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TTIP and UN treaty: the EU must stand up for human rights
17-Jul-2015 FIDH
Adopting an ’empty chair’ policy in Geneva instead of engaging in a productive debate, next to the strong trans-institutional push for the Commission-backed TTIP, paints a grim picture of a Europe that puts corporate interest ahead of human rights and companies before people.
How the US is using a secret agreement on services to wriggle out of its WTO obligations
17-Jul-2015 The Wire
It is increasingly evident that the TiSA negotiations are an attempt to pressure developing countries to grant greater liberalisation in sectors of interest to the US and other industrialised countries, without the latter having to pay any price for it, writes Chakravarthi Raghavan
Indian firms advised to increase investment in Vietnam to leverage trade pacts
17-Jul-2015 Tuoi Tre News
Indian companies should set up shop in Vietnam in order to take advantage of Hanoi’s upcoming trade deals with Europe and the US, the government says.
Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
16-Jul-2015 International Institute for Environment and Development
New IIED report finds that investment treaties can have far-reaching implications for land reform, for public action to address “land grabbing” and more generally for land governance frameworks.
Tokyo urges Manila to accept Fukushima farm produce
16-Jul-2015 Manila Times
Tokyo is pressing Manila to relax its import restrictions on farm products from the Fukushima prefecture in exchange for more trade concessions under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, the Department of Agriculture revealed on Wednesday.
India might take two-tier approach in goods trade under RCEP
16-Jul-2015 Business Standard
India is offering 75-80 tariff lines for duty cuts to countries with which it already has an FTA (Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea) and only 40-50 to the others (Australia, NZ, China).
Thailand to pursue free-trade zone with Russia’s EEU
16-Jul-2015 Bangkok Post
Thailand plans to apply for membership in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union and launch a free-trade zone by year-end, a media report said.
Gold mining company that sued Costa Rica files for bankruptcy
16-Jul-2015 Tico Times
Zombie mining company that tried to sue Costa Rica for US$1 billion in lost profits folds.
Colombia and Japan to begin 12th round for Economic Partnership Agreement
15-Jul-2015 EFE
Colombia and Japan will begin the 12th round of negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreement on Tuesday, Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism announced on Monday.
Ottawa, Kyiv ink trade deal during Ukrainian PM’s visit
15-Jul-2015 The Canadian Press
Canada has reached a trade agreement with Ukraine that Prime Minister Stephen Harper says will help the Eastern European country build its economy and establish greater ties with the West.
How global trade agreements undermine sustainable business: The American Sustainable Business Council perspective
15-Jul-2015 Just Means
The American Sustainable Business Council explains that the point of greatest concern in TPP, TTIP and especially the TiSA agreement is the proposal to allow corporations to sue governments in an international tribunal.
TDM 4 (2015) ArbitralWomen/TDM Special
14-Jul-2015 Transnational Dispute Management
In this joint ArbitralWomen/TDM special on "Dealing with Diversity in International Arbitration" the contributing authors from around the globe place the arbitration community under a microscope, analyze critically what they find, ask whether we can do it better with diversity, how diversity will improve the process and how to bring diversity into the mainstream of the arbitration world.
CUPE delegates in Colombia to oppose secret trade deal
14-Jul-2015 Canadian Union of Public Employees
Four national public sector unions have joined forces with sister unions in Colombia to fight against the privatization of public services and to strengthen each other’s struggles to defend human and labour rights.
TTIP: a corporate lobbying paradise
14-Jul-2015 CEO
Which businesses are pushing most for the proposed EU-US trade deal TTIP? Who’s influencing EU negotiators?
TTIP will force all Europeans to take Greece’s medicine
14-Jul-2015 Politics.co.uk
If the Greek crisis has shown how the institutions of the EU will stop at nothing to force through their own brand of capitalist discipline, TTIP is confirmation that we will all soon be tasting the same medicine.
’India-Canada FTA likely to be concluded by March 2016’
14-Jul-2015 PTI
The proposed free trade agreement between India and Canada, which aims to reduce or eliminate duties on a large number of products traded between the two nations, is likely to be concluded by March next year, a senior official told PTI.
The position of REDES – AT Uruguay on the recent ICSID decision
13-Jul-2015 REDES - AT
Devastating news for Uruguay and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
SADC, EU inch closer to ratifying EPA agreement
13-Jul-2015 Southern Times
The European Union and Southern African Development Community are on the verge of finalising the signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement.
Taiwan to propose economic cooperation pact with Australia
13-Jul-2015 CNA
Following signature of the China-Australia FTA last month, Taiwan will express the idea of signing one with Australia at an upcoming vice ministerial-level trade and economic meeting between the two nations in Taipei.
Riding the Pacific trade winds
13-Jul-2015 Indian Express
Labour, environment and IPR standards in the Trans-Pacific Partnership will influence future Indo-US agreements.