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Thailand: Cabinet approves EU FTA talking points
6-Dec-2012 Bangkok Post
The framework of the Thai-EU free trade agreement will be scrutinised by parliament as required by the charter before bilateral talks on 17 trade issues can proceed.
Colombia FTA with EU may increase money laundering: Report
6-Dec-2012 Colombia Report
A free trade pact between the EU, Colombia and Peru will increase the risk of illegal money flows and capital flight, said a report Wednesday from a group of Members of the European Parliament.
EU-Ukraine FTA (draft, 2012)
6-Dec-2012 Kyiv Post
Cuando la injusticia es negocio
5-Dec-2012 Transnational Institute / Corporate Europe Observatory
Un pequeño grupo de firmas de abogados, árbitros y especuladores financieros internacionales está alimentando un auge del arbitraje de inversiones que cuesta a los ciudadanos miles de millones de dólares de sus impuestos e impide que se adopten leyes en pro del interés público
Putting a Spotlight on the Arbitration Industry
5-Dec-2012 Triple Crisis Blog
“There is little use in going to law with the devil while the court is held in hell.” These words from an unlikely source – Humphrey O’Sullivan, a 19th Century Irish schoolmaster – became a widely used argument by multinational companies in the last decade as they justified the construction of an international arbitration system to decide state-investor disputes.
Profiting from injustice
5-Dec-2012 Transnational Institute / Corporate Europe Observatory
A small club of international law firms, arbitrators and financial speculators are fuelling an investment arbitration boom that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars and preventing legislation in the public interest.
EU and Mercosur to resume free trade talks at two events next January
5-Dec-2012 MercoPress
The European Union and Mercosur will resume talks on a free trade agreement during a coming summit in Brazil and later at a meeting in Santiago de Chile, both in January,
EU-Canada FTA (CETA): landing zones (draft, Nov 2012)
4-Dec-2012 S2B Network
Activists stage TPP boxing match
4-Dec-2012 Dominion Post
Activist group Aotearoa is Not for Sale Wellington staged a symbolic boxing match protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement today.
New statism: what replaces canned investment treaties?
4-Dec-2012 Business Day
What is remarkable about South Africa’s move against the EU is the lack of bilateral consultation before terminating its BITs as much as the proposal, almost novel in international investment law, that all future investment arbitration with SA should be domesticated.
India-New Zealand likely to ink FTA early next year
4-Dec-2012 Jagran
New Zealand in Friday said it expects to conclude the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India by next year and it would work passionately to address the issue of high duties levied on its products.
Group presses White House for consumer protections in trade negotiations
3-Dec-2012 Food Poisoning Bulletin
A bipartisan group has asked the Obama Administration to ensure public health is protected as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement is negotiated. Two countries involved in this agreement, Vietnam and Malaysia, are seafood exporters and have raised red flags.
Anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests
3-Dec-2012 Swans Commentary
Today I noticed an article about an "American" company that is suing Canada for an alleged World Trade Organization (WTO) violation.
Export firms eagerly await EPA talks / Deal could even playing field with S. Korean automakers in EU, offset surging yen
3-Dec-2012 Daily Yomiuri
News that Japan and the European Union have agreed to start negotiations for an economic partnership agreement was a breath of fresh air for Japanese export-related companies, as it is highly likely an EPA deal will give a boost to their businesses.
Trade war in the Pacific: ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
3-Dec-2012 The Conversation
Australian politicians are keen to project our participation in two major international trade talks – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – as unproblematic.
Opponents rally against Pacific-wide free trade pact talks in New Zealand
3-Dec-2012 Global Times
An international network of critics was gearing up Monday for more than a week of events opposing the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks as delegates from the 11 participating nations began the 15th round of negotiations behind closed doors in New Zealand.
Treaty shopping: How Philip-Morris cherry-picked worst case BITs
3-Dec-2012 Infojustice.org
Australia’s new stance against investor-State arbitration may do nothing to prevent claims being brought in the future.
Auckland TPP trade talks spark protest
3-Dec-2012 TVNZ
Long running talks to hammer out a free trade agreement between 11 Asia Pacific countries have resumed in Auckland, sparking criticism and protest.
No time to lose on FTA with EU: Thai ministry
3-Dec-2012 ANN
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is rushing to get Cabinet’s endorsement of the draft Thai-EU free-trade agreement on Tuesday in a bid to maintain the Kingdom’s attractiveness in terms of trade and investment, as well as to prepare for the end of European Union privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences.
One million to stop the corporate death star
3-Dec-2012 Avaaz
722,655 have signed this petition against the TPP. Help us get to 1,000,000.