPA and its implications for Maori.
Financial fissures weaken ASEAN community
10-May-2016 Business Vancouver
The economic gap between high flyers like Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia and laggards like Laos and Myanmar is too wide to be easily bridged.
UAE, Latvia sign deal on economic cooperation
10-May-2016 Khaleej Times
Agreement calls for boosting cooperation in trade, industry, agriculture, transport, tourism and investment.
Maldives, Hong Kong to establish free trade agreements
9-May-2016 Avas
Negotiations are underway to establish a free trade agreement between Maldives and Hong Kong.
Ecuador’s new trade minister comes to Brussels
9-May-2016 Politico
The new Ecuadorian minister of foreign trade said he wants to come to Brussels to push for an acceleration of the EU-Ecuador free trade agreement’s ratification.
Tens of thousands protest TTIP in Rome
9-May-2016 Tele Sur
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the Roman streets to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Irish beef farmers protest over ‘sell-out’ trade talks
6-May-2016 Farmers Weekly
Dozens of Irish farmers staged a demonstration outside the offices of the EU Commission in Dublin, claiming that plans being discussed as part of European trade talks will “sell out” the EU’s beef sector.
NAFTA asparagus
6-May-2016 Crozet Gazette
After Peru signed a TPP-like free trade pact with the U.S. in 2007, it has become the largest exporter of fresh asparagus. But asparagus monoculture/agribusiness has resulted in water shortages in the Ica Valley.
AngloGold files Obuasi dispute with Ghana
6-May-2016 IOL
AngloGold Ashanti said it filed a dispute with Ghana at an international investor arbitration panel due to the country’s failure to protect the company’s Obuasi operation from illegal miners.
A beef with Mercosur
6-May-2016 Politico
The much-maligned EU market-access offer for South American beef, which could be exported at reduced tax rates to the EU under a planned trade deal, is off the negotiating table — for now.
Waitangi Tribunal backs TPP treaty clause
6-May-2016 Radio NZ
The Waitangi Tribunal has backed the Treaty of Waitangi clause in the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Cracks appear in EU-ACP unity at Cotonou meeting in Dakar
6-May-2016 EurActiv
Dissent was heard at the high-level meeting in Dakar of the EU and the 79-member states of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group.
Leaked TTIP documents: threats to regulatory protections
4-May-2016 Public Citizen
Europe, beware. The leaked TTIP text confirms that the United States is trying to export its failed regulatory model.
New EPSU working paper on CETA and TTIP: Potential impacts on health and social services
4-May-2016 EPSU
New working paper highlights the potential harmful impact of CETA and TTIP (and other trade and investment agreements) on healthcare and social services.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft text (April 2016)
3-May-2016 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
PH to push agri agenda at PJEPA talks
3-May-2016 Manila Times
The Philippines will put forward its interests on agriculture sector during the renegotiation of the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA).
China to sign FTA with Sri Lanka in line with trade arrangement with Pakistan
3-May-2016 The Nation
China after having successful free trade agreement with Pakistan, now agreed to reach similar arrangements with Sri Lanka for free trade regime.
Why releasing text isn’t enough: behind the scenes of TTIP
3-May-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
As welcome as the leak is, it doesn’t fix these systemic flaws in the process of negotiating trade agreements such as TTIP and the TPP.
PH, EU to commence free-trade negotiations
3-May-2016 Inquirer
The Philippine government is gearing for its first round of negotiations with the 28-member European Union for a free trade agreement.