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EU-Canada FTA (CETA) (consolidated draft, 1 Aug 2014)
13-Aug-2014
As leaked by German news outlet Tagesschau
EU-ECOWAS EPA (draft, Feb 2014)
13-Aug-2014
AFTINET on ISDS
13-Aug-2014 AFTINET
Australia Fair Trade and Invesment Network’s Convener, Dr Patricia Ranald, gave evidence to the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs Defense & Trade on the 6th August 2014 about the dangers of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in trade agreements.
Website reveals how US could rewrite Australian medicine, media content and data storage laws through Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP)
13-Aug-2014 AFTINET
“A new website has been launched today http://tppnocertification.org/ which reveals that the United States claims the right to vet and approve other countries’ laws before it will allow a trade and investment treaty to come into force,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment network, said today.
West Africa: New pact aims to expand trade between US, West Africa
13-Aug-2014 US Department of State
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States have signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA), usually a precursor to a US FTA.
FTAs key for Aus agribusiness: Rabo
13-Aug-2014 North Queensland Register
A new report released by global agribusiness specialist Rabobank points to free trade agreements (FTAs) and building strategic government and business relationships as the keys to improving market access for Australian exporters.
Russia to boost agri-trade with Egypt after EU food ban
13-Aug-2014 Reuters
Russia will increase exports of wheat to Egypt and imports of other agriculture products from it, Russian officials said on Tuesday as the two countries discussed the potential for a free trade zone.
Peru to begin FTA negotiations with Indonesia, India
13-Aug-2014 Bernama
The governments of Peru and Indonesia have completed a joint feasibility study in order to reach a free trade agreement, announced Tuesday Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva.
Demand for cross-border movement of professional manpower increasing in FTA talks
13-Aug-2014 Business Korea
The Korean government is planning to carry out a study on the import of professional manpower such as consultants, engineers and lawyers and its impact on the domestic job market, as the issue is emerging in FTA negotiations across the world,
EU-Canada FTA
13-Aug-2014
Big Tobacco’s £11bn UK attack could send EU-US trade deal up in flames
12-Aug-2014 Civitas
Philip Morris International has threatened to sue Britain for an eye-watering sum over potential losses resulting from our proposed standardised brand-free cigarette packaging laws.
Bear Creek announces its intent to commence an arbitration against Peru - Santa Ana dispute
12-Aug-2014 PR Newswire
Canadian company Bear Creek Mining announces that it intends to commence an arbitration proceeding against the government of Peru under the Canada-Peru FTA.
Illegal EU fish agreement with Morocco now ratified by King
12-Aug-2014 WSRW
The King of Morocco has ratified its dirty fisheries agreement with EU, allowing EU vessels to fish in Western Sahara waters under Moroccan occupation. The European Commission fails in geography regarding the location of the fisheries in communiqué.
‘India should focus on Latin America, Africa, BRICS to counter trans-Pacific challenge’
12-Aug-2014 Hindu Business Line
Commerce Secretary Rajiv Kher has said India should focus on increasing its trade with Latin America, Africa, the BRICS nations and certain countries in the Asean bloc to counter the challenge posed by the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
EU seeks free-trade agreement with Vietnam
12-Aug-2014 AP
European Union’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton says she hopes the deal could be signed before the end of the year.
Risky business or risky politics: what explains investor-state disputes?
12-Aug-2014 IISD
What was once risky business for investors has become “risky politics” for states, critics argue.
Despite the pronouncements, Canada-EU trade deal not set in stone
11-Aug-2014 Globe & Mail
To trade experts, the moving goal line is all part of the game of these complex negotiations. Average Canadians, however, might be forgiven for not knowing the score. Some may even have mistakenly thought the game was already over.
Ecuador wants Korea to start CEPA talks immediately
11-Aug-2014 Korea Times
Ecuadorian Ambassador Nicolas Trujillo Newlin called the Korean government today, urging it begin negotiations toward signing a trade agreement with the country.
India, ASEAN likely to sign FTA later this month
11-Aug-2014 PTI
India and the 10-nation ASEAN are likely to sign the long-delayed free trade agreement in services and investments later this month when their economic and trade ministers meet.
Critical moment to stop the TPP & other rigged trade agreements
11-Aug-2014 Popular Resistance
The opposition is global. At the same time people were acting in the US, 65,000 people protested the TPP in Mexico and more than 1.8 million in Australia called for the text to be made public.