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China tariff unwanted hiccup: Abbott
12-Oct-2014
China’s surprise decision during free trade talks to impose tariffs on Australian coal shows the importance of getting an agreement soon, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.
Review of FTAs almost finalised: Nirmala Sitharaman
12-Oct-2014
The review process of the existing Free Trade Agreements that India had entered into with partner countries is almost finalised and domestic manufacturers would benefit from the revised pacts, Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
Yukos v. Russia: Issues and legal reasoning behind US$50 billion awards
11-Oct-2014 IISD
Yukos was created as a joint stock company in 1993 and privatized in 1995, with operations across the oil and gas sector.
European action day: citizens in 22 countries demand "Stop TTIP, CETA and TiSA"
11-Oct-2014 11 October Stop-TTIP-CETA-TiSA Alliance
On a European day of action against the free trade agreements TTIP, CETA and TiSA, thousands of citizens took to the streets with more than 1100 public activities in 22 European countries.
Tobacco raises TPP concerns
11-Oct-2014 Politico
US trade officials have denied they plan to offer a new tobacco proposal in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Australia later this month.
Why climate litigation could soon go global
11-Oct-2014 Globe and Mail
Climate change is already causing about $600-billion in damages annually, gobally. Oil and gas companies could soon find themselves on the hook for at least part of the damage.
Slovenia: Left demands transparency on Transatlantic trade deals
10-Oct-2014 STA
The United Left (ZL), a coalition of leftist parties, demanded on Friday answers from the Slovenian government about the secretive Transatlantic trade agreements as pressure mounts on governments across the EU to reveal the details of the far-reaching accords.
Document reveals EU bullied Ecuador into trade agreement
10-Oct-2014 TeleSur
A ​document leaked today shows that Ecuador’s government was threatened with isolation and a devastating loss to its trade if it didn’t return to the negotiating table for the EU-Andean Trade agreement.
EU publishes its mandate for US trade talks
10-Oct-2014 RTE
The EU has published its — widely leaked — negotiating mandate for a free trade deal with the United States in a bid to quell opposition to the proposed accord.
The arbitration game
10-Oct-2014 Economist
Governments are souring on treaties to protect foreign investors
Venezuela ordered to pay Exxon $1.6 bln for nationalization
10-Oct-2014 Reuters
A World Bank arbitration tribunal on Thursday ordered Venezuela to pay Exxon Mobil Corp around $1.6 billion to compensate for the 2007 nationalization of its oil projects in the country.
INTA debates EU-Japan trade
10-Oct-2014 Parliament Magazine
The European Commission made it very clear that it would be difficult to see the end of negotiations if nothing happens in terms of taxation of cars in Japan.
China’s Zhu: Asia-Pacific trade deal would be incomplete without Beijing
9-Oct-2014 Reuters
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact would be "incomplete" in the long term without China, a top Chinese official said on Wednesday.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - EU negotiating mandate (2013)
9-Oct-2014 DG Trade
TTIP negotiating mandate published
9-Oct-2014 Stop-TTIP.org
The European Council today published the negotiating mandate for the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP).
China, US likely to conclude BIT talks in two years, says official
9-Oct-2014 Xinhua
China and the United States are likely to conclude bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations within two years, China’s Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said Wednesday.
Slovenia: Panel issues strong criticism of EU’s secret free trade talks
9-Oct-2014 STA
A Slovenian NGO-sponsored panel criticises the lack of transparency in the EU’s talks on free trade agreements with the US and Canada.
Six years after JPEPA: PHL the world’s toxic waste dump site?
8-Oct-2014 GMA News
Six years after the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) was signed, Philippines may be becoming the world’s dump site for toxic waste.
Myanmar and Israel sign an agreement to cement bilateral trade
8-Oct-2014 The Nation
Israeli Ambassador to Myanmar Hagay M Behar and DICA director general Aung Naing signed a reciprocal promotion and protection of investments agreement in Yangon yesterday.
’Plan B’ needed for EU-US trade pact - Italian minister
8-Oct-2014 Reuters
Italy said on Wednesday there needed to be a "plan B" that foresees a partial EU-US trade deal in order to sidestep deadlock over specific issues.