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CETA will likely be signed, but it will also implode
8-Aug-2014 rabble.ca
At this point, the text has reportedly been sent to Canadian provincial governments and the European Union member states for initial feedback to be submitted over the next few weeks, reports Brent Patterson.
Two-third of voters in Tory marginals want NHS exempt from US trade pact
8-Aug-2014 The Guardian
More than two-thirds of voters in 13 battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal that critics say threatens to make the privatisation of UK health services permanent.
End in sight for US-Japan TPP talks on agriculture market access, Oe says
8-Aug-2014 International Trade Reporter
The conclusion of agriculture market access talks between the US and Japan is in sight, Japan’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Ambassador Hiroshi Oe said 5 August. The US Trade Representative talked of "some progress".
Japan, Sri Lanka push for trade treaty
8-Aug-2014 Tax News
During their recent meeting in Colombo, the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Japan and Sri Lanka was the main topic of conversation between Rishad Bathiudeen, the Sri Lankan Minister of Industry and Commerce, and the Japanese Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Kazuyoshi Akaba.
Trade talks for first TA with surging ‘Nam on the cards
8-Aug-2014 Asian Tribune
The possibility of a first ever official trade agreement with one of the most discerning Asian suppliers to Sri Lanka has edged closer to reality.
New World Trade Order? Fighting TPP and TTIP/TAFTA
8-Aug-2014 Post Gobalisation Initiative
At the Left Forum 2014, one of the RLS-NYC panels discussed the trade agreements that are currently being negotiated: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, or TAFTA).
’Too many’ Asian free trade agreements survey finds
8-Aug-2014 BBC
A survey of Asian businesses by HSBC has found that there are too many free trade agreements and they are too complicated.
S. Korea, New Zealand fail to make breakthrough in latest FTA talks
8-Aug-2014 Yonhap
The latest round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and New Zealand has ended without a significant breakthrough as the countries remained divided over the agriculture market, the South Korean government said Friday.
ASEAN-India services and investment FTA inches closer to implementation
8-Aug-2014 India Briefing
The ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services and Investment is one step closer to implementation following approval by Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce to accept the terms outlined in the region-wide agreement.
Euro-African trade signifies changing relations
6-Aug-2014 London Economic
From a geopolitical perspective, Europe arguably needs the EPA trade deals with Africa more than Africa does.
EU finalises free trade agreement with Canada
6-Aug-2014 EurActiv
Canada and the European Union have finalised the text of a proposed free trade agreement after months of wrangling, in a deal which is expected to serve as a blueprint for a similar agreement with the United States.
An urgent challenge for the BDS movement
5-Aug-2014 Socialist Worker
On July 10, the Palestinian BDS National Committee issued a call: "We urge people of conscience to intensify their pressure on governments to impose a military embargo on Israel and to suspend free trade and bilateral agreements with it until it fulfills its obligations under international law."
Come clean on Malaysia’s trade with Israel, says PKR MP
5-Aug-2014 Malay Mail
A PKR lawmaker demanded today that Putrajaya reveal the trade relationship between pro-Palestine Malaysia and Israel amid the bloody conflict in Gaza.
Taiwan, China to restart talks on goods free-trade agreement
5-Aug-2014 Reuters
Representatives from China and Taiwan have reached an agreement to restart formal negotiations on a free-trade pact that would eliminate tax on the vast majority of goods flowing between the two, Taiwan officials said Tuesday.
Why developing host countries sign increasingly strict investment agreements
5-Aug-2014 Vox.eu
Despite the failure of the OECD’s MAI negotiations and the lack of agreement to put investment on the WTO’s negotiating agenda, the major source countries of FDI will eventually get close to their objective of a comprehensive web of investment agreements with increasingly stricter investment provisions with those developing countries that compete with each other as hosts of their FDI.
Germany seeks to limit investor protection to save trade deal
5-Aug-2014 FT
The German government expects the Canadian deal will be agreed at an EU-Canada summit in late September but believes that some changes could be ultimately needed in the final wording.
Latin America reacts to Israel’s massacre in Gaza
4-Aug-2014 Mint Press
Latin American countries are now moving to sever diplomatic ties with the settler-colonial state — as some have done in the past — and Chile has already suspended its existing free trade agreements.
China’s surging investment in US heralds new multinational era
4-Aug-2014 SCMP
Chinese investments in the United States now exceed American investments in China in an historic shift that may see the emergence of joint Sino-US multinationals, but one that is also fraught with geopolitical risks, said analysts.
US-Africa Summit - Are we up for a new deal?
4-Aug-2014 ECDPM
The US Trade Representative Michael Froman argues for comprehensive trade and investment strategy – read possibly in the future, negotiate reciprocal trade agreements, à la EU-Africa Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) but with more binding investment clauses to protect the interests of US businessmen.
Geist: How a 20-year-old patent application could upend Canada’s biggest trade deal
4-Aug-2014 The Star
From a Canadian perspective, the Eli Lilly case has provided a powerful reminder that the risks associated with ISDS may outweigh the benefits with legal cases that can take decades to resolve.