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Peru eyes free trade agreement with India
1-Dec-2015
Hoping to increase bilateral trade with India, South American nation Peru is looking to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India in the next three to four years, a successful achievement of which will make it the first Latin American country to have an FTA with India.
Economics minister warns about China-South Korea FTA
1-Dec-2015
TPP mitigation must be effective
1-Dec-2015 The Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration unveiled an outline of measures to help domestic industries cope with the effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Will the TPP free trade agreement have a negative effect on Thailand?
1-Dec-2015 Asian Correspondent
The conclusions of TPP: What is next for Thailand?
Macau and China’s mainland ink new deal on trade services under CEPA
1-Dec-2015 Macau News
Macau and China’s mainland have signed a new agreement under the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), further liberalizing trade in services.
EU to use its chairmanship of TiSA talks on services to push for major progress
1-Dec-2015 Ein News
The EU is to use its chairmanship of the latest round of negotiations for an international agreement on trade in services (TiSA) to push for significant progress on key chapters.
TPP strengthens controversial IP arbitration
1-Dec-2015 IP Watchdog
While the agreement was being negotiated, the US Trade Representative stated that a much-criticized arbitration process included in the TPP would not apply to intellectual property. Turns out, it does apply to IP.
Latin American Parliament supports Ecuador against US oil company
30-Nov-2015 Tele Sur
The resolution calls for an international forum on the implementation of measures to better protect the rights of sovereign countries from exploitative multinationals.
South Korea ratifies free trade agreement with China
30-Nov-2015 New Kerala
The South Korean parliament, during a plenary session, ratified the country’s free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
The secretive trade agreements that could scupper climate change ​action​
30-Nov-2015 The Guardian
Global trade deals like TTIP and TPP will lead to an increase in greenhouse gases and negate any agreement on climate change
Japan to help Thailand join TPP trade bloc, Somkid says
30-Nov-2015 The Bangkok Post
At a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Mr Somkid said Japan had pledged to support Thailand joining the much-touted Trans-Pacific Partnership.
India’s membership of APEC will be win-win for both
30-Nov-2015 New Daily Times
India’s inclusion in APEC is hoped to further integrate the Indian economy into the Asia-Pacific economic milieu as well as boost its ‘Act East Policy’.
Another TPP loser? Canadian trades workers
30-Nov-2015 The Tyee
Trade where we don’t really get anything in return isn’t really ’trade’ at all.
Trade deals could lock in fossil fuel exports to Europe
30-Nov-2015 Rabble
The Natural Resources Defense Council has projected that Europe could be receiving 700,000 barrels of tar sands bitumen a day by 2020.
State-enterprises under threat if Indonesia joins TPP: Experts
30-Nov-2015 The Jakarta Post
"Our state-owned enterprises will be in under serious threat because until now they are under protective policies such as government tender"
Expect influx of foreign workers, professionals under TPP, experts say
29-Nov-2015
An influx of skilled foreign workers is expected under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but the agreement also makes it easier for Canadians to work abroad. Whether the gains and losses will balance themselves out in Canada is up for debate among experts.
TPP & ISDS: new tests for India
27-Nov-2015 Gateway House
For India, the U.S.-driven Trans Pacific Partnership will skew investment and intellectual property rights, and especially the debate over the Investor State Dispute System which allows companies to challenge soverign rights and public policy.
Parties lock horns over Korea-China FTA
27-Nov-2015 Korea Herald
Rival parties clashed over the delayed ratification of a free trade agreement signed between South Korea and China
Negotiator says EU would remove auto tariffs if Japan opens farm market
27-Nov-2015 The Japan Times
The European Union will abolish its tariffs on automobiles only if Japan liberalizes its agricultural sector under a free trade agreement currently being negotiated, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom
Thailand ’highly likely’ to decide to join TPP: deputy prime minister
27-Nov-2015 Reuters
Thailand is "highly likely" to decide to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal (TPP), Thai deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said.