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Comment - Initiatives for transforming the global economy
23-Sep-2015 The Sun Daily
A number of important initiatives linked largely to the economy made public in the last few years may have a huge impact upon the future of humankind. ASEAN and China have played a pioneering role in some of them.
’Putin’s banker’ Pugachev files $12 billion claim against Russia
22-Sep-2015 Reuters
Sergei Pugachev, a tycoon once dubbed "Putin’s banker", said on Tuesday that he had filed a $12 billion compensation claim against Russia
Labor’s FTA worker test ‘discriminates against China’
22-Sep-2015
Bill Shorten’s demand to impose new labour market testing requirements on Chinese workers who may come to Australia under the China-Australia free-trade agreement would involve actively discriminating against China compared with Australia’s other FTA partners, according to the think tank headed by former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr.
Paris Climate Summit: New report protects climate legislation from trade deals
22-Sep-2015 The Council of Canadians
A new report formulates an innovative trade deal exemption clause that allows countries to pursue environmental and climate change policy free from the chilling effects resulting from investor-state dispute settlement provisions in trade agreements.
EU commission ISDS proposal a threat to democracy and civil rights
22-Sep-2015 FFII
The European Commission has published its investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) reform proposal for the EU-US trade agreement under negotiation (TTIP), which institutionalises discrimination.
TFTA: Pan-African free trade area announced
22-Sep-2015 Lexology
TFTA states that its aims include harmonisation and improvement of regional trading arrangements, enhancement of trade facilitation.
EU expands Tunisia olive oil import quota ahead of free trade talks
22-Sep-2015 Borderlex
With its announcement on 17 September 2015 that it is expanding its import quota on Tunisian olive oil, the European Union is preparing the ground for fresh free trade talks with the North African country.
Election 2015: Talking about seed and trade
22-Sep-2015 NFU
Recognizing the inherent rights of farmers to save seed and putting the interest of canada’s food and farmers ahead of corporate interests.
Harper’s bad bet on China
21-Sep-2015 Troy
Canada’s commitments to China were written in cement while China’s promises to Canada were written in sand
India, Laos signed two MoUs to strengthen bilateral ties
21-Sep-2015 Jogran Josh
India and Laos signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
TPP could have ’catastrophic effects’ on Canada’s economy: Unifor president
21-Sep-2015 CTV
The president of Canada’s largest private sector union says the Trans-Pacific Partnership could have "catastrophic effects" on the nation’s economy.
Cooperating to deregulate
21-Sep-2015 Corporate Europe Observatory
In the EU institutions, a strategy to roll back “burdensome regulation” for businesses, has been unfolding for the better part of 15 years, and recently, this “Better Regulation Agenda” has been stepped up. This context combined with Regulatory Cooperation under TTIP could open up a new phase of hyper-deregulation.
China to deepen ties with ASEAN by upgrading free trade agreement
21-Sep-2015 China Daily
China has said it will finish negotiations on upgrading the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area called CAFTA by the end of this year
China elbowing US out of Pacific tuna trade
21-Sep-2015 Nikkei Asian Review
A political battle is brewing in the Pacific over tuna as rising competition from Chinese vessels sours long-standing fishing arrangements between the US and Pacific island nations.
S. Korea, Central America to begin FTA negotiations
21-Sep-2015
South Korea and six Central American countries will hold their first round of free trade agreement talks in Seoul for five days beginning Monday.
Mooted free-trade area seen boosting intra-African minerals trade flows
20-Sep-2015 Mining Weekly
Formal negotiations are taking place among the 54 member States of the African Union to create a free-trade zone on the continent by 2017.
Sri Lanka pitches for inking CEPA by next year
20-Sep-2015
Sri Lanka today sought finalisation of the long-pending Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India by next year, saying it will significantly enhance two-way trade besides opening up new areas for economic engagement.
Regional integration, private sector to help South Asia boost growth: Report
20-Sep-2015
Increasing regional integration through enhanced role of private sector and cooperation in areas like trade, energy security and connectivity will help South Asian nations boost economic growth, says a report.
PACER re-entry was vital
20-Sep-2015
While Fiji has rejoined the Pacific agreement on closer economic relations (PACER) Plus negotiations after a lapse of more than five years, the road to reaching a mutual agreement has not been easy.
TPP could have ’catastrophic effects’ on Canada’s economy: Unifor president
20-Sep-2015 Power Play: Auto sector questions trade deal
The president of Canada’s largest private sector union says the Trans-Pacific Partnership could have "catastrophic effects" on the nation’s economy.