Articles by language
21-Nov-2014
FES
This study discusses the impact of investment protection on social and labour regulation and the autonomy of the social partners in regulating these matters through collective agreements.
21-Nov-2014
BDS Movement
The huge number of mainstream organizations that are calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement reflects the growing frustration across Europe with the failure of European governments to respond to Israel’s repeated massacres and violations of international law.
20-Nov-2014
ISC
On April 18 and 19 2014, organizers, activists, and intellectuals from New Zealand, the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea gathered in Seoul to discuss the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and to strategize ways to stop it.
20-Nov-2014
PNA
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said his government is studying the benefits of joining the TPP before it makes a decision.
20-Nov-2014
The Age
The New Hope dairy investment could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement.
20-Nov-2014
RT
The UK PM promises to launch what he calls ‘rocket boosters’ under a new deal between the EU and America. Not everyone is convinced about this. Nick Dearden joins RTUK for more.
20-Nov-2014
EFF
A public online teach-in with representatives from several digital rights groups based in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries who share their analysis of the latest leaked text and lay out the current state of play of the negotiations
19-Nov-2014
Jagran Post
A draft of India’s new model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), currently moving through Cabinet, reportedly excludes taxation matters and introduces rules on conflict of interests in arbitration.
19-Nov-2014
AFP
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem attempted Wednesday to breath new life into transatlantic trade talks that have been hobbled by opposition to one of the deal’s most controversial components.
19-Nov-2014
Rakyat News
The Consumers’ Association of Penang has said that it is concerned that Malaysia is continuing with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiation and has urged the government to withdraw from it and not sign the TPPA.
19-Nov-2014
CUPE
A new report warns that controversial investor protection rules in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union could expose Canada to a new wave of corporate lawsuits that restrict the powers of all levels of governments.
19-Nov-2014
SBS
Mining groups fear standards could slip at Australian mines if Chinese companies are allowed to bring in their own workers.
19-Nov-2014
Reuters
China has accelerated the process of freeing up inbound foreign investment by compiling a list of industries deemed to be off-limits, a high-ranking economic planning official said on Tuesday.
19-Nov-2014
ARD
Leaked TTIP negotiating documents show that the EU is trying to protect European banks from strong American financial regulations.
19-Nov-2014
Sapa
The Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) said on Tuesday it was still committed to negotiations with India over a delayed preferential trade agreement (PTA).
18-Nov-2014
Trend
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has decided to follow the EU and start talks with Georgia on a free trade agreement.
18-Nov-2014
GRAIN
From Guatemala to Ghana, from Mozambique to Malaysia, seed-saving on the farm is being turned into a criminal offence, so that half a dozen large multinational corporations can turn seeds into private property and make money from them.
18-Nov-2014
SMH
The deal struck between China and Australia on Monday will contain an Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanism that will allow Chinese corporations to challenge the Australian government for "pretty much anything", say academics
18-Nov-2014
China Daily
An unprecedented agreement was signed by agriculture tycoons from China and Australia on Monday providing that food from Australia sold to China will be of the highest quality and "marked under one brand and under one logo".
17-Nov-2014
Beyond Brics
India and the US have reached a bilateral deal to resolve their differences over food stock holdings at the World Trade Organization. Analysis from Kavaljit Singh.
