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As Pacific trade deal is signed pharma holds key to US ratification
5-Feb-2016 FT
One immediate obstacle to getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership through US Congress lives in Jan Kemper’s laboratory an hour’s drive from the White House.
Trade officials sign the TPP but it’s still up to lawmakers to reject it
4-Feb-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
While trade leaders tout the signature of the agreement today, the TPP continues to attract international criticism.
Controversial TPP pact signed amid New Zealand protests
4-Feb-2016 Al Jazeera
One of the biggest and most controversial trade deals in history was signed on Thursday by ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, as hundreds of protesters hit the streets of Auckland to denounce it.
Opinion on the establishment of an investment tribunal in TTIP
3-Feb-2016 DRB
The German Magistrates Association rejects the proposal of the European Commission to establish an investment court within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
The planned regulatory cooperation between the European Union and Canada and the USA according to the CETA and TTIP drafts
3-Feb-2016 AK
This legal opinion focuses on the institutionalized regulatory cooperation envisaged in CETA and TTIP.
M’sia-EU FTA likely to conclude soon
3-Feb-2016 The Star
After a five-year process, negotiations for a Malaysia-Euro­pean Union Free Trade Agreement is expected to conclude.
This secret UK-Eurotunnel tribunal reveals something disturbing about refugees and TTIP
3-Feb-2016 The Independent
Other infamous examples of ISDS include Philip Morris, the tobacco giant, suing the Australian government for introducing plain cigarette packaging
Brussels biotech lobby’s last push for ’GM 2.0’ technologies to escape regulation
3-Feb-2016 The Ecologist
With TTIP negotiations proceeding apace, environmental and sustainable farming groups must stay actively protect our hard-won - albeit imperfect - GM laws.
UN expert urges Pacific Rim countries not to sign the TPP without committing to human rights and development
3-Feb-2016 OHCHR
UN human rights expert called on Governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without reaffirming their human rights treaty obligations and their recent pledges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
India-EU FTA talks’ revival likely to be delayed
2-Feb-2016 Live Mint
Deal’s fate rests on ‘talks about talks’ between senior officials as EU demands greater flexibility on imports.
The future of rice farming in Japan
2-Feb-2016 The Japan Times
There is growing concern among Japanese farmers that the country’s rice-producing capabilities are diminishing in the face of international trade pacts such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
AEC not so sweet a deal: sugar exporter
2-Feb-2016 Khmer Times
The sweet promise that the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) would pave the way for a single market among the 10-member bloc of more than 600 million people at the end of last year has so far excluded sugar exports from Cambodia.
RCEP to seek tariff pact by year-end
2-Feb-2016 The Nation
Officials from 16 countries will try to wrap up negotiations by the end of 2016 on integration in trade, services and investment under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Ukraine to sign a free trade agreement with Canada this year
2-Feb-2016 Ukrinform
Ukraine will sign a free trade agreement with Canada and will accelerate relevant talks with Turkey and Israel.
TTIP transparency ’farce’ as Germany opens MP reading room
1-Feb-2016 War on Want
German MPs will be granted restricted access to documents from secret EU-US trade negotiations. Access to the documents will only be possible under supervision.
For Canadian innovators, will TPP mean protection – or colonialism?
1-Feb-2016 The Globe and Mail
Despite Canada’s 14 new free-trade deals, Canada posted record trade deficits and shrinking exports throughout 2015 as prices for tangible commodities fell.
Look to Honduras for reasons the TPP will fail
1-Feb-2016 AFL-CIO
The U.S. government claims the labor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership are “gold standard,” but we need to look no further than Honduras to see how inadequate and unenforced labor obligations endanger workers’ lives.
TPP protesters alarmed by corruption, urge leaders not to sign
1-Feb-2016 Tele Sur
Bribery allegations against Japan’s lead TPP negotiator have sparked public concerns that corruption may have influenced the corporate-friendly deal.
What economists got wrong about free trade
1-Feb-2016 The Atlantic
Considering how Chinese imports have affected American workers, the downsides of global exchange are much more intense and enduring than many make them out to be.
Canadian miners can take Kazakhstan to court for seized assets, rules tribunal
1-Feb-2016 Mining
Eligible Canadian investors with property confiscated by the government of Kazakhstan are now legally entitled to international arbitration under the Canada/USSR BIT.