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Singapore: The Commission to Request a Court of Justice Opinion on the trade deal
31-Oct-2014 European Commission
The Commission decided today to request an opinion of the EU Court of Justice on the competence to sign and ratify a trade agreement with Singapore.
Canada’s farm protections a remaining hurdle to major trade deal: US
31-Oct-2014 Canadian Press
Access to Canada’s tightly controlled agriculture market is among the main remaining hurdles to a historic 12-country free-trade deal, the US administration said Thursday.
No prospect for Pacific free trade pact agreement at APEC: US
31-Oct-2014 Kyodo
US trade chief Michael Froman said Thursday there is no prospect of clinching an agreement on a contentious Pacific free trade initiative at the upcoming summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Calls to ban toxic chemicals fall on deaf ears around the world
31-Oct-2014 Newsweek
“If TTIP is passed along the lines that have been released so far, the EU’s endocrine disrupting chemicals regulations would be postponed even further or completely derailed,” says David Azoulay, an attorney at the Centre for International Environmental Law.
Le Malawi et la Chine signent un accord de libre-échange
30-Oct-2014 APA
Le Malawi et la Chine ont signé un accord de libre-échange qui va porter sur la libre circulation des biens en provenance du pays d’Afrique australe vers la Chine
BRICS: la création d’une zone de libre-échange peu probable (expert)
30-Oct-2014 RIA Novosti
La mise en place d’une zone de libre-échange au sein du BRICS étant peu probable, les pays membres doivent plutôt renforcer leurs échanges bilatéraux, annonce le gouvernement brésilien
SC inches closer to resolving JPEPA petition
30-Oct-2014 GMA Network
The Philippine Supreme Court has gone a step closer to resolving a six-year-old petition seeking to stop the implementation of the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Bangladesh complacent in competitive global market
30-Oct-2014
Bangladesh is, perhaps, the only country in the world which does not have any Free Trade Agreement with important trading countries.
TPP deal keeps disappearing down rabbit hole
30-Oct-2014
Alice in Wonderland said: "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, and everything would be what it isn’t." She could well have been describing the current state of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
Dairy farmers hope new Chinese free trade agreement will boost export market growth
30-Oct-2014
Australian dairy farmers are hoping a free trade deal (FTA) with China will help them deal with plummeting milk prices.
Hong Kong expects to finalise Asean free trade agreement by 2016
29-Oct-2014 SCMP
Hong Kong expects to have a free trade agreement with Asean economies in place by 2016, government officials said yesterday as they sketched out a timeline for progress on trade talks that began in July.
Calls for Berry Amendment to be protected in TTIP
29-Oct-2014 Just Style
EU apparel industry wants a provision forbidding the US Department of Defense from buying products not 100% ’made in the US’ to be repealed by TTIP — but its US counterpart is fighting back.
Egypt to hurt its economy by canceling trade agreement: Turkish Foreign Ministry
29-Oct-2014 Hurriyet Daily
Egypt has decided not to extend a comprehensive free trade agreement signed with Turkey during the rule of the ousted ex-President Mohamed Morsi, the MENA news agency reported on Oct. 28.
China eyes Asia-Pacific FTA at APEC meeting, says foreign minister
29-Oct-2014 Xinhua
The process of launching the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area (FTA) is expected to start during the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
Iran wins its first investor-state case
29-Oct-2014 Lexology
The Islamic Republic of Iran has won its first ever investor-state arbitration in a decision against Turkish mobile phone company, Turkcell.
China-Sri Lanka FTA to be signed in June 2015
29-Oct-2014 Xinhua
The proposed free trade agreement between Sri Lanka and China is to be signed in June 2015, and not end 2014, Sri Lankan government officials have said.
The Micula case: When ISDS messes with EU law
28-Oct-2014 BEUC
This case illustrates the risk that a Member State can be successfully sued by a company within ISDS for merely bringing its legislation or policies in line with EU legislation.
Assessing India’s Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement with UAE
28-Oct-2014 Madhyam
Thanks to the persistent efforts by civil society groups demanding access to the full text of India-UAE bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPA) under the Right to Information Act, the agreement was recently made public by the concerned appellate authority of Ministry of Finance.
Singapore concerned by ISDS debate, asks investment be “decoupled” from EU deal
28-Oct-2014 EU Trade Insights
As the debate in Europe over investors’ rights to sue States is growing, Singapore has been asking the European Commission to agree to a decoupling of the bilateral trade agreement as the country is concerned the investment protection part of the deal could hold up the entire pact.
Fair trade group calls for release of TPP text
28-Oct-2014 Scoop
“The Ministerial statement claiming “significant progress” on TPP negotiations with no details and further meeting plans shows that the Australian government may be making shameful concessions in exchange for dubious market access deals,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Coordinator of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) said today.