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Thailand set to resume talks for FTA with Europe
19-Aug-2013 The Nation
Thailand will soon resume the long-suspended free-trade talks with the European Free Trade Association in order to ensure a level playing field with other Asean countries.
M’sia Cabinet drops TPP timeline
19-Aug-2013 The Malaysian Reserve
Under pressure from the a larger coalition against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, the Malaysian Cabinet has decided to stick to several “red lines” and to drop any timeline for the signing of the disputed trade deal, a senior government official said last week in Kuala Lumpur.
Japan, US trade chiefs want TPP deal this year
19-Aug-2013 Kyodo
Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Trade Representative Michael Froman agreed Sunday to work together toward concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks by the end of the year.
Colombia’s growing labor struggle
19-Aug-2013 Socialist Worker
Three of Colombia’s most powerful unions take action on August 19 and 20, as the spreading anger against the Colombian government reaches a new stage.
USDA trip moves US closer to accepting Chinese chicken
16-Aug-2013 Politico
Despite years of food safety scandals surrounding China and another recent bird flu outbreak there, the US Department of Agriculture is moving closer to opening the US market to Chinese-processed chicken by sending two of its senior food safety officials to Beijing next week for a bilateral meeting on the subject.
Pigs on Boeing 747s from UK to China
16-Aug-2013
Following a trade deal, breeding pigs are being flown from the UK to China, up to 900 per flight in Boeing 747s.
Namibia and the Economic Partnership Agreement
16-Aug-2013 Pambazuka
Namibia’s principled refusal to get bullied into an agreement against what it considered its own best interests has served as an example for other countries originally more willing to give in to the pressure exerted by EU
How the Obama Administration is hurting American workers
14-Aug-2013 Pacific Standard
Leading US companies, the ones that shape government policy, are now able to make healthy profits without spending on domestic investment, leading to policies like FTAs that do not improve living and working conditions in the US
Marche citoyenne contre l’accord de libre échange négocié entre les EU et la CE dans le déni de la démocratie
14-Aug-2013 Les Engraineurs
Venez nombreux le 24 novembre. Il s’agira de la première mobilisation avant une longue série d’autres d’ici à 2015.
EU-Ukraine FTA (draft, 2013)
14-Aug-2013 Ukraine Government
Ukraine: Government publishes draft Association Agreement
14-Aug-2013 ForUm
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine posted draft EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on the government portal. The document is freely available and can be read by any Internet user.
EU confirms no block-to-individual Mercosur member trade negotiation has been requested
13-Aug-2013 MercoPress
The 28-country European Union underscored the potential benefits of a free trade agreement with Mercosur and revealed that so far no country member of the group has requested to a bilateral negotiation.
TPPA is not in our national interest
13-Aug-2013
Malaysia should reject the TPPA outright until and unless a comprehensive and impartial CBA and comparative advantage study are conducted whose results are extensively communicated to the public
MEA asks commerce ministry to review FTAs, slowdown talks
13-Aug-2013
India’s Ministry of external affairs is learnt to have asked the ministry of commerce and industry to review some of the key free trade agreements the country has signed with Singapore, Japan, Korea and Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
USTR hearing on TTIP
12-Aug-2013 Regulations.gov
The comments submitted to and transcript of a public hearing convened by the US Trade Representative on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) on 29-30 May 2013 are online.
Brazil reaches out to EU for trade deal
12-Aug-2013 KEI Online
Brazil’s rising prosperity has led it to consider pushing for its own trade deal with the EU, after years of struggling to reach one alongside its neighbours.
TPP, TTIP, and Congress: the elephant in the room
9-Aug-2013 Lexology
Even assuming agreements can be reached and all foreign partners can deliver, there is an elephant roaming in these negotiating rooms: US Congress.
Advancing a new regulatory regime for TNCs and Investment: Towards a people’s international treaty
8-Aug-2013
Invitation to a round table at the European Paliament in Brussels on 5 September to deepen the debate on corporate Impunity, and introduce key elements in emerging alternatives to reclaim the public Interest and end TNC impunity
Serbia’s free trade agreements with Turkey and Russia creates a golden opportunity
8-Aug-2013
Most people are aware of Serbia’s free trade agreement but what is less known is Serbia’s free trade agreement with Turkey. Free trade agreements also exist between Kazakhstan, Belarus, CEFTA, EFTA, European Union and the USA.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A threat to democracy and food sovereignty
8-Aug-2013 Food First
This Backgrounder outlines the agreement’s assault on democracy and food sovereignty and examines the TPP’s likely impacts on food and agriculture in Japan, the latest country to join negotiations.