bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

Articles by language

English
Tagalog
Study on Asia-Pacific Free-Trade pact approved — update
9-Nov-2014 Dow Jones Newswires
China got APEC trade ministers to agree on a two-year study of a potential FTAAP, but not a launch of negotiations as it wanted.
TTIP’s suit of arms
8-Nov-2014 ALAI
The entire treaty making-process of the TTIP smashes the fundamental principles of the Rule of Law (ie, citizens’ procedural safeguards such as transparency, separation of powers, parliamentary debates…).
NZers rally against free trade deal
7-Nov-2014 AAP
People power rather than the interests of corporations will be at the heart of rallies across New Zealand opposing the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement this weekend, protest organisers say.
After its victory, Team Bush resumes its crusade for free trade
7-Nov-2014 AFP
Reassured by the renewed confidence of the American voters, President George W. Bush is going to pursue, even accelerate his free trade strategy in next four years by giving special support to bilateral agreements.
China’s push for Asia-Pacific free trade area gains ground
7-Nov-2014 Straits Times
China’s push for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) at the upcoming Apec summit has cleared the first hurdle, with senior officials of the 21-member grouping agreeing to launch a feasibility study.
EU-Africa free trade agreement ’destroys’ development policy, says Merkel advisor
7-Nov-2014 EurActiv
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Africa Commissioner, Günter Nooke issued harsh criticism of the EU’s joint free trade deal with multiple African countries, claiming the EPA counteracts Europe’s development policy efforts.
Australia’s ’billion dollar’ China deal
7-Nov-2014 The Diplomat
Local news reported Friday that Australia was on the brink of inking with China a cattle export deal worth close to A$1 billion ($858 million), a figure that would apparently translate into some one million head of cattle. Others have suggested those figures are fanciful.
Apec ministers ready trade roadmap
7-Nov-2014 Bangkok Post
The road map will not include detailed steps for when and how to crystallize the vision of the massive Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific being pushed by Beijing, amid reluctance expressed by the United States, negotiation sources say.
Park, Xi set to celebrate FTA in Beijing
7-Nov-2014 Korea Times
Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed to make the utmost effort to finalize ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) during talks in Beijing on Friday.
Putin labels Trans-Pacific Partnership US attempt to benefit from regional trade
7-Nov-2014 Ria Novosti
The Trans-Pacific Partnership represents Washington’s bid to establish new trade and economic cooperation specifically for its own benefit, Russian President Vladimir Putin told China’s main media outlets in a Thursday interview.
WATCH It’s Our Future: why the TPP should matter to you
7-Nov-2014 Boing Boing
One of the most controversial parts of the TPP is the changes to copyright and Intellectual Property rights that would affect how we share and collaborate online.
EU-Japan FTA - open Letter to Commissioner Karel de Gucht
7-Nov-2014 TNI
In an open letter Japanese & European groups call for transparency in the EU-Japan trade talks and removing the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS) from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
China, ASEAN to accelerate upgraded FTA negotiations
6-Nov-2014 Xinhua
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will accelerate negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2015, a Chinese government official said on Thursday.
More than 700,000 tell Congress: Fast Track is the wrong path
6-Nov-2014 Huffington Post
Today, representatives from environmental, labor, food and farm, consumer rights and other fair trade allies delivered to US Congress more than 700,000 petitions opposing "fast track"—a piece of legislation that would push harmful trade agreements like the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through Congress without any meaningful oversight or assurances that the trade pacts would actually benefit workers, families, and the environment.
Beijing, Washington locked in FTA race
6-Nov-2014 China Daily
There appears to be a race between the United States and China to dominate the rules-setting game for trade by being the first to announce plans of realising a Free Trade Agreement for the Asia-Pacific — with billions of dollars in trade at stake.
Ecuador in a hurry to seal trade pact with Japan - minister
6-Nov-2014 EFE
Ecuador’s Foreign Trade Minister Francisco Rivadeneira hopes to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement with Japan as soon as possible, he told Efe in an interview on Thursday.
Colombia: FTA negotiations with Japan progresses
6-Nov-2014 Portafolio
The eighth round of negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement between Colombia and Japan took place last week in Bogotá.
TTIP: new Commission divided over the future of ISDS in EU trade policy
6-Nov-2014 ViEUws
Jennifer Baker is joined by Richard More O’Ferrall, spokesperson for the Greens Group, to discuss the future of trade negotiations between the European Union and United States under the new Juncker Commission.
Brazil faces challenges in international trade
6-Nov-2014 ANBA
According to Demétrio Magnoli, Brazil must become a member of trade blocs to avoid isolation, but the ideological view of the Brazilian Workers Party prevents this.
TDM Call for Papers: CETA special
6-Nov-2014 TDM
The editors of Transnational Dispute Management journal invite contributions to a special edition on CETA