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Can Russia ride China’s trade lead in Southeast Asia?
13-Dec-2016 PortNews
Current political unity masks divergent economic interests as Russia attempts to shift its economic interests east to Eurasian and Asian markets.
Regional trade meet should not pave way for monopoly in drugs: Doctors without Borders
12-Dec-2016 The Times of India
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and other health groups have reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the RCEP
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (November 2016)
12-Dec-2016 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
S. Korea starts 2nd round of FTA talks with Israel
12-Dec-2016 Yonhap
South Korea has started the second round of free trade talks to discuss ways to boost bilateral economic exchanges and investment.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte could scupper EU-Ukraine trade deal
12-Dec-2016 Newsweek
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte could scupper an EU-Ukraine agreement if he does not secure key concessions following battles with Euroskeptics at home.
Why did Japan’s Parliament ratify ’dead’ TPP agreement?
12-Dec-2016 The Business Times
A curious thing happened when the Japanese Parliament voted to ratify Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even though the agreement has been widely proclaimed to be "dead"
Southeast Asia advances in talks to dismantle trade barriers
12-Dec-2016 Bloomberg
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is making progress on reducing non-tariff barriers as threats to global trade rise,
New endocrine disruptor rules address your trade concerns, EU tells US, Canada
12-Dec-2016 EurActiv
The European Commission told the US and Canada that draft EU pesticides laws would “address the concerns” they had over possible trade restrictions on goods exposed to endocrine disruptors.
Eco Oro files request for arbitration against Colombia
12-Dec-2016 Investing News Network
The claim relates to Eco Oro’s dispute with Colombia in relation to State measures that have destroyed the value of its investments in the Colombian mining sector.
Data fight emerges as last big hurdle to EU-Japan trade deal
12-Dec-2016 Politico
A dispute over data has emerged as an unexpected obstacle to an EU-Japan free-trade deal only weeks before diplomats expected to seal a political agreement.
‘TTIP may come back from the dead,’ warns expert
12-Dec-2016 EurActiv
Opposition to the EU’s transatlantic trade deals is alive and well. According to activists, TTIP is far from dead and CETA can still be stopped.
The EU fraudulent behaviour to extort the signing of the EPAs
11-Dec-2016 SOL
The States of West Africa and East Africa have been pressured to sign the Economic Partnership Agreements on the basis of false indications, not to say lies, of the European Commission.
Brussels continues pursuit of elusive Mercosur trade deal
9-Dec-2016 EurActiv
Argentine President Mauricio Macri met with Internal Market Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska to discuss strengthening ties between the European Union and the Mercosur trading bloc.
First season in Switzerland without occupation tomatoes?
9-Dec-2016 WSRW
From this winter on, Swiss supermarkets will probably, for the first time, no longer sell tomatoes from occupied Western Sahara.
Parliament committee gives CETA thumbs down
9-Dec-2016 EurActiv
The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee recommended to reject the EU-Canada trade agreement
Diet approves TPP despite Trump’s stated opposition
9-Dec-2016 The Asahi Shimbun
Although seemingly dead due to opposition from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement was approved by the Diet.
The requirement of “effective seat” in CEAC Holdings Limited v. Montenegro
9-Dec-2016 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Are we moving towards a double-barreled test for protected “investor”?
CEAC’s Deripaska personally seeks arbitration in dispute with Montenegro
9-Dec-2016 See News
Oleg Deripaska has, in his personal capacity, served a notice of arbitration against Montenegro, claiming unlawful expropriation of his investment and related treaty breaches
Talks on China-backed RCEP will be substantially completed by end-2017: Malaysia’s trade minister Mustapa Mohamed
9-Dec-2016 The Straits Times
Negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), championed by China, will likely be substantially concluded by the end of next year, Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed said.
China-championed Asia trade pact gains traction in Jakarta talks
9-Dec-2016 Bloomberg Quint
Matters such as intellectual property rights, as well as trade in goods and services, remain unresolved. The next talks will be held in Japan in February.