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India awaits mandate from EEU to launch talks on free trade deal – Ambassador
According to the Indian ambassador to Russia, New Delhi was ready to start the negotiation process on a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.
Longer monopolies and single legal proceedings vs. generics - the gift of CETA to Canadian drug patentees
Canadian pharmaceutical patent owners can expect two substantive changes in the next year following implementation of the Canada–European Union trade agreement
APC claims RCEP will intensify landgrabbing and militarization
Groups vow not to pass RCEP
RCEP to consolidate Asian integration
The RCEP is part of the efforts of Asian countries to explore avenues of collaborative regional governance. It should be seen as the extension of an integrated ASEAN community
Taiwan to seek US support for investment, trade agreements
Taiwan will seek the support of the United States for signing bilateral and multilateral investment and free trade agreements, the Taiwanese President has said.
Can Russia ride China’s trade lead in Southeast Asia?
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
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)
As published by the European Commission
S. Korea starts 2nd round of FTA talks with Israel
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee recommended to reject the EU-Canada trade agreement