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Japan, EU remain apart in FTA talks
29-Apr-2015 MENAFN
The two sides ended their latest round of free trade talks without narrowing their differences on key issues, reports Japan’s NHK.
Pol says TPP trade deal could jeopardize NYC laws
29-Apr-2015 City Limits
"We cannot tell President Obama what to do. [But] our hard fought victories for protecting the lives of all New Yorkers will be at risk if he signs the TPP."
Transpacific Partnership: Canadian participation has been approved
28-Apr-2015 La Presse Canadienne
The US Chamber of Commerce is in favor of Canada entering into the negotiations for the Transpacific Partnership for a free trade agreement with lucrative Asian markets. So declared the powerful pressure group.
New York City Council considers anti-TPP resolution
28-Apr-2015 City Limits
The New York City Council was due to hold a hearing Monday morning on a resolution by Manhattan member Helen Rosenthal declaring the five boroughs a "TPP-Free Zone" and calling on Congress to deny the president the negotiating authority he seeks.
US deal expiry may hit textile firms
28-Apr-2015 Gulf Daily News
Textile factories in Bahrain fear they could lose millions of dollars in trade and thousands of jobs could go if a tariff agreement with the US is not renewed next year.
TTIP must wait until EU citizens are properly consulted
28-Apr-2015 The Parliament
There are a large number of concerns that must be addressed before an EU-US trade deal can become a reality, says Helmut Scholz.
Massive trade deal could come down to two things: Rice and cars
28-Apr-2015 Politico
Officials are working feverishly to unsnag a deal with Japan and 10 other Asia-Pacific countries.
PH remains keen on joining TPP
28-Apr-2015 Manila Times
The Philippines is not closing its doors on joining the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, but it will wait for the agreement to be finalized first and for the text to become publicly available to be able to make an informed judgment on whether it should join the trade pact or not, a senior trade official said.
[Herald Interview] Korea to defend rice market in TPP talks
28-Apr-2015 Korea Herald
Korea’s top agriculture policymaker has emphasized that the government will not further open the country’s rice market if and when it joins the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership
Is TPP trade deal a massive giveaway to major corporations? An exchange between Obama and Sherrod Brown
28-Apr-2015 Washington Post
Obama leans hard into the idea that TPP’s ISDS will be drawn explicitly to prevent corporate gaming of the litigation process
China is a “major driver” of environmental degradation in Latin America
27-Apr-2015 Diálogo Chino
China’s increased trade and investment in Latin America over the past decade has resulted in powerful social and environmental impacts such as job losses and pollution.
PACER-plus Trade in Services text (draft of April 2015)
27-Apr-2015 Scribd
This is the leaked Draft Trade in Services text from the PACER Plus Intersessional meeting in Port Vila, 31 March - 02 April 2015.
Trade first, then talk human rights, with Saudi Arabia — Key
27-Apr-2015 NBR
New Zealand’s John Key has defended his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, saying a free-trade agreement with the kingdom will allow the two parties to talk about a ‘range of issues’ including human rights abuses.
The long arm of the EU: The Association Agreement and expansionist policies
27-Apr-2015 Counter Currents
The European Union is pursuing a targeted geostrategic goal aimed at extending its sphere of influence, the first priority being to control its immediate “neighbourhood” through association agreements.
Approval of GMO imports moves EU ’closer to Monsanto’
27-Apr-2015 Common Dreams
Environmental advocates say authorization indication of further industry-friendly policies pending trade deal with US will usher in
12-country TPP talks end without a breakthrough
27-Apr-2015 Japan Times
Chief negotiators from 12 countries aiming to forge a Pacific free trade initiative finished four days of talks on Sunday without making major progress.
China’s Hong Kong to ink FTA with ASEAN by 2016 - chief executive
27-Apr-2015 Interaksyon
China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeastern Asian Nations (ASEAN) by 2016, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Sunday.
ASEAN-EU free trade progress to be known by year’s end
27-Apr-2015 World Bulletin
The European Union and a Southeast Asian bloc will reevaluate the possibilities of a regional free trade agreement (FTA) at the end of this year, officials said Sunday.
TTIP stakeholder statement: protect IP from ISDS
26-Apr-2015 InfoJustice.org
There is an increasingly urgent need revise the EU and US ISDS templates to protect IP policy decisions from the ISDS chapters of trade agreements.
TUC’s Owen Tudor: ’We are totally opposed to TTIP’
24-Apr-2015 EurActiv
Shrouded with secrecy and posing a threat to public services, Owen Tudor tells EurActiv why the UK Trade Union Congress doesn’t believe the hype over TTIP, and why exploitation, rather than immigration, should be the cause of people’s concerns.