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Water for gold
5-Aug-2016 Loading Docs
Water for Gold tells the alarming story of how international trade law is leading us to trade our most basic rights to clean, safe water for access to gold.
Briefer on the RCEP – Robbing communities to extract profit
5-Aug-2016 APWLD
Similar to the TPP, this trade agreement will institutionalise inequalities;it will severely curtail peoples’ rights and freedoms and cement corporate rights over national public interest law and the right of governments to govern in the interests of their constituents.
WikiLeaks reveals the TiSA agreement could cost Australian services
5-Aug-2016 The Conversation
A recent release of confidential documents from WikiLeaks has finally relieved the silence surrounding the negotiations of an important but fairly obscure multilateral trade agreement.
Philippines holds informal TPP membership talks with US
5-Aug-2016 Reuters
The Philippines is eager to join the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal and it has already held informal talks with the United States to do so.
RCEP Trade ministers to meet tmrw in Laos to review progress
5-Aug-2016 Business Standard
Trade ministers of 16 countries, including India, China and Japan will meet in Laos to review the progress and resolve issues holding back negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Rental power dispute: ICSID completes hearing
4-Aug-2016 Business Recorder
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has completed hearing on a dispute between Government of Pakistan and a Turkish firm M/s Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim A.S.
Cameroon starts implementing economic pact with European Union
4-Aug-2016 Bloomberg
Cameroon’s government said it has begun implementing an interim economic pact with the European Union that will lead to the reciprocal reduction of trade barriers.
Big Tobacco’s controversial, ailing crusade against plain packaging
4-Aug-2016 The Economist
Philip Morris International sent a letter to the government of Togo. It outlined how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. Togo was in no position to anger its international partners, it suggested.
UK-China free trade agreement of ‘great interest’ to meat sector
4-Aug-2016 GMN
A China bilateral trade deal offers "great opportunities" to the UK meat industry, according to The International Meat Trade Association (IMTA).
Bolivian president slams Pacific Alliance trade bloc
4-Aug-2016 Telesur
Evo Morales says the Pacific Alliance trade bloc is a neocolonial tool intended to cripple regional trade initiatives that exclude the US.
India to defend stand against zero-tariffs at RCEP trade ministers’ meet
4-Aug-2016 The Hindu
Offers made to India by other members in services still weak.
RI eyes to develop key sectors from Australian trade deal
4-Aug-2016 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia is hoping to develop a number of key sectors through an anticipated free-trade deal with Australia, which is aimed at boosting trade and investment between the neighboring countries.
Kerala will bleed if India negotiates trade deal in secrecy: Why can’t the Modi govt consult states?
4-Aug-2016 The News Minute
A letter written by Kerala’s Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar shows that when it comes to trade negotiations, New Delhi prefers non-transparency to consultations.
Peter Allard vs. Barbados: Investor argues breach of environmental laws
4-Aug-2016 Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (ISDS Blog)
Peter Allard, a Canadian investor who owns a nature sanctuary in Barbados, has brought an ISDS claim against Barbados. He grounds his claim on the failure of the government to enforce its own environmental law.
Civil society groups say No to investors suing States in RCEP
3-Aug-2016
95 civil society organisations strongly and publicly urge countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to reject ISDS in the agreement.
New report weighs pros, cons of U.S.-China BIT
3-Aug-2016 Politico
A U.S.-China bilateral investment treaty could significantly increase investment flows between the world’s two largest economies.
Korean Supreme Court opposing ISDS in KorUS FTA
3-Aug-2016 Occupy FTA
When the KorUS FTA was negotiated from 2006, the Korean Supreme Court delivered its opinion against ISDS to the Korean government twice in 2006 and 2007.
Indonesia and Australia recommit to free trade deal in 18 months
3-Aug-2016 Sidney Morning Herald
Indonesia and Australia have recommitted to finalising a free trade deal within 18 months despite the appointment of a new Indonesian trade minister.
EU trade policy ‘close to death’ if Canada deal fails
3-Aug-2016 Politico
Fears grow that Brussels is losing control of one of its core competencies.
Uruguay to sign free trade agreement with Chile
3-Aug-2016 Latin America Herald Tribune
President Tabare Vazquez said that Uruguay planned to sign a free trade agreement with Chile, expanding south-to-south cooperation and regional integration.