bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

Articles by language

English
Tagalog
Uruguay faces international trial over broadband permit
2-May-2016 Telecompaper
Uruguay will face a second suit before the World Bank’s ICSID, in a case initiated by a Miami-based telecommunications company that operates locally.
CETA runs into trouble with Dutch, Walloon parliaments
2-May-2016 EurActiv
The Dutch parliament has passed a motion rejecting provisional application of the EU-Canada trade deal, known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
CETA: ISDS and data protection
2-May-2016 FFII
In case the EU would strongly act to protect our personal data, Canadian financial institutions would be able to exploit the textual shortcomings using CETA’s investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism.
Leaked TTIP documents cast doubt on EU-US trade deal
1-May-2016 The Guardian
Greenpeace says internal documents show US attempts to lower or circumvent EU protection for environment and public health.
Disaster capitalism: Ecuador forced to pay US oil giant $ 180M
30-Apr-2016 Tele Sur
The Ecuadorean government is being forced to use money that could go toward relief efforts to instead pay off a multinational oil company.
TPP environmental commitments: Combining the US legalistic and the EU sectoral approaches
29-Apr-2016 ICTSD
How ambitious are the TPP’s environment provisions when compared to other regional trade agreements?
Midnight trade deal: Why is the Aquino government rushing a free trade deal with Europe?
29-Apr-2016 EU-ASEAN Network
Press statement of the EU-ASEAN Network on signing of Philippines-EFTA FTA
10 years of the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement
29-Apr-2016 The Hill
In purely commercial terms, American manufacturers gained access to regional Gulf Cooperation Council markets and beyond.
Walloon Parliament rejects CETA
29-Apr-2016 Politico
The Walloon Parliament voted against ratification of the Canada-Europe Trade Agreement (CETA). The parliament is worried about social and environmental norms and the investor-state arbitration system.
TTIP trade deal poses serious threat to EU farming
28-Apr-2016 Friends of the Earth Europe
The controversial trade deal being negotiated between the EU and the US could spell disaster for European farming, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe.
160 farm and food groups ask Congress to reject TPP
28-Apr-2016 KTIC
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become a divisive issue in the nation’s capital, and criticism intensified after 161 food, farm, faith and rural organizations sent a letter to Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to reject the trade pact.
Farmers vow protests if TPP gets nod
28-Apr-2016 The Bangkok Post
Farmers nationwide have threatened to organise protests against the government if it decides Thailand should take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
A Dutch court said Russia doesn’t have to pay Yukos’s investors. Will Russia have to pay anyway?
28-Apr-2016 Washington Post
A Dutch court found that Russia doesn’t have to pay $50 billion to Yukos shareholders. Here’s the big catch: international investment law is so complicated that Russia might have to pay anyway.
EU sacrifices human rights for Vietnam free trade
28-Apr-2016 EU Observer
New EU-Vietnam trade agreements are being fast-tracked with barely any attention to human rights.
Pak-Turk FTA talks focus on goods, services, investment
27-Apr-2016 Pakistan Observer
Pakistan and Turkey started the second round of talks on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with special focus on goods, services and investment.
TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as ’environmental deterrent’
27-Apr-2016 The Guardian
US oil company wanted EU-US trade deal to give foreign investors the legal right to challenge government decision, documents show
Indonesia-EU CEPA set for 2019
27-Apr-2016 The Jakarta Post
Official negotiations on the Indonesia-European Union comprehensive economic partnership agreement (IE-CEPA) will commence within the next 4 to 6 months, with completion targeted for 2019.
PH, EFTA to sign free trade pact
27-Apr-2016 Malaya
The Philippines and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will sign anytime this week the free trade agreement between the two, the country’s second bilateral FTA after the one with Japan.
TTIP: le gouvernement britannique ignore ses propres avertissements
26-Apr-2016 Sputnik
Les futurs tribunaux spéciaux qui régleront les litiges provoqués par le Traité transatlantique controversé TTIP présentent plus de risques que d’avantages pour les gouvernements européens.
Small business still waiting for TTIP breakthrough
26-Apr-2016 EU Observer
When it comes to permits and product licensing, the US is a patchwork of different rules and regulations. When selling within Europe, it is straightforward.