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Free trade and austerity: an explosive cocktail
18-Dec-2014 Mediapart
On 19 December 2014, thousands of Europeans will gather in Brussels to surround the European Summit of Heads of State.
Lebanon signs Latin American free trade pact
18-Dec-2014 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Busines...
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil signed a free-trade agreement with the Mercosur countries of Latin America, stressing the importance of maintaining good relations with the bloc.
Why is govt in a hurry to pay TCC for Reko Diq?
18-Dec-2014
The Nawaz Sharif government is in an unnecessary haste to settle and pay millions, possibly billions, of dollars as compensation for the Reko Diq gold and copper mines to a discredited and ousted Canadian-Chilean mining consortium, a decision if made may resemble the infamous circular debt payment of Rs500 billion in the early days of the PML-N government.
Europe’s business community’s "clarion call" for vital EU-US trade deal
18-Dec-2014 Global Trader
"TTIP could be worth up to €120bn to the EU every year" claims Confederation of British Industry as it hosts a business lobby meeting to trumpet for an EU-US trade treaty.
FTA talks with Nigeria on the cards
18-Dec-2014
Pakistan is working on a proposal for early initiation of negotiations with Nigeria on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade.
Vietnam, Customs Union wrap up FTA talks
18-Dec-2014 Thanh Nien News
Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have concluded negotiations on their free trade agreement that covers trade, investment, rules of origin, intellectual property, customs facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures among others.
Vietnam and South Korea complete free trade agreement
18-Dec-2014 Vietnam Briefing
South Korea and Vietnam have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement that will remove import tariffs on more than 90 percent of all products.
Leak shows: Trade treaty TiSA could undermine national data protection regulations
18-Dec-2014 Netzpolitik.org
The secretly negotiated trade treaty TiSA — short for “Agreement on Trade in Services” — jeopardizes privacy protection in international data transfers.
Colombian Congress approves FTA with South Korea
18-Dec-2014 Bernama
The objections to Colombia’s trade deal with Seoul, which should be approved by the Executive, came from both the left-wing and the right-wing opposition, as well as part of the business sector.
Sino-US investment treaty sees major progress
18-Dec-2014 Xinhua
China and the United States are finalizing text checks on a bilateral investment treaty and will formally exchange negative lists at the beginning of next year
Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The TTIP’s Achilles heel?
18-Dec-2014 BEUC
A high level panel discussion on TTIP organised by BEUC, FOEE and AK Europa (video)
TISA - provisions all services (draft of Apr 2014) and professional services (draft of Sep 2014)
18-Dec-2014 AWP
as leaked by AWP on 17 Dec 2014
Proposal of new provisions applicable to all services of the secret TISA negotiations
18-Dec-2014 AWP
AWP releases a bilingual copy of the Proposal of New Provisions Applicable to All Services and the Annex on Professional Services of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA).
Leaked TISA text exposes US threat to privacy, civil rights, data security
18-Dec-2014 AFTINET
‘Leaked US proposals in the Trade in the secret Services (TISA) negotiations include rules that would threaten privacy and civil rights protections for digital personal data’ Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) said today.
CETA draft: Important positions taken by the French National Assembly also relevant for TTIP/TAFTA and the EPAs
18-Dec-2014 Mediapart
On the 23 November 2014, the French National Assembly adopted a resolution whose importance cannot escape the attention of citizens who are opposed to the EU-Canada, EU-US and similar trade agreements.
China said to signal lifting ban on imports of GMO corn variety
17-Dec-2014 Bloomberg
China has told traders and officials that it approved lifting a ban on imports of a genetically-modified corn variety that’s commonly grown in the US as trade talks between the two countries begin today.
TISA negotiations: Yes to e-commerce, data flows, no to IPR, data protection?
17-Dec-2014 IP Watch
After two years of negotiations, the draft Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) stands at 17 horizontal and sector-specific proposals, negotiators told Intellectual Property Watch after the 2-5 December Geneva round of negotiations
New bilateral investment treaties will help India avoid arbitration
17-Dec-2014 Economic Times
Bilateral investment treaties that the government of India will enter into from now on will have a provision preventing foreign investors to drag India to arbitration on any issues that have been settled by a judicial authority.
EU keen to take restart stalled BTIA negotiations with India
17-Dec-2014 PTI
Faced with slowdown and recession in some of its key economies, the European Union has approached India for restarting negotiations on the stalled free trade agreement, a top official has said.
EFTA states plan response to TTIP
17-Dec-2014 Tax-News
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries could be faced with important challenges from the proposed European Union-United States free trade agreement known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Swiss Federal Councillor Johan Schneider-Amman has said.