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Foreign investment concerns loom large as Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb talks up China Free Trade Agreement
20-Oct-2014 ABC
Trade Minister Robb went to talk about the looming China-Australia FTA with dairy farmers, but they wanted to talk about China buying Australian farmland and taking over their farms instead.
Experts condemn possible TPP trade-offs as talks resume
20-Oct-2014 Scoop Media
MPs, public health and copyright experts condemn possible TPP trade-offs as talks resume in Canberra
TPP rallies in Canberra & Sydney
20-Oct-2014 AFTINET
AFTINET are organising rallies in Canberra and Sydney in time with the TPP negotiations that are being held in Australia this week
Taiwan confirms desire for free trade deal with Australia
18-Oct-2014
Taiwan has confirmed its desire to forge a trade deal with Australia and rejected suggestions that mainland China could "meddle" in its efforts for deeper regional ties.
EU-Singapore FTA - draft investment chapter (Oct 2014)
17-Oct-2014 European Commission
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht warns ’no TTIP without ISDS’
17-Oct-2014 IBT
The European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned that there will be no free trade agreement between the EU and US without the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause.
EU and Singapore conclude investment talks
17-Oct-2014 DG Trade
The European Union and Singapore have concluded the negotiations of the investment part of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA).
EU strikes a comprehensive trade deal with East African Community
17-Oct-2014 DG Trade
Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community finalised today a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between both regions.
US-China free trade could generate $460b in gains -study
17-Oct-2014 China Daily
Peterson Institute says a US-China FTA would generate gains of 0.6% of GDP for the US and 1.9% for China.
Work towards an EU-ASEAN free trade pact: PM Lee
17-Oct-2014 Malaysian Digest
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong thinks more FTAs between Asia and Europe would bring out linkages, especially an EU-ASEAN free trade pact.
British industry pitches for restart of India-European Union trade talks
17-Oct-2014 Hindu Business Line
India and the European Union should restart trade talks and take steps to conclude the much-awaited free trade agreement, said Michael Rake, President of the Confederation of British Industry.
Latest TPP leak shows US still pushing terrible DRM and copyright term proposals—and new threats arise
17-Oct-2014 EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s analysis of the new draft Trans-Pacific Partnership intellectual property chapter leaked by Wikileaks
Malaysia to push for FTA talks with EU
17-Oct-2014 Bernama
Malaysia is keen to push for talks on free trade agreement with the European Union, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak told the 14th Asia-Europe Business Forum
Departing from TTIP and going plurilateral
17-Oct-2014 Madariaga - College of Europe
European think-tank piece on how TTIP is designed to create a "transatlantic internal market" without the democracy.
Event report: TTIP on the defensive
16-Oct-2014 Atlantic Community
Opponents of any agreement now control the agenda. This has become quickly apparent at an event in Berlin last week featuring leading stakeholders of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
New leak of TPP consolidated text on intellectual property provides details of pandering to drug companies and publishers
16-Oct-2014 KEI
KEI’s first impression in reading the document is the extent to which the United States has sought hundreds of changes in intellectual property norms, some small and subtle, others blunt and aggressive, nearly of all of which favor big corporate right holders, and undermine the public’s freedom to use knowledge.
TPP - draft IP chapter (May 2014)
16-Oct-2014 Wikileaks
as leaked by Wikileaks on 16 October 2014
Vietnam to spend nearly $5bn on meat, animal feed material imports in 2014
16-Oct-2014 Tuoi Tre News
Vietnam is forecast to spend as much as US$4.5 billion on imports of animal feed material, plus another $400 million on cattle and poultry meat shipments this year, a trend that will grow under TPP.
Hupacasath First Nation puts China on notice over FIPA
16-Oct-2014 Vancouver Observer
The Hupacasath First Nation put the Chinese government on notice today, stating it does not acknowledge the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) ratified by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month.
US, Sri Lanka sign trade and investment agreement to boost bilateral trade
16-Oct-2014 Colombo Page
Sri Lanka and the United States inked a joint trade and investment agreement on Wednesday in Colombo.