28-Sep-2016
Global Labour Column
For decades, labour has been fighting purely defensive battles against the neo-liberal trade and investment agenda; we lack an agenda of our own. Lost ground will not be reclaimed on what is fundamentally hostile territory, argues Peter Rossmann of the IUF.
28-Sep-2016
Govt of Greece
The Greek Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, George Stathakis, has called for the temporary suspension of negotiations on the Transatlantic Partnership Trade and Investment today in Bratislava.
27-Sep-2016
Financial Express
The ministries of commerce and finance are undertaking a “sensitivity analysis” of import duties on products that are crucial to revenue collection of the government
27-Sep-2016
African Arguments
Many in Cameroon and the wider region worry that the unilateral signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement was a bad decision.
26-Sep-2016
The Japan Times
Japan and the European Union plan to discuss key farming products separately from other goods in negotiations on a proposed economic partnership agreement for free trade
26-Sep-2016
The Sun Daily
Malaysia is on track to complete the TPPA ratification process by the February 2018 deadline but it will find ways to engage with countries that it does not have free trade agreements with in the off chance that the deal falls through.
23-Sep-2016
The Jakarta Post
A score of public organizations under the banner of Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) have warned the government about potential imbalances during the Indonesia-EU talks on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
23-Sep-2016
The Express Tribune
Pakistan and South Korea are all set to kick off formal negotiation on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at boosting bilateral trade.