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Santos’ FTA promises prove false; Colombia’s exports to US drop 15.5%
17-Feb-2014 Colombia Reports
A promised increase in exports to the United States as a result of a free trade agreement has failed to materialize as exports contracted 15.5%, according to Colombia’s statistics agency.
Spying by NSA ally entangled US law firm
17-Feb-2014 New York Times
The Obama administration often emphasizes the NSA’s role in fighting terrorism and cyberattacks, but disclosures in recent months from the documents leaked by Mr. Snowden show the agency routinely spies on trade negotiations.
The biggest free trade area on the planet
15-Feb-2014 Rebelión
The fundamental purpose of TTIP is to maintain the hegemonic position of Atlantic powers, on the basis of a new neoliberal twist.
NAFTA and the next phase of North American integration
14-Feb-2014 Be Your Own Leader
On the heels of its 20th anniversary, there once again appears to be renewed interest in broadening and deepening the NAFTA partnership as part of the next phase of North American integration.
Night anti-TPPA protest for M’sians in the dark
14-Feb-2014 Free Malaysia Today
Candles were lit and banners were hung in front of the International Trade and Industry Ministry last night as a form of protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
China, Sri Lanka could sign free trade pact in 2014
14-Feb-2014 Reuters
China and Sri Lanka could sign a free trade agreement by the end of the year, state news agency Xinhua cited Sri Lanka’s foreign minister as saying, a move that will help cement Colombo’s growing economic and diplomatic ties with Beijing.
What is TTIP?
13-Feb-2014 YouTube
The US and Europe are currently negotiating TTIP, with little media scrutiny and without public participation.
Pressure mounts on New Zealand to lift secrecy on TPP negotiations
13-Feb-2014 Xinhua
New Zealand’s government has come under increasing international pressure to release the text of the controversial 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal before it is signed when senior legislators in seven countries signed an open letter calling for the text to be released
Public forum on anti-people “trade” deal
13-Feb-2014 CPA
As the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement hurtles towards an indecently fast and secret finalisation between the states of 12 countries and a number of large transnational corporations, concerned citizens around the globe have been organising a resistance to this anti-democratic and anti-people “free trade” agreement.
Pacific Alliance to eliminate tariffs with new free trade agreement
13-Feb-2014 PanAm Post
On February 8-10, the Pacific Alliance holds its eighth summit in Cartagena, Colombia. During the event, the presidents of Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico will sign a free trade agreement to eliminate tariffs on 92 percent of trade goods between the countries. The notable exclusion is agriculture.
Talks on BIT require new template, US tells Pakistan
13-Feb-2014 Business Recorder
The United States has conveyed to the Pakistan Muslim League government that future negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty will be held on the basis of a new template as the old template lapsed in 2012.
European Trade Union: voters will sanction secret trade giveaways
13-Feb-2014 ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) today warned European decision makers that voters in the forthcoming European elections would be scrutinising EU trade arrangements, in particular the current negotiations with the United States, and "would not overlook" any deals that did not put European jobs and standards first.
The TTIP, corporatism, and GMOs
11-Feb-2014 Voltility
Opening up Europe to the full onslaught of US agricultural products and systems is the main goal of the US in pushing for TTIP in the first place.
India-SACU free trade agreement needs ‘fine-tuning’
11-Feb-2014
The increasing amount of trade between Namibia and India is expected to balloon even further once the India-Southern African Customs Union Preferential Free Trade Agreement is finalised.
‘Industry has been ruined by FTAs’
11-Feb-2014
The manufacturing sector in India has shrunk in the last two years, from 17 to 14.5 per cent of GDP. This is because of FTAs, due to which companies come and set up plants here, they don’t manufacture anything, they just assemble, says Baba Kalyani, chairman of the $2.5 billion Kalyani Group
Karkey files another $2.1b damages claim against Pakistan
11-Feb-2014
Karkey Karadeniz Electricity Production Corporation (Karkey) has filed a memorial to the World Bank’s International Centre for Investment Disputes (ICSID) claiming $2.1 billion damages against government of Pakistan.
Exporters ramp up push for S. Korea trade pact
11-Feb-2014
A wide array of manufacturing groups and companies is urging the federal government to reach a free-trade agreement with South Korea, warning Canada is being beaten by rivals in the race to do business with the fast-growing country.
Malaysia-Pakistan FTA to be reviewed by month-end, says Mustapa
11-Feb-2014
Malaysia and Pakistan will review the free trade agreement (FTA) between both countries by month-end, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
EU-Canada free trade deal ‘opens door to environmental lawsuits’
11-Feb-2014 EurActiv
Multinationals will have wide-ranging powers to sue EU states that enact health or environmental laws breaching their "legitimate expectations" of profit, according to a leaked ‘investment chapter’ from the Canada-EU free trade agreement. A separate ‘nature and scope’ document for EU-US free trade talks, which EurActiv has seen, makes clear that similar parameters are foreseen for TTIP.
EU seeks wider free trade agreement with Egypt
11-Feb-2014 Reuters
The European Union wants to restart talks with Egypt over a wider free trade deal that could help double the value of commercial exchanges in the next few years, the EU ambassador to Cairo said on Monday.