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Negotiations
Bangladesh pushes for free trade with Turkey
10-Aug-2015Bdnews24 Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has pushed for a free trade agreement with Turkey to expand trade ties10-Aug-2015 The Straits Times
Jakarta open to TPP now after Obama’s US Senate victory
Indonesia is now open to joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement following United States President Barack Obama’s victory in a congressional battle over the pact10-Aug-2015 Wanganui Chronicle
Protesters battle hail and TPPA talks
About 200 people braved the unpredictable weather to join the anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement march and rally10-Aug-2015 Electronic Frontier Fondation
Canadian filmmaker fears for creative freedom under the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership leans towards rules that lock up works of art and stifle independent creators’ output10-Aug-2015 The Australian Financial Review
Bechtel revokes GLNG workers’ leave ahead of China FTA protest march
A protest march planned by five major trade unions over the China free-trade agreement has set on edge management at United States construction giant Bechtel10-Aug-2015 The Economic Times
GVK ban fallout: India defers FTA talks with EU
India government has deferred talks with the European Union on the proposed free trade agreement, peeved at the ban imposed on around 700 pharma products, which were clinically tested by GVK Biosciences.9-Aug-2015 CRI
La Zambie et la RDC signent un accord d’exemption de douane
La Zambie et la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) voisine ont signé un accord commercial bilatéral qui permettra à chacun des deux pays d’importer les produits de l’autre sans droits de douane9-Aug-2015 BEUC
Data flows in TTIP
Data flows in TTIP could result in a significant weakening of consumers’ fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data9-Aug-2015 The Charlotte Observer
Q&A: How Southeast Asian economic zone could change region
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC whose ultimate goal is said to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping9-Aug-2015 The Express Tribune
Pakistan seeking trade agreement with Belarus
In a bid to give a boost to bilateral trade, Pakistani authorities have offered Belarus a preferential trade agreement9-Aug-2015 South Centre
International investment agreements and Africa’s structural transformation: a perspective from South Africa
The brief describes the widening debate on the implications of international investment agreements for sustainable development and outlines the broad features of alternative policy approaches to foreign direct investmentmore
Key issues
Spain facing compensation bill of billions over renewables cuts
7-Aug-2015 El PaísSpain has suffered its first setback in an international arbitration process over its cuts to renewable energy subsidies.6-Aug-2015 ABC Rural
Food exporters may have to rebadge food labels as a result of free trade deals
Food exporters are being warned they could face the costly process of rebadging food labels as a result of free trade deals6-Aug-2015 CCPA
Canadian corporations abuse investment treaties, bully governments into environmental backtrack: study
Canadian investors have exploited a controversial mechanism in international investment treaties to challenge public interest regulations in 24 different countries6-Aug-2015 Global Arbitration Review
Austria hit with first ICSID claim
The owner of a Vienna bank targeted by multiple fraud investigations has lodged what is thought to be the first-ever investment treaty claim against Austria5-Aug-2015 War on Want
TTIP, CETA, TISA and public services
What is the threat from free trade agreements to public services?5-Aug-2015 Lexology
Poland risks Bilateral Investment Treaty claims in adopting new law
The Polish Parliament has just passed a new law restricting investment in certain strategic Polish companies, which raises the risk of potential Bilateral Investment Treaty claims4-Aug-2015 CIP Américas
San Quintín Valley: From labor abuse to labor mobilization
The San Quintín Valley, one of Mexico’s highest producing agricultural areas with a market aimed principally at export, is also one of the places with the most abusive, unsanitary and harmful working conditions for day laborers.more
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News from the movements
10-Aug-2015 Wanganui Chronicle
Protesters battle hail and TPPA talks
About 200 people braved the unpredictable weather to join the anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement march and rally10-Aug-2015 The Australian Financial Review
Bechtel revokes GLNG workers’ leave ahead of China FTA protest march
A protest march planned by five major trade unions over the China free-trade agreement has set on edge management at United States construction giant Bechtel6-Aug-2015 Sputnik
Paro general contra el TISA en Uruguay
Este jueves la central sindical uruguaya PIT-CNT realiza un paro general que tiene como uno de sus objetivos oponerse a la participación del país en la negociación del TISA.5-Aug-2015 Stuff
Law professor wants refusal to release TPP documents overturned
An application for an urgent review of a refusal to release documents relating to the Trans-Pacific partnership trade deal has been filed in the High Court in Wellington by law professor Jane Kelsey4-Aug-2015 CIP Américas
San Quintín Valley: From labor abuse to labor mobilization
The San Quintín Valley, one of Mexico’s highest producing agricultural areas with a market aimed principally at export, is also one of the places with the most abusive, unsanitary and harmful working conditions for day laborers.3-Aug-2015 Western Telegraph
TTIP protest takes to the streets
Healthcare protesters People’s NHS Wales lined several streets in Haverfordwest with placards in their latest bid to highlight concerns over what the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could mean for our health
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