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México: Peña quiere renegociar el TLC con Europa | 17-June-2013

El presidente Enrique Peña Nieto declaró que se trabaja en la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con la Unión Europea (UE).


Inician pláticas para TLC entre Europa y EU | 17-June-2013

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, y los dirigentes europeos dieron solemnemente este lunes el pistoletazo de salida de las negociaciones de un acuerdo comercial destinado a crear la mayor zona de libre comercio del mundo, coincidiendo con la cumbre del G8 en Irlanda del Norte.


The TPP quietly comes to Vancouver for mini-negotiating round | 17-June-2013

An inter-sessional Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating round is quietly taking place in Vancouver over the next few days — the first TPP negotiations to take place on Canadian soil.


Civil Society Bahamas engaged in Economic Partnership Agreement talks | 17-June-2013

Civil Society Organizations are concerned about Bahamians having a proper understanding of the EPA and its beneficial impact.


Trade deal would benefit US more than EU, Ifo study finds | 17-June-2013

The US would gain more than the EU from a transatlantic trade deal, according to a study to be released on Monday.


Controversial debate on TTIP mandate in EU Council of Ministers | 16-June-2013

After hours of late night discussion, the European Union Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers meeting in Luxembourg Friday finally excluded the audiovisual sector from the negotiation mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the bilateral treaty to be negotiated with the United States.


Francia: Buscan excluir filmes de TLC con EUA | 14-June-2013

Francia reiteró ayer que bloqueará las negociaciones para definir el mandato a la Comisión Europea para alcanzar un acuerdo de libre comercio con EUA si no se excluye de esas conversaciones la industria cultural, en particular la creación, la difusión y la financiación de películas.


Colombia: Aplazan votación del TLC con Corea | 14-June-2013

La Comisión de Ética del Senado definirá, a más tardar el lunes, si acepta o rechaza la recusación interpuesta por un ciudadano contra un grupo de seis senadores de la Comisión II, quienes deben votar el proyecto de ley por medio del cual Colombia suscribe un tratado de libre comercio con Corea del Sur.


Colombia: Apuran entrada en vigencia de TLC con Unión Europea | 14-June-2013

El acuerdo entre Colombia y el grupo de 27 países empezará a funcionar este año.
El Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Colombia y la Unión Europea (UE) entrará en vigencia en cualquier momento antes de finalizar el año, afirmó el ministro de Comercio, Sergio Díaz-Granados.


Factbox - Issues at the heart of EU-US free-trade talks | 14-June-2013

The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic business.


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Key issues
  • PMI awaits jurisdiction ruling in Uruguay bilateral investment treaty litigation | 19-June-2013
  • US businesses launch coalition for fair trade with India | 19-June-2013
  • Turkish firm Karkey files $700m claim on Pakistan | 18-June-2013
  • A Kiwi-sized "Spanner in the works" of the TPP? | 17-June-2013
  • Japanese gov’t seeks industry lobbies’ opinions on TPP | 17-June-2013
  • Verizon sees “trade” deal as the next “Share everything” plan | 17-June-2013
  • recent multimedia

    Drafts and done deals
  • Projet de mandat de négociation ALE UE-USA (3/2013) | 3-June-2013
  • EU draft negotiating mandate for EU-USA FTA (5/2013) | 31-May-2013
  • EU draft negotiating mandate for EU-USA FTA (3/2013) | 29-March-2013
  • EU-India FTA: draft text on IPR | 29-March-2013
  • EU-India FTA: IP chapter draft text under negotiation (2013) | 11-March-2013
  • EU-Ukraine FTA (draft, 2012) | 6-December-2012
  • Links
  • ASEAN Briefing | 18-April-2013
  • Foreign Trade Association | 12-April-2013
  • About the EU-US trade and investment deal | 5-April-2013
  • AFL-CIO: US-EU Free Trade Agreement | 11-March-2013
  • Coalición Nacional No TLC con Corea | 27-September-2012
  • Help free the TPP! | 27-August-2012

  • Comments
    Final agreement of WTO TRIPS council on the obligations of Least Developed Countries to protect intellectual property rights, puts EU and US in a bad light | 12-June-2013
    Burghard Ilge:

    Burghard Ilge, Both ENDS, 12/06/2013
    Yesterday the World Trade Organization (WTO) officially decided that the country grouping of Least Developed Counties (LDCs) remain excluded from the most far reaching WTO obligations on i ...

    El mito de los TLC. ¿El futuro es Puerto Rico? | 3-June-2013
    Jose M Lopez Sierra:

    Saludos, Tenemos que trabajar juntos para descolonizar a Puerto Rico. Habra una protesta pacifica en las afuera de la ONU este 17 de junio. Te esperamos! Un abrazo! Jose
    www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com

    Nigeria: Soludo - EU trade agreement is second slavery | 14-May-2013
    Alade Olugbenga MA student FU University Berlin, Germany:

    This is an attempt to enslave African economy and to deceive us as it was during the colonial era. It is time to wake up from slumbering into the hands of world capitalist and try to develop our land.
    May be we can learn from ...

    Thailand not involved in TPP talks | 28-April-2013
    anon:

    The page is not misleading. The flags are in the outer frame of the page and are divided into three groups - Peru trade agreements in force, Peru trade agreements signed and ratification in progress, Peru trade agreements in negotiations. Those g ...

    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations | 16-April-2013
    Matthäus Fink:

    Hello,
    i am interested in the fuller details of the case. My name is Matthäus Fink. I am from Germany and i am writting a doctoral thesis on the interaction between investment law and environmental law, so i am interessted i ...

    BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations | 15-April-2013
    IAReporter:

    For those interested in the BIT claim mentioned by Herbert Smith in this law firm news release, the fuller details of the claim were reported in this article by Investment Arbitration Reporter:
    http://www.iareporter.com/arti ...

    Now US wants Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement with European Union to include Turkey: who’s next? | 20-March-2013
    :

    Next are the EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland).
    The article implies that the addition of Mexico, Canada and Turkey is strange or random - and mentions how far Turkey is from the Atlantic, but such logi ...

    World Bank urges Africa to reject EPAs with EU | 13-March-2013
    B. Ilge:

    Thank you for keeping this article on line.
    Here a link to a disclaimer made by the World Bank with the title
    "World Bank did not urge Africa to reject EPAs with EU"
    http://bit.ly/13 ...

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