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TTIP or the disintegration of the EU
10-Mar-2015 Estrella Digital
Ecologistas en Acción and ‘No al TTIP’ consider that the EU-US trade agreement will mean reductions in labor rights and these will be justified by “cost reduction based on the anti-trade union policy of the US – that has not ratified ILO conventions – and on labor reforms imposed by the Troika”.
European body seeks changes to trade-related regulations
6-Mar-2015 The Nation
The European Association for Business and Commerce has urged Thailand to revise trade-related regulations
KITA pushes resumption of FTA negotiations with Gulf Cooperation Council
2-Mar-2015 Business Korea
Korea’s premier corporate lobby group says that Korea should resume FTA negotiations, which have been stopped, with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as soon as possible and target the markets in the Middle East.
How Jack Straw lobbied Ukrainian PM and European Commission on behalf of sugar firm
23-Feb-2015 The Telegraph
According to The Telegraph, former UK foreign secretary Jack Straw lobbied the Ukrainian goverment - using the proposed EU FTA as a carrot - to get it to change a domestic law in favour of a UK company’s interests.
Corporate coup d’état: Those crappy trade deals
18-Feb-2015 Counter Punch
The corporate media would prefer that people know nothing about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other trade deals.
India, Israel FTA not likely to be signed soon
11-Feb-2015 Business Standard
The India and Israel free trade agreement is not going to be reality soon, even as Israel plans expand its footprint in the Indian market in areas such as water management, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
Goldman pushes China investment deal as Silicon Valley wary
11-Feb-2015 Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is exhorting the US to quickly complete a treaty with China to open the long-sheltered market of the world’s most populous nation to American banks and other firms.
Chinese food companies find room to grow in Australia, NZ
15-Jan-2015 China Daily
Companies based in China are investing in Australia and New Zealand’s agricultural sectors as they pursue a larger foothold in these lucrative markets through favorable policies offered by bilateral free trade agreements.
Are states sovereign?
12-Jan-2015 El Periódico
A trade treaty known as the TTIP is being negotiated between the US and Europe. From what I have been able to find out about this treaty, it will, among other things, limit the capacity of states to draft environmental, health or labour norms which adversely impact big corporations
Lowest common denominator: EU-US trade deal threatens to lower standards of protection from toxic pesticides
8-Jan-2015 CIEL
A new analysis exposes how the American and European pesticide industry is using ongoing EU-US trade negotiations to lower human health and environmental standards in order to increase trade in toxic pesticides.
Sugar buyers’ slam NAFTA sugar pact, shift focus to Australia, Canada
24-Dec-2014 Reuters
A new US-Mexican government pact will limit supplies of sugar from Mexico via NAFTA and drive US manufacturers to seek supplies from Australia and Canada through the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to the Sweetener Users Association (SUA), which represents candy makers like the Hershey and Mars.
Why are weapons-makers excited by TTIP?
19-Dec-2014 EU Observer
The arms industry is hoping that the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will provide it with greater opportunities.
Europe’s business community’s "clarion call" for vital EU-US trade deal
18-Dec-2014 Global Trader
"TTIP could be worth up to €120bn to the EU every year" claims Confederation of British Industry as it hosts a business lobby meeting to trumpet for an EU-US trade treaty.
TTIP and the architecture of impunity
16-Dec-2014 La Marea
The legal principles on which the TTIP is based form part of the legal suit of arms that limits the exercise of democracy and people’sovereignty.
International Chamber of Commerce: Trade secret law should be harmonized, included in TPP
9-Dec-2014 Infojustice
The International Chamber of Commerce is urging the inclusion of strong trade secret provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.
TPP must be a done deal in 2015: US-Asean Business Council
8-Dec-2014 New Straits Times
Marc Mealy, who is vice president (policy) in the US-Asean Business Council, says the Trans Pacific Partnership can and must be a done deal in 2015.
S. Korea must concentrate all energy on TPP: traders association head
3-Dec-2014 Yonhap
South Korea must concentrate all of its resources on taking part in the US-led Asia-Pacific mega free trade bloc, the head of the country’s biggest business lobby group says.
India wants to energise trade ties with EU
21-Nov-2014 IANS
Indian Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium Manjeev Singh Puri has called for energising EU-India trade and economic relations.
Large Chinese dairy investment follows historic FTA
20-Nov-2014 The Age
The New Hope dairy investment could be the first of many deals fuelled by the historic China-Australia free trade agreement.
Australian tycoon to build giant dairy farm for exports to China
16-Nov-2014 Reuters
Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has agreed to invest A$500 ($437 million) in partnership with a Chinese company to create one of Australia’s largest dairy farms to meet soaring demand for premium infant formula in China.