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Transition official: Trump will not rip up NAFTA
6-Dec-2016 The Hill
“I don’t think we’re looking to rip up NAFTA as much as we are looking to right-size it and make it fairer,” says senior advisor on the Trump transition team
On World AIDS Day, threat to access to medicines looms large
6-Dec-2016 The Jakarta Post
As trade negotiators from 16 countries gather in Indonesia to deliberate the terms of trade agreement — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (RCEP), access to low-cost generic medicines is under grave threat.
Scrapping TPP won’t make a lick of difference
6-Dec-2016 ABC
The problem with free trade deals is they rarely are about trade. In fact, trade usually is a side issue. And the TPP was a classic case in point.
Namur Declaration
6-Dec-2016 Déclaration de Namur
The heated debates generated in Europe by the signature of the CETA have revealed that the way the EU negotiates international economic and trade agreements as well as their content are challenged by an increasingly large segment of public opinion.
Wallonia proposes new rules for negotiating international trade deals
6-Dec-2016 SAT PR
Named after Namur, the capital of Wallonia, the declaration is signed by three dozen university professors from many countries, including the US and Canada.
EU closes in on TTIP-style deal with Japan
6-Dec-2016 Newstalk
Officials in Brussels have announced that they are close to securing a free trade agreement with Japan.
India ready to resume BTIA talks with EU without preconditions
6-Dec-2016 India Today
Government is committed to an early and balanced outcome of India-EU Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement negotiations.
Asia should wrap up China-led trade talks quickly: ADB official
6-Dec-2016 Bloomberg
As the latest round of RCEP talks occur in Indonesia, ADB official says liberalisation of services are a challenge.
East Africa: Private sector to shape EPA deal
5-Dec-2016 All Africa
The Tanzania government will take the views of the private sector in deliberation of its position on the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the East African Community.
Netzpolitik editor: Trump will press on with ‘insidious’ TiSA deal
5-Dec-2016 EurActiv
Net politics activist Markus Beckedahl argues that the proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a huge threat to data protection.
Wallonia threatens again to block CETA
5-Dec-2016 New Europe
The Walloon minister president Paul Magnette announced again that his region is ready to block the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada
MSF press release: RCEP trade deal negotiators must reject terms that would harm access to medicines
5-Dec-2016 Médecins Sans Frontières
International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with other health groups, reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the proposed agreement that would increase market monopolies for pharmaceutical corporations and delay or block access to affordable generic medicines.
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme undermined by the Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana
3-Dec-2016 SOL
The Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana will disrupt in a number of ways the functioning of intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
The NAFTA teardown: Here’s where Trump could start
2-Dec-2016 CNN
Trump could begin with a controversial chapter of NAFTA that some experts believe allows a company to go head-to-head with a foreign country — an idea that bothers some.
China-NZ FTA would help drive the maritime silk road
2-Dec-2016 Global Times
New Zealand’s unique advantages mean that through the upgraded FTA, they will play a greater role in boosting global trade and investment and will help China gain a greater say in the world’s trade rules.
Indian, Sri Lankan officials to meet this month on FTA
2-Dec-2016 Colombo Gazette
Senior officials of India and Sri Lanka will meet to discuss broadening of the existing trade deal by including services and investments.
Secret TiSA trade deal equally as dangerous as TPP and TTIP finds new report
2-Dec-2016 Friends of the Earth International
The current trade and investment system—including TTIP, TPP and TiSA—needs to be challenged and fundamentally transformed in order to achieve a more just and sustainable world.
Malmström welcomes parliamentary vote on Ghana agreement
2-Dec-2016 European Commission
The European Parliament voted, with a 375-220 majority, to give its consent to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Ghana.
Canada-EU trade deal: Costs for new drugs may rise, but not for years
2-Dec-2016 CBC
CETA drug-patent extension applies only to new products, and higher costs are likely at least 8 years away
El Salvador’s win against the US mining company Pacific Rim : a very nuanced victory
2-Dec-2016 Equal Times
The ICSID decided in favour of El Salvador in a case brought by the US mining company Pacific Rim Cayman regarding a dispute over the granting of a mining licence.