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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, investor-state dispute settlement and China
6-Feb-2015 Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Advocates of a transatlantic investment treaty should be careful not to overstate their case and play the “China-card” as a core argument for allowing US investors to side-track EU courts.
Turkey to lose $5B annually if not included in TTIP agreement
6-Feb-2015 Turkish Weekly
Turkey stands to lose roughly $5 billion per year in direct losses alone if it is not included in a final free trade agreement between the EU and US, Turkey’s minister for EU Affairs said Thursday.
Indian, Israeli officials to meet next week on free trade pact
6-Feb-2015 Economic Times
Officials of India and Israel would discuss next week issues related to the proposed free trade agreement between the countries
UN trade body meets to promote sustainability in international investment agreement regime
6-Feb-2015 Responsible Investor
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is convening a meeting later this month in a bid to make sure that sustainability is embedded in the global country-level ‘International Investment Agreement’ (IIA) regime for cross-border investment.
Signing of the Japan-Ukraine Investment Agreement
6-Feb-2015 METI/MOFA
Tokyo announces the signing of a bilateral investment treaty with Kiev, which it highlights as opening Ukraine farmland and mineral resources to Japanese investors.
French Senate tells TTIP negotiators to ‘abolish’ ISDS
6-Feb-2015 EurActiv
The French Senate united on Tuesday (3 February) in its opposition to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS).
Preferential trade deal with Iran to turn into FTA
5-Feb-2015 Daily Sabah
The Preferential Trade Agreement signed between Turkey and Iran will be extended and the agreement will be transformed into a free trade agreement, a Turkish minister says.
EU urged to move fast to ratify FTA with S’pore
5-Feb-2015 The Straits Times
Singapore and Germany urged European Union members to ratify the EU-Singapore free trade agreement (FTA) expeditiously, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying it was in Europe’s interest to do so quickly.
Seventh round of RCEP trade negotiations to be held next week
5-Feb-2015 Yonhap
Negotiations for an Asian free trade agreement, known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), will be held in Thailand next week.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: An accident report
5-Feb-2015 ECIPE
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was launched with highest of ambitions. Yet after more than 500 days of negotiations, the results are plainly discouraging.
What is brewing between India and the US on IPR?
5-Feb-2015 Business Today
Ssomething is brewing between the two countries on the issue of intellectual property rights.
Petitioners’ fears over EU-US trade deal well-grounded
5-Feb-2015 FT
It is very difficult to refute the general allegation that the TTIP agenda is driven by big business interests, writes John Kay
EU-US trade deal threatens food safety
5-Feb-2015 FOEE
The trade agreement being negotiated between the US and EU threatens public health, consumer rights and animal welfare standards, shows new analysis today by food and trade experts
Syriza-led Greek parliament ‘will never ratify TTIP’
5-Feb-2015 EurActiv
After making its voice heard in the debate over sanctions on Russia, the new government in Athens is now making its opposition known to the EU-US trade deal, TTIP.
TISA: Leaked document uncovers secret discussions that undermine access to health care
5-Feb-2015 TWHA
A secret discussion note for the Trade in Service Agreement (TISA) – leaked today by Associated Whistle-Blowing Press- uncovers that negotiators discuss reforms to the national health care systems in favour of international trade and the commercialisation of health care.
Regulatory cooperation: perhaps boring, but the TTIP storm on the horizon
4-Feb-2015 BEUC
Regulatory cooperation is on the face of it one of the least exciting concepts within the TTIP negotiations. But it is the coming storm on the horizon.
Tokyo offers to cut tariffs on US pork in TPP talks, sources say
3-Feb-2015 Kyodo
The Abe administration has proposed sharply cutting Japan’s tariff on a certain amount of US pork over a 10-year period in talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to sources.
Prof Stiglitz on TPP 2015
3-Feb-2015 Youtube
Professor Stiglitz addressing TPP negotiators in New York in January 2015.
Tiger skins and rhino horns: Can a trade deal halt the trafficking?
3-Feb-2015 NPR
The Obama administration is now trying to tackle wildlife trafficking by incorporating rules into the Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as the TPP.
Korea: Trade deficit with EU exceeds $10 billion
30-Jan-2015 Chosun Ilbo
It all started after the FTA went into effect. Korea had posted 11 straight years of trade surpluses with the EU from 1998 to 2011, but the balance shift into the red in 2012.