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S2B statement on EU-Myanmar investment treaty
9-Feb-2015 S2B Network
The Seattle to Brussels Network call upon the European Commission not to push through with the negotiations for an investment treaty with Myanmar as it will not help but hurt democratic transition.
The ’Law 42’ arbitrations against Ecuador and the importance of BIT language
9-Feb-2015 JD Supra
Three recent ICSID decisions involving Ecuador highlight the importance of language addressing the status of taxes in investment treaties.
China proposing to establish free trade zone with Eurasian Economic Union
9-Feb-2015 Sputnik
China has proposed to the Eurasian Economic Union to think about creation of a free trade zone, according to Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov.
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We don’t need the TTIP!
9-Feb-2015 La Libre
The heads of the two main Francophone Belgian unions express their clear reservation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
The costs of Australia’s ‘free trade’ agreement with America
8-Feb-2015 East Asia Forum
The critics were right. Ten years after the Australia–United States free trade agreement (AUSFTA) came into force, new analysis of the data shows that the agreement diverted trade away from the lowest cost sources.
The impact of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement on biofuel and feedstock markets
7-Feb-2015 AgEconSearch
We assess the impact of a potential TTIP bilateral free trade agreement on the EU and US bio-economies (feedstock, biofuels, by-products, and related competing crops) and major trade partners in these markets
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, investor-state dispute settlement and China
6-Feb-2015 Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Advocates of a transatlantic investment treaty should be careful not to overstate their case and play the “China-card” as a core argument for allowing US investors to side-track EU courts.
Turkey to lose $5B annually if not included in TTIP agreement
6-Feb-2015 Turkish Weekly
Turkey stands to lose roughly $5 billion per year in direct losses alone if it is not included in a final free trade agreement between the EU and US, Turkey’s minister for EU Affairs said Thursday.
Indian, Israeli officials to meet next week on free trade pact
6-Feb-2015 Economic Times
Officials of India and Israel would discuss next week issues related to the proposed free trade agreement between the countries
UN trade body meets to promote sustainability in international investment agreement regime
6-Feb-2015 Responsible Investor
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is convening a meeting later this month in a bid to make sure that sustainability is embedded in the global country-level ‘International Investment Agreement’ (IIA) regime for cross-border investment.
Signing of the Japan-Ukraine Investment Agreement
6-Feb-2015 METI/MOFA
Tokyo announces the signing of a bilateral investment treaty with Kiev, which it highlights as opening Ukraine farmland and mineral resources to Japanese investors.
French Senate tells TTIP negotiators to ‘abolish’ ISDS
6-Feb-2015 EurActiv
The French Senate united on Tuesday (3 February) in its opposition to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS).
Preferential trade deal with Iran to turn into FTA
5-Feb-2015 Daily Sabah
The Preferential Trade Agreement signed between Turkey and Iran will be extended and the agreement will be transformed into a free trade agreement, a Turkish minister says.