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Malay business group says no to free trade deal, wants debate in Parliament | 4-June-2013

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement should be debated in Parliament, the Malay Economic Action Council said today when voicing its objection to Malaysia’s inking of the free-trade agreement.


EU-Singapore agree on Partnership and Cooperation Agreement | 3-June-2013

EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton and Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam confirmed last Friday the conclusion of negotiations on an EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).


Colombia: Veredicto sobre el TLC con Estados Unidos | 3-June-2013

Pues bien, ahí están las cifras. Y estas dicen que a Colombia le está yendo como a los perros en misa en el TLC con Estados Unidos, porque las importaciones están creciendo muy por encima de las exportaciones...


Farmers push for FTA with China | 3-June-2013

The Australian government is under pressure to conclude a free-trade agreement with China in an effort to help restore the competitiveness of Australian farmers, who have been hurt by the high dollar and rising costs.


Libre échange: accord UE/Thaïlande | 1-June-2013

L’Union européenne et la Thaïlande ont conclu leur premier cycle de négociations en vue de conclure un accord de libre-échange qui leur permettrait de renforcer leurs liens commerciaux.


The horrific costs of the US-Colombia trade agreement | 1-June-2013

Wallach, who has been studying such agreements for twenty years with Global Trade Watch, says she has never seen the merging of a trade agreement with terror like this. Not on this scale.


Latest EU mandate for EU-US FTA shows priorities | 31-May-2013

The draft mandate dated 21 May, expected to be passed during a dedicated one-day session of the EU Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers on 14 June, was leaked by German activist blog “netzpolitik.org”.


Panorama incierto en ronda del TLC entre Panamá y Colombia | 31-May-2013

La séptima ronda de negociaciones para un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Panamá y Colombia concluye hoy, pero en medio de un panorama incierto por un arancel colombiano que los panameños consideran lesivo.


Aliança do Pacífico preocupa no Brasil | 31-May-2013

Vista como ameaça ao Mercosul, por sua capacidade de criar uma zona de livre comércio entre México, Peru, Colômbia e Chile, com uma população equivalente a do Brasil e 33% do comércio da região, a Aliança do Pacífico é, por enquanto, um projeto, ainda que em avançada negociação, apoiado por entusiasmada declaração de intenções de engajados chefes de Estado.


Colombia: A un año del TLC: desastre anunciado y manos atadas | 31-May-2013

Resumen cuidadoso de los efectos observados hasta ahora: más importaciones que exportaciones, poco crecimiento económico e incapacidad para controlar los capitales. Pero el gobierno trata de disimular lo evidente: nos ha ido mal con el TLC


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Key issues
  • 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
  • Argentine court revokes US$19 bln embargo on Chevron | 6-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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