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8-Mar-2015 PTI
European Union seeks Narendra Modi’s intervention to resume FTA talks
Keen to expand economic ties with India, the European Union has sought a ’political push’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restart the stalled talks for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and expressed readiness to adopt flexibility to iron out differences on crucial issues. -
6-Mar-2015 Reuters
Hungary will not back any EU-US trade deal that impairs court authority: PM
Hungary will not support any trade agreement between the United States and the European Union that impairs the jurisdiction of Hungarian courts in trade disputes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. -
6-Mar-2015 The Nation
European body seeks changes to trade-related regulations
The European Association for Business and Commerce has urged Thailand to revise trade-related regulations -
6-Mar-2015 RBTH
Thai-Russian cooperation set for new heights as trade expands
Despite the global downturn and economic troubles in Russia, trade between Moscow and Bangkok is in rude health, with the food and agriculture sectors showing especially dynamic growth. -
6-Mar-2015 EurActiv
Creative accounting and the sales pitch for ISDS
Studies that promote investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) have generated misleading numbers and dubious recommendations. Legislators should approach all studies with caution, warns Gus Van Harten. -
5-Mar-2015 La Prensa Gráfica
El Salvador: Talks to enable FTA with Canada to be finalized
Rigoberto Monge, the economic advisor of the Salvadoran Industrial Association (ASI), reported that El Salvador and Canada are finalizing a free trade agreement. -
4-Mar-2015 S&DGroup
EP: Socialists and Democrats restate objection to private tribunals in trade deals
Today the Socialist and Democrats Group in the European Parliament adopted a very strong position paper on Investor-State Dispute Settlements, opposing the inclusion of the controversial mechanism in trade deals with both the US and Canada. -
4-Mar-2015 Latin Times
TPP free trade agreement would increase cost of medicine In Mexico, Peru, Chile, and other countries
TPP — the Trans-PacificPartnership — is making waves from Peru to Australia, concerning public health officials and consumer advocates. -
4-Mar-2015
TTIP and the push for a new global economic order
A lot of protest has arisen against the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in recent times, and rightly so. For those who take a good look at the available negotiating documents realize that it is about a lot more than granting Access to our markets for chlorine chickens and hormone-infested beef, or the abolition of our committees for Security and Hygiene in the work environment. This is about something bigger. It’s about the continuation and the imposition of the neoliberal agenda. It is about laying the bricks for a hegemonic worldview for the coming decennia. -
4-Mar-2015 Thanh Nien News
Vietnam completes negotiations for 3 of 6 major free trade pacts
Vietnam says it has completed negotiations for FTAs with the Customs Union, the EU and South Korea, while remaining are the TPP, RCEP and EFTA. -
4-Mar-2015 DIE
European trade policy at an impasse
With all eyes on TTIP, we are losing sight of the real challenges for Europe emerging in the Asia-Pacific economic region, argues Axel Berger -
4-Mar-2015 Bangkok Post
Thailand must stand firm in trade deal talks
The investment chapter under the proposed TPP and the Thailand-EU FTA, if adopted, might place Thailand’s substantive ability to protect public interests at risk, warns Jakkrit Kuanpoth. -
4-Mar-2015 Drovers CattleNetwork
NFU opposes trade promotion authority
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson urged members of US Congress to oppose trade promotion authority – also known as fast track – noting that trade agreements should be fair to all parties involved, and the process should be transparent. -
4-Mar-2015 Australia Broadcasting Corporation
Where are the TPP negotiations up to?
Discussion with Susan Sell, Matthew Rimmer and Jane Kelsey
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3-Mar-2015 European Commission
EU-Japan 9th round of trade talks further consolidates negotiation texts
The 9th round of EU-Japan FTA talks took place from 23-27 February in Brussels. The meetings focused on further consolidation of the negotiating texts. -
3-Mar-2015 East Africa Business Week
East Africa: Trade bloc merger talks end with May date
The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) covering 26 countries will be launched in May, it has been agreed. -
3-Mar-2015 African News Agency
On a free trade mission in Africa
Treasure Maphanga is one of Africa’s most important women, with arguably the continent’s toughest job on her hands: driving the establishment and implementation of a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). -
3-Mar-2015 NZ Not For Sale
Tell our Govt NO to the TPPA on March 7
The best chance to stop the TPPA is before ministers make their decisions. Join the nationwide day of action on 7 Mar 2015 in Aotearoa/NewZealand -
2-Mar-2015 Times-Call
Trans-Pacific pact will encourage sex trafficking
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will open up 14 countries on the Pacific coastline for more exploitation -
2-Mar-2015 Xinhua
Service trade with China set to be new impetus for EU recovery: expert
Brussels and Beijing should speed up negotiation of a Sino-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty and strive to sign it within this year, a Chinese think-tank argues