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Trade or human rights? Integrity of State Department trafficking report still an open question
1-Jul-2016 AFL-CIO
"The Administration appears to be resolute in forging a flawed trade agreement with countries that currently violate fundamental labor and human rights."
Georgia-EU Association Agreement fully comes into play
1-Jul-2016 Agenda.ge
Georgia and the EU signed an AA on June 27, 2014 and today, July 1, 2016 the AA and its inclusive Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) deal fully entered into force.
Myanmar farmers wary of free trade deadline
1-Jul-2016 Myanmar Times
Six months into the grace period, Myanmar farmers are worrying what will happen when free trade finally comes to all ASEAN members in 2018.
Mexican activist says NAFTA should act as a warning against TPP
30-Jun-2016 Tele Sur
teleSUR spoke with Victor Suarez Carrera, who is campaigning against the TPP in Canada as Obama, Peña Nieto, and Trudeau push the trade pact.
Three amigos further liberalize NAFTA rules of origin
30-Jun-2016 iPolitics
Agreement covers range of products, from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics.
Shrimp and tuna could benefit from trade agreement with EFTA
30-Jun-2016 FIS
Next October Ecuador is to begin the negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
Why TTIP will live on – but not in the EU
30-Jun-2016 The Conversation
The controversial trade agreement between the EU and United States could well fall apart, only for the UK to pick up the pieces for its own trade deal.
The ISDS controversy: How we got here and where next
30-Jun-2016 E15 Initiative
In recent years the debate over investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) has heated up and in Europe is reaching boiling point
The impact of ISDS on the environment
29-Jun-2016 AFL-CIO
Brooke Guven (Colombia Center on Sustainable Investment) talks about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) at AFL-CIO conference on trade.
Approaches to international investment protection: divergent approaches between the TPPA and developing countries’ model investment treaties
29-Jun-2016 South Centre
A growing international community of policy makers and analysts that recognizes that major reforms in the investment treaty regime are needed.
Mexico to reopen market to Canadian beef
29-Jun-2016 Calgary Sun
The Canadian beef industry is applauding Mexico’s decision to fully reopen its market to Canadian beef.
Life after Brexit: What happens to Canada’s trade deal with Europe?
29-Jun-2016 CBC
Canada negotiated CETA with the European Union based on the U.K. being in, not out, so now what?
India’s narrow BIT norms holding up trade pact
28-Jun-2016 Domain-b
The new model text on the basis of which India is negotiating its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) is making it difficult for America to hold bilateral talks on the proposed India-US BIT
Georgia and EFTA sign Free Trade Agreement
28-Jun-2016 Vestnik Kavkaza
The signing took place on the sideline of Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s two-day official visit to Switzerland and on the margins of EFTA ministerial meeting.
‘Brexit offers a vital lesson for Asean’
28-Jun-2016 Inquirer
Brexit shows where the European Union has gone wrong: because it failed to improve economic benefits for all.
Protecting the government in investor-state dispute
28-Jun-2016 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government is currently reviewing all its international investment treaties after previously having terminated 20 bilateral investment treaties (BIT).
Asean to press RCEP to cut tariffs on 92% of goods
28-Jun-2016 The Nation
ASEAN countries will propose to the 16 member states of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to eliminate tariffs on 92 per cent of trade in goods to promote economic integration of the grouping.
S Korea to review free trade accord with EU
28-Jun-2016 SME Times
The South Korean government said that it will review the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with the European Union (EU) following Britain’s exit from the bloc.
Only quarter of Canadians believe NAFTA benefits them
27-Jun-2016 The Japan Times
Only one in four Canadians say the North American Free Trade Agreement is good for their country, and more than one-third want it renegotiated, according to a poll.
Forum shopping in the execution of ICSID awards: is it time to revive the UN convention on state immunity?
27-Jun-2016 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
By virtue of the ICSID Convention awards are automatically enforceable. But enforcement of an award is only half of the equation; award holders must also navigate the separate, but equally important, task of executing the award.