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Failure to launch
7-Mar-2014 DNA
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation’s lack of concrete achievement points to the need for greater political will and clarity of purpose
Eight reasons to purge investor-state dispute settlement from trade agreements
6-Mar-2014
For a variety of reasons, including poor management of public perceptions, the administration’s trade agenda is in trouble. Much of the public’s antipathy toward trade agreements can be boiled down to concerns about the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provision. ISDS enables foreign investors to circumvent domestic legal processes and sue host governments in third-party arbitration tribunals for unfair or discriminatory treatment – described hyperbolically by those fanning the flames of opposition as “running roughshod over domestic laws, regulations, and sovereignty.”
Process to sign FTA with ASEAN completed: Salman Khurshid
6-Mar-2014
India has completed the internal process for signing the much-waited free trade agreement in services and investments with ASEAN which is set to significantly boost its economic engagement with the 10-nation grouping.
Farms, unis welcome FTA with Chinese
6-Mar-2014
National Farmers Federation president Brent Finlay says he is "excited" at the prospect of a free trade agreement with China but has urged the government not to allow "carve-outs and exclusions" in any deal.
Peru to launch free trade agreement talks with Indonesia this year
6-Mar-2014 Agencia Andina
Peruvian Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva has announced that, in the second half of this year, Peru and Indonesia will begin negotiations to reach an agreement that favors preferential trade between both countries.
Asean free trade agreement with HK expected to benefit PH
6-Mar-2014 PDI
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is eyeing to forge a free trade agreement with Hong Kong, which is seen to benefit the Philippines significantly, according to Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo.
Lex AT&T? EU Commisson’s TTIP proposal to revise telecoms law
6-Mar-2014 IP Integrity
The European Union could give away unlimited rights to foreign telecoms companies to buy up rivals in Europe as part of the proposed new transatlantic trade deal (TTIP). This is one of an astonishing set of proposals revealed in a Commission document leaked by the German newspaper Die Zeit last week.
TTIP: American business confident no issue can derail talks, says AmCham EU
6-Mar-2014 EU Trade Insights
In an exclusive interview with viEUws, Susan Danger, Managing Director of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, talks to Lénaïc Vaudin d’Imécourt, viEUws Trade Editor, about the TTIP negotiations.
Sign the petition to candidates running in the 2014 European elections: Stop the TTIP and CETA!
6-Mar-2014 TTIP unfairhandelbar
A sign-on message for candidates running in the 2014 European Parliament elections launched by the German anti-TTIP coalition. Please join!
Europe tells US to lay off Brie and get its own cheese names
6-Mar-2014 NPR
The European Union wants US food makers to stop using names with historical ties to Europe. But what else would you call, say, Parmesan or Brie?
US wants to outlaw EU cloud in TTIP negotiations
6-Mar-2014 FFII
Privacy is not on the table in the TTIP negotiations, but data flows are, which brings privacy to the table, explains Ante Wessels of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)
New report: No fracking way How the EU-US trade deal risks expanding fracking in Europe and the US
6-Mar-2014 FOEE
A trade deal between the EU and the US risks opening the backdoor for the expansion of fracking in Europe and the US, reveals a new report released today.
Tell MEPs to Stop the TTIP and CETA!
6-Mar-2014
US judge annuls Ecuador oil ruling against Chevron
6-Mar-2014 BBC
A judge in the US has ruled that lawyers representing Amazonian villagers used bribes to secure compensation worth billions of dollars from oil company Chevron in Ecuador.
East Kutai may file criminal charges against Churchill
5-Mar-2014
The local administration in East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, has threatened to file criminal charges against British company Churchill Mining Plc for allegedly forging its mining permits to operate mine areas in the regency.
Govt may revisit all preferential, free trade agreements
5-Mar-2014
The government of Pakistan is revisiting all the FTAs and PTAs as there is a growing realisation among policymakers that they had been poorly negotiated and were now causing injury to the domestic industry, official sources said on Tuesday.
TTIP: A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy.
5-Mar-2014 Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
This new booklet, written by John Hilary, Executive Director of War on Want, explains in short what TTIP is and how it will affect the lives of all of us if it comes into force.
South Africa: FAQs on foreign direct investment featured
5-Mar-2014 TheTrade Beat
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has recently been a hot topic in South Africa, following the government’s unilateral cancellation of bilateral investment treaties with the European Union and the release of the draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill. But what is FDI, and why is it important?
China to accelerate Australia free trade agreement
5-Mar-2014 SMH
China will "accelerate" negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia, Premier Li Keqiang has said in his opening speech to the National People’s Congress.
USTR sets 2014 as goal of signing Pacific free trade deal
5-Mar-2014 Kyodo
"The administration will work to conclude negotiations of the TPP in 2014," the office of the US Trade Representative said in a document attached to President Barack Obama’s budget blueprint for fiscal 2015.