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Korea starts FTA talks with six Central American countries
19-Jun-2015 Arirang
If sealed, Korea will be the first Asian country to have an FTA with the six Central American countries — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama — giving Korean products an edge over rival exporters like Japan and China.
Commission asks Member States to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
19-Jun-2015 European Commission
The European Commission has initiated infringement proceedings against five Member States today requesting them to terminate intra-EU bilateral investment treaties between them ("intra-EU BITs")
With the new House bill, even Obama might not want the Obama trade agreement
19-Jun-2015 Think Progress
The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted to give President Obama authority to negotiate trade agreements, passing the so-called fast-track bill with the assistance of just 28 House Democrats on Thursday. The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill, which was decoupled from a labor program, will now go back to the Senate for approval.
Trade deal widens health care gap
18-Jun-2015
NZ is heading towards a two-tier health system, and it could get a whole lot worse, writes George Laking.
Plan to seek higher farm crops quota
18-Jun-2015
Thailand and Japan have agreed to talk further at an official level before formally revising the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement on the 10th anniversary of the pact, which came into effect in November 2007.
US House may rescue trade deal
18-Jun-2015 VoA
The US House of Representatives may try again Thursday to advance President Barack Obama’s ambitious Asia-Pacific free trade agenda by separating fast-track negotiating authority from a measure — aimed at helping American workers — that was voted down Friday.
EU-Cuba talks progress on trade
18-Jun-2015 EurActiv
The 4th round of EU-Cuba negotiations for a framework agreement for political dialogue and cooperation was held yesterday in Brussels (16 June), making progress on trade and economic issues, but lagging behind on the political dialogue chapter.
US firms urge China to open up for investment treaty
18-Jun-2015 Reuters
Opening more sectors in China to foreign competition is the critical element to negotiating an investment treaty with the United States, a US trade group said on Wednesday.
Joint ACP-EU meeting ends
18-Jun-2015 Fiji Times
The ACP Parliamentary Assembly called for a joint Pacific European Commission Ministerial meeting to address the remaining contentious issues and to work constructively to conclude a development friendly comprehensive EPA by December 31, 2015.
China-Australia FTA (2015)
18-Jun-2015 DFAT
Key miscalculation forces Obama to weigh new path on trade
17-Jun-2015 Associated Press
President Barack Obama and his Republican allies on trade are thinking of restarting their legislative push in the Senate. It’s testament to a crucial miscalculation they made months ago.
ASEAN’s RCEP trade negotiations stall
17-Jun-2015 Tax News
The eight round of negotiations held on June 8-13 in Kyoto for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade treaty finished with little apparent progress being made towards an agreement on further tariff cuts, calling into question the end-2015 target for completing talks.
Negotiating in secret: economy faces RCEP dangers
17-Jun-2015 Business World
India’s RCEP engagement is a classic example of contradicting policies of the Modi government, G. Manicandan argues
Union calls for Labor to block free trade agreement with China
17-Jun-2015 The Guardian
In a sign of the pressure that will be brought to bear on the opposition as it considers its stance on the just-released FTA, the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union warned Labor against making a pragmatic decision to offer its overall support.
SYRIZA says Europarliament must reject TTIP
17-Jun-2015 Greece Today
According to SYRIZA, ISDS undermined economic democracy by treating the rights of peoples and their elected representatives as equal to the rights of an economic oligarchy, essentially amounting to an exemption for large multinationals from democratic controls and continuing a conversion of western democracies to states where elections cannot bring about changes to economic policy.
Government pessimistic over bigger Trans-Pacific Partnership
17-Jun-2015 News.com.au
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb told ABC radio: “If it’s not dealt with in the next two or three weeks I think it’s … we’ve got a real problem with the future of the TPP.”
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade proposal threatens SEIU members
17-Jun-2015 Service Employees International Union
The reality is that TPP would expand the power of multinational corporations while limiting the ability of the US government to protect workers, communities and the environment.
EU Parliamentarians call on Congress to stop Fast Track
17-Jun-2015 Popular Resistance
42 members of the European Union Parliament delivered a letter to the United States Congress regarding the negotiation of bilateral trade agreements
US: House moves to delay action on trade bill for 6 weeks
17-Jun-2015 New York Times
In an extraordinary twist that perhaps only a lame duck president can relish, President Obama has largely jettisoned his plan to lure House Democrats to get his trade agenda through Congress, and instead is now working closely with Republican leaders.
European Court of Justice to assess EU-Morocco agri-deal
16-Jun-2015 Western Sahara Resource Watch
The European Court of Justice will assess the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement over Western Sahara on 16 June