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Labour’s TPPA-11 spin omits inconvenient details
13-Nov-2017 Scoop
"[New Zealand’s] new government has begun to spin its achievements, while omitting some inconvenient details", says law professor Jane Kelsey.
The "Ardern Clause" in TPP: A novel approach to curbing investment-state dispute settlement
13-Nov-2017 IELP Blog
New Zealand’s new Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is on the record as stating that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) must not be a part of any future trade agreements signed by New Zealand.
How Canada allied with Mexico to fend off TPP pressure from Japan, Australia
13-Nov-2017 The Globe and Mail
From the outside, it looked like yet another bilateral meeting between Justin Trudeau and his continental ally, Enrique Pena Nieto, on the sidelines of yet another leaders’ summit.
Duterte calls for stronger ties between APEC, ASEAN
13-Nov-2017 Rappler
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at an informal dialogue that is the first of its kind between APEC and ASEAN.
CSOs take a stand against corporate agenda at ASEAN People’s Forum 2017
13-Nov-2017 APWLD
Civil society urges the ASEAN Member States to take people-centred approach.
CPTPP or TPP11 for trade nerds
13-Nov-2017 Asian Trade Centre
So what happened and what is new?
EU-Japan FTA - draft intellectual property chapter (May 2017)
11-Nov-2017 Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
Trans-Pacific trade deal advances without United States
11-Nov-2017 Reuters
Countries in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal have agreed on the core elements to move ahead without the United States, after last-minute resistance from Canada raised new doubts about its survival.
Women’s rights groups in Asia Pacific express relief on collapse of TPP
10-Nov-2017 APWLD
Women’s Rights Organisations expressed support for Canada’s reluctance to finalise the TPP11 negotiations at the APEC meeting today calling it a deal that would “deepen inequality” and “trade people for profit”
Peru-Australia free trade deal to boost sugar, beef, rice and wine for exporters
10-Nov-2017 ABC
Australian exporters will soon have market access to one of Latin America’s fastest growing economies with the signing of the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Investment negotiations to continue unhindered
10-Nov-2017 China Daily
Negotiations concerning a bilateral investment treaty between China and the United States will not be delayed or obstructed by trade disputes because both countries are under pressure to stimulate their economies, officials and experts said.
Update on legal proceedings re Chatree gold mine, Thailand
10-Nov-2017 Irasia
The purpose of this release is to introduce the team, and to briefly describe the two claims and the processes to be followed in prosecuting each claim.
Putin voices support for Asia Pacific FTA
10-Nov-2017 CanIndia
Russia supports the idea of establishing a free trade area (FTA) in the Asia Pacific region, which is believed to enhance the country’s position in the region’s market, President Vladimir Putin said.
Angry protesters disrupt public hearing on KORUS FTA
10-Nov-2017 Yonhap
South Korea held a public hearing on the free trade agreement with the United States to collect opinions from different circles, but it was disrupted by angry farmers and livestock breeders who claimed massive damage from the market opening.
No deal: How the TPP talks collapsed
10-Nov-2017 NZ Herald
The future of TPP has been thrown into doubt after Canada’s sudden refusal to attend the final leaders’ meeting in Danang, Vietnam, which was then cancelled.
11 nations agree in principle on TPP Pacific trade deal
9-Nov-2017 Nikkei
After months of negotiation, the remaining 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal have reached agreement on the trade pact in principle on the ministerial level.
India, EU to hold free trade talks next week
9-Nov-2017 Live Mint
India, EU chief trade negotiators will meet next week in New Delhi to hammer out a way forward for the long-pending free trade agreement negotiations between the two sides.
Stans Energy awarded USD$ 222,241 and additional costs by London court
9-Nov-2017 Digital Journal
To date, the Republic has not complied with the order and the Company is considering various options for enforcement of the award.
ASEAN economic integration by whom? for whom?
9-Nov-2017 APRN
ASEAN member states must end policies, laws and institutional practices, including free trade and investment agreements that violate the people’s rights.
When climate leaders protect dirty investments
9-Nov-2017 Project Syndicate
Much of the problem can be traced to bilateral investment treaties and investment rules embedded within broader trade pacts.