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Investment agreements: A new threat to health and TRIPS flexibilities?
Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) may be a threat to access to medicines as shown by a recent legal suit by a drug multinational against Canada for invalidating a patent, writes Carlos Correa
US cut of trade privilege angers Bangladesh
Bangladesh has criticised the decision by the United States to cut trade privileges in the wake of a deadly garment factory collapse, insisting it had taken concrete action to improve safety.
US suspends trade benefits for Bangladesh over safety
President Barack Obama cut off long-time US trade benefits for Bangladesh on Thursday in a mostly symbolic response to conditions in the country’s garment industry that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past year.
US-ASEAN businessmen lobby Indonesia on TPP
US businessmen grouped under the United States-ASEAN Business Council are seeking ways to access the Southeast Asian market, which its population of 620 million, through a Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Canada, India conclude latest EPA talks
Canada and India have concluded an eighth round of talks toward a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the the Canadian Government saying that it has identified core economic opportunities in India in the energy, agriculture, infrastructure and education sectors.
Mozambique and Japan pen investment treaty
Japan signs its first bilateral investment treaty with a sub-Saharan African country, aimed at increased Japanese investment flows into Mozambique’s infrastructure, agriculture and agri-processing and sectors.
China, ROK agree to push for completion of free trade pact
China and Korea, during talks held Thursday between Presidents Xi Jinping and Park Geun-hye, agreed to push for the completion of a bilateral free trade agreement.
Australia’s Rudd urges China to act on trade deal
Australia’s newly reinstalled Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged China - the country’s largest trading partner - to conclude the stalled bilateral free trade deal
Free trade with Switzerland seen
A possible free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and Switzerland may push through as the two countries are set to sign a separate agreement creating a commission to lower tariffs and increase trade.
Ecuador waives US trade rights over Edward Snowden asylum request
Ecuador said it was waiving preferential rights under a US trade agreement to demonstrate its principled approach to the asylum request of former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Le Honduras et le Pérou font un pas vers un traité de libre échange
Le Honduras et le Pérou font un pas vers la signature d’un Traité de libre échange en créant un conseil patronal pour développer les relations commerciales entre les deux pays.
TPP talks likely to drag on until spring
The talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact will likely stretch on until April or May 2014, with disagreements over tariffs and other key issues hampering progress, the Nikkei reported in its Wednesday evening edition.
President Ma reiterates hope to join TPP and RCEP
President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday reiterated the administration’s hope to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), in order to allow Taiwan to effectively take part in regional economic integration.
TPP to open up new market opportunities and horizons for Malaysians, says FMM
The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is of the view that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would open up new market opportunities and horizons for Malaysians to take advantage of the international marketplace, says FMM president Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon.
Sixth round of Korea-China FTA negotiations to be held July 2-4
South Korea and China will hold a fresh round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) early next month, the Seoul government said Tuesday.
Trade commission recognizes damage from Korea-EU FTA
South Korea’s trade commission has recognized damage to a local company from the country’s bilateral free trade agreement with the European Union, the government said Thursday.
Impunity Inc.
Through three case studies, "Impunity Inc." aims to provide inputs for reflection on the “super-rights” and “super-powers” of transnational corporations.
MITI brief on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Briefing paper from Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry as it prepares to host the next round of TPP negotiations on July 15-25 in Kota Kinabalu
Japan, EU begin second free trade talks
Japan and the European Union began, in Tokyo on Monday, the second round of negotiations on a bilateral free-trade pact aimed at stimulating economies on both sides.
Taipei, Beijing ink services trade pact
Taiwan and mainland China concluded the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement June 21 in Shanghai, ushering in a new era of bilateral business ties and strengthening the island’s bid for greater regional economic integration.