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EU-US free trade agreement: A sectoral overview | 13-June-2013

An indepth look at possible stumbling blocks in the EU-US FTA negotiations


Rejecting free trade requires new forms of regionalism | 13-June-2013

Papua New Guinea’s trade Minister, Richard Maru, recently set a cat amongst the pigeons by saying that PNG was not interested in the regional trade negotiations known as PACER-Plus. “We can’t export our taro there, they won’t accept our greens...There’s nothing to be gained from a trade agreement at the moment. ‘We cannot justify the huge amount of resources we expend on such negotiations. They are a complete waste of time.”


China’s agenda in Switzerland (and Europe) | 13-June-2013

For his first trip abroad as Chinese premier last month, Li Keqiang went to India and Pakistan and then continued to Switzerland and Germany before heading back home. Why Switzerland?


North American free trade agreement with Europe needed, says ex-Mexican diplomat | 13-June-2013

Canadian and U.S. efforts to strike free trade deals with Europe must eventually be harmonized into a North American agreement involving Mexico, a former Mexican diplomat said Wednesday.


Analysis: Cows block path toward Canada-EU free trade deal | 13-June-2013

Salvaging a free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union after four years of talks will require skillful pasture politicking to pacify beef and dairy cow farmers who see more risk than opportunity.


Pacific-EU trade relations on a knife edge | 13-June-2013

Pacific trade ministers have still had no reply to their threat to pull out of long-running negotiations with Europe for an Economic Partnership Agreement.


Perú y EE. UU. evaluaron avances en implementación de TLC bilateral | 12-June-2013

Representantes de Perú y Estados Unidos se reunieron la semana pasada en la ciudad de Washington a fin de evaluar los avances en la implementación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) bilateral, así como las acciones que impulsen un mayor aprovechamiento de dicho acuerdo, informó hoy el Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Mincetur).


Francia amenaza con vetar TLC entre EU y Unión Europea | 12-June-2013

El primer ministro francés, Jean-Marc Ayrault, afirmó el miércoles en el Parlamento que Francia utilizaría su "derecho de veto político" si la cultura y las "industrias culturales" no se excluyen del ámbito de las negociaciones de un acuerdo de libre comercio entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.


Israel y Colombia firman el TLC tras quince meses de negociaciones | 12-June-2013

Tras quince meses de negociaciones, Israel y Colombia firmaron hoy en Jerusalén un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con el que aspiran a relanzar su balanza comercial de cerca de US$ 700 millones y fomentar las inversiones en el campo de la tecnología.


NSA surveillance debate could threaten US-EU trade deal | 12-June-2013

The furor over U.S. Internet surveillance could hit transatlantic trade. A senior European lawmaker says the revelations could potentially derail plans for a U.S.-EU free trade deal.


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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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