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US-SACU trade deal: what’s in it for us? | 7-October-2004

In bilateral talks characterised by unequal power relations, the rich will force their will on the poor and the "development" element of trade deals will be diluted to the point of being meaningless. This is especially so when dealing with a country like the US that believes more trade, on its own, equals more development.


US-SACU trade talks grind to a halt | 7-October-2004

Free trade talks between the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the largest economy in the world have reached a dead end.


FTA could exacerbate Philippine nurse drain | 7-October-2004

As the Philippines strives to get Japan to allow in Filipino health-care workers under a free-trade agreement now under negotiation, the country itself could be moving rapidly toward a crisis in which patients suffer as health-care professionals move abroad.


Bilateral trade talks falter after enthusiastic starts | 6-October-2004

Bangladesh is yet to make any clear headway in its bilateral talks in free trade agreements with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well as trade and investment framework agreement with the United States.


Honduras: Miles de firmas contra el TLC | 5-October-2004

El pasado 28 de septiembre en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, el Bloque Popular-Coordinadora Nacional de Resistencia Popular entregó al Congreso de ese país 18 mil cartas exigiendo el rechazo del Parlamento hondureño a la ratificación del Tratado de Libre Comercio con
Estados Unidos.


US envoy stresses need for FTA with Korea | 5-October-2004

U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher R. Hill called for the quick conclusion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and the abolishment of the screen quota system during the General Membership Meeting with American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Tuesday at Shilla Hotel in central Seoul.


Crece el repudio a las negociaciones del TLC | 5-October-2004

Casi en forma simultánea, en Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador y Bolivia se han producido movilizaciones contundentes de repudio al TLC andino.


Watch out beyond the WTO: The EU’s aggressive multi-level trade agenda | 5-October-2004

Is it really just the US which pushes its economic interests in fora outside the WTO? No! The European Commission as the power centre of EU trade policy is pursuing its own neo-liberal liberalisation and deregulation scheme multilaterally within the WTO and at the same time in regional and bilateral processes!


Trade agreement between Qatar and the USA within one year | 5-October-2004

Members of the US congress expect that a free trade agreement will be signed between the USA and Qatar within one year. Qatar will provide the USA liquid natural gas and will attract direct American investments. However, Washington will set several preconditions before opening the door.


Strange article lurking at back of FTA could bring nasty surprise | 4-October-2004

HIDDEN at the back of the 1000 page Australia-US Free Trade
Agreement, is a strange article, numbered 21.2(c). Usually,
in a legal document such as a treaty, dispute proceedings
only arise if a party has breached a formal obligation in the text.


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Key issues
  • 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
  • The rise of regionalism in international investment policymaking: consolidation or complexity? | 14-June-2013
  • Investor privileges in EU-US trade deal threaten public interest and democracy | 11-June-2013
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    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

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    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 ...

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