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PNG govt ordered to stop interfering in SDP
25-Jan-2015
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered Papua New Guinea’s government to stop interfering in the management of PNG Sustainable Development Program.
European Commission’s clever ruse to introduce corporate sovereignty regardless of ratification votes in EU
25-Jan-2015 Techdirt
Even if CETA is rejected in Europe, claims under the ISDS chapter would still be possible up to three years afterwards for investments made during the provisional period.
ASEAN to declare single market but delay deeper integration: Malaysia
25-Jan-2015 AFP
ASEAN will officially call itself a single market by year’s end, but “big things” like seamless travel within the 10-nation bloc would only come in 2020, Malaysia’s trade minister told AFP in an interview.
Chevron’s battered image over Ecuador ecological disaster takes another hit in Davos
23-Jan-2015 Amazon Watch
Oil giant wins "lifetime achievement" award for efforts to evade justice
TPP and TTIP: Partners in crime
23-Jan-2015 Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung
Mike Dolan, Vice-President of the Citizens’ Trade Campaign, takes stock of the resistance against both TPP and TTIP in the United States and outlines the strategy we need if we want to prevent the passage of “trade” agreements that threaten to kill jobs, undermine labor standards and environmental regulations, limit access to generic drugs, and even aim to exempt corporations from the judicial process.
EU-US trade talks in ’troubled waters’
23-Jan-2015 EU Observer
EU-US trade talks are “in troubled waters” and need a “fresh start for parliament to approve an agreement”, the chairman of the assembly’s international trade committee has said.
TTIP is ’big bonanza’ for developing countries, EU claims
23-Jan-2015 EurActiv
German Development Minister Gerd Müller counters criticism of TTIP with study on how it will impact developing and newly industrialised countries
Merkel offers Russia free-trade agreement
23-Jan-2015 The Local
Germany would be prepared to negotiate a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Russia as a way out of the deadlocked Ukraine conflict, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Interview: Finnish PM calls for EU-China FTA
23-Jan-2015 Xinhua
"Now we are working very much on trying to agree on a bilateral investment treaty between the EU and China, then hopefully ... get a free trade agreement (FTA) as well," Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb told Xinhua in an interview.
Mexico says Pacific free trade deal ’feasible’ in mid-March
23-Jan-2015 Reuters
A deal on a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade pact could be concluded in mid-March, Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, said on Thursday.
UK aims to pass law to ban branding on cigarette packs before May
22-Jan-2015 Reuters
Cigarette sales have dropped in Australia since plain packaging was introduced on Dec. 1, 2012, prompting Britain to act before its national election in May even as Australia battles international legal challenges from other countries and manufacturers.
West Africa farmers against EU economics, international competition
21-Jan-2015 AFK Insider
Farmers in West Africa fear being overwhelmed by industrial and agrarian products from EU countries under the ECOWAS-EU Economic Partnership Agreement.
India and bilateral investment treaties – are they worth it?
21-Jan-2015 Beyond Brics
Instead of relying only on a treaty-based approach, India should initiate domestic policy reforms to attract and protect foreign investments, argues Kavaljit Singh
Why UK parliament should scrutinise the UK-Ethiopia bilateral investment treaty (BIT)
21-Jan-2015 The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
If TTIP is bad, the UK-Ethiopia BIT is worse, says Lorenzo Cotula of IIED
Government urged to protect interests of UK poultry farmers
21-Jan-2015 Western Morning News
The competitiveness of UK poultry producers is at risk if the EU-US trade negotiations proceed on the basis that products are of an ’equivalent’ standard.
India, European Union may resume FTA talks
21-Jan-2015 Jagran Post
After a gap of almost 20 months, India and European Union are likely to resume talks for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost commerce and investment.
Democrats oppose Obama’s demand for fast-tracking Pacific trade deal
21-Jan-2015 The Guardian
Congressional Democrats are set to demonstrate their “lack of support” for the fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) the morning after Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
Missing: Intellectual property rights with a social lens
21-Jan-2015 India Together
The Modi government has moved fast and furious on charting a new policy regarding intellectual property rights, in close contact with the US
PKS demands that agro-food sector should be excluded from TTIP
21-Jan-2015 TASR
The Slovak Food Chamber (PKS) demands that the entire agro-food sector should be excluded from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the USA from the very beginning
Licensed to grab: How international investment rules undermine agrarian justice
20-Jan-2015 TNI
This brief analyses and illustrates how international investment rules thwart the struggle for land and food sovereignty.