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EU Trade Insights | 28-Oct-2014
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.
Mediapart | 27-Oct-2014
Le ministre de l’économie allemand Sigmar Gabriel a rendu public le mercredi 15 octobre le montant réclamé par Vattenfall, à savoir 4,7 milliards d’€. Rien à voir avec les quelques millions d’€ mentionnés un mois avant par son secrétaire d’Etat.
European Voice | 23-Oct-2014
As Juncker gives reassurances to the European Parliament over free trade with the US, 14 member states are urging him to stick to the script.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
Challenges.fr | 23-Oct-2014
Le futur chef de la Commission européenne, Jean-Claude Juncker, a ouvert la porte à une exclusion des tribunaux d’arbitrage de l’accord de libre-échange en cours de négociations avec les Etats-Unis, dans son discours d’investiture mercredi 22 octobre devant le Parlement européen.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
Reuters | 22-Oct-2014
The United States has floated excluding tobacco products from a key section of a 12-nation Pacific trade deal and signaled it may present a formal proposal to trading partners at talks in Australia.
Central Telegraph | 22-Oct-2014
Uruguay files its defence against Philip Morris, a test case for big business lawsuits that could hit the EU through the transatlantic trade and investment deal with the US.
The Conversation | 21-Oct-2014
The US is again driving the TPP agenda on behalf of its major export industries, but the TPP proposals are more extreme than the Australia-US FTA, writes Pat Ranald.
IBT | 17-Oct-2014
The European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned that there will be no free trade agreement between the EU and US without the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
Wall Street Journal | 16-Oct-2014
Tobacco producers Indonesia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Ukraine are challenging Australia’s plain-packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, bolstering support for Philip Morris’ private dispute against Canberra.
EU Trade Insights | 16-Oct-2014
The European Union and Singapore have finally concluded negotiations over a bilateral investment agreement, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has told EU Trade Insights in an exclusive interview.
