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Intellectual property protection is hurting Ebola victims
21-Oct-2014 Intellectual Property Brief
Many critics are pointing out that the lack of an Ebola vaccine is due to the intellectual property protections offered through trade deals like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Peruvian patients reject TPP claiming it will affect their access to medication
21-Oct-2014 TeleSur
Social organizations defending the interests of health patients have spoken out against the TPP.
China to repeal coal tariff after FTA
21-Oct-2014 Business Spectator
China has promised to repeal the newly introduced tariff on Australia coal imports once a free trade agreement between the two countries is finalised.
Trans-Pacific Partnership piles up challenges for democracy
21-Oct-2014 The Conversation
The US is again driving the TPP agenda on behalf of its major export industries, but the TPP proposals are more extreme than the Australia-US FTA, writes Pat Ranald.
Kenya: Why we got a raw deal in EPA
20-Oct-2014 The Standard
The issues that had remained in contention until last week are critical for Kenya and EAC’s future development, but we capitulated.
Guatemala, India begin free trade agreement talks
20-Oct-2014 Tax News
Officials from Guatemala and India on October 15, 2014, formally agreed to begin negotiations towards a free trade agreement (FTA).
Foreign investment concerns loom large as Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb talks up China Free Trade Agreement
20-Oct-2014 ABC
Trade Minister Robb went to talk about the looming China-Australia FTA with dairy farmers, but they wanted to talk about China buying Australian farmland and taking over their farms instead.
Experts condemn possible TPP trade-offs as talks resume
20-Oct-2014 Scoop Media
MPs, public health and copyright experts condemn possible TPP trade-offs as talks resume in Canberra
TPP rallies in Canberra & Sydney
20-Oct-2014 AFTINET
AFTINET are organising rallies in Canberra and Sydney in time with the TPP negotiations that are being held in Australia this week
Taiwan confirms desire for free trade deal with Australia
18-Oct-2014
Taiwan has confirmed its desire to forge a trade deal with Australia and rejected suggestions that mainland China could "meddle" in its efforts for deeper regional ties.
EU-Singapore FTA - draft investment chapter (Oct 2014)
17-Oct-2014 European Commission
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht warns ’no TTIP without ISDS’
17-Oct-2014 IBT
The European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned that there will be no free trade agreement between the EU and US without the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause.
EU and Singapore conclude investment talks
17-Oct-2014 DG Trade
The European Union and Singapore have concluded the negotiations of the investment part of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA).
EU strikes a comprehensive trade deal with East African Community
17-Oct-2014 DG Trade
Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community finalised today a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between both regions.
US-China free trade could generate $460b in gains -study
17-Oct-2014 China Daily
Peterson Institute says a US-China FTA would generate gains of 0.6% of GDP for the US and 1.9% for China.
Work towards an EU-ASEAN free trade pact: PM Lee
17-Oct-2014 Malaysian Digest
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong thinks more FTAs between Asia and Europe would bring out linkages, especially an EU-ASEAN free trade pact.
British industry pitches for restart of India-European Union trade talks
17-Oct-2014 Hindu Business Line
India and the European Union should restart trade talks and take steps to conclude the much-awaited free trade agreement, said Michael Rake, President of the Confederation of British Industry.
Latest TPP leak shows US still pushing terrible DRM and copyright term proposals—and new threats arise
17-Oct-2014 EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s analysis of the new draft Trans-Pacific Partnership intellectual property chapter leaked by Wikileaks
Malaysia to push for FTA talks with EU
17-Oct-2014 Bernama
Malaysia is keen to push for talks on free trade agreement with the European Union, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the 14th Asia-Europe Business Forum
Departing from TTIP and going plurilateral
17-Oct-2014 Madariaga - College of Europe
European think-tank piece on how TTIP is designed to create a "transatlantic internal market" without the democracy.