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4-Dec-2015 The Malaysian Insider
Pakatan Harapan MPs seek AG’s advice on constitutionality of TPPA agreement
Four lawmakers today wrote a letter to the Attorney-General seeking clarification whether the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is in line with the spirit of the Federal Constitution. -
4-Dec-2015 The Nation
EPA deal: Why manufacturers are kicking
The EU is promoting the deal to boost its trade and expand its investment in the country. But, manufacturers are opposed to the deal’s endorsement. -
4-Dec-2015 All Africa
South Africa: government signs twenty-six agreements worth R94 billion with China
More than twenty agreements signed as President Zuma hosts President Xi Jinping on a State Visit. -
4-Dec-2015 Open Democracy UK
Why we should all be worried about our BITs – or at least what foreign investors are doing with them
Britain’s role, not just with TTIP, seems to be that of facilitating and encouraging excessive corporate power over governments all around the world. -
4-Dec-2015 Lexology
ISDS in ChAFTA - where’s the beef?
A guide to ISDS in the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement: A hollow promise or an answer to ISDS’ critics? -
4-Dec-2015 European Parliament
All MEPs to have access to all confidential TTIP documents
All Members of the European Parliament will have access to all categories of confidential documents relating to the EU’s Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) talks with the USA. -
4-Dec-2015 EurActiv
EU and Vietnam rubber stamp free trade deal
The EU and Vietnam ticked the last box for a free trade agreement on Wednesday (2 December) after roughly three years of negotiations. -
4-Dec-2015 The Guardian
Secret trade talks could weaken climate targets set in Paris, warn campaigners
Rival international negotiations in Geneva could outlaw subsidies for solar or wind power in ‘great climate change swindle’ -
3-Dec-2015
Sugar socialism could breach free trade agreements
The forced re-regulation of Queensland’s $2 billion sugar industry could breach international trade agreements and threaten foreign investment, Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said. -
3-Dec-2015
Threat and Opportunity: Korea-China FTA Posing Challenge in IPR Protection
The number of patent applications and patent disputes Chinese companies are involved in have been on the rise at a time when the Chinese government chose enhancement of intellectual property rights (IPR) as one of its core economic strategies. -
3-Dec-2015 BEUC
Lessons to learn from TPP: What the EU shouldn’t do in TTIP
Although TPP seems a remote issue, it could have a direct impact on EU consumers. -
3-Dec-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The TPP state of play: How we defeat the largest trade deal in history
Now that the TPP’s approval and ratification in the United States is on the horizon, here’s what you need to know about what’s going on and what’s to come. This state of play will be useful as we work to defend our digital rights against the largest trade deal in history. -
3-Dec-2015 Sierra Club
A dirty deal: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens our climate
In its more than 6,000 pages of binding rules, the deal fails to even mention the words “climate change”—a clear sign it is not “a 21st-century trade agreement,” as some have claimed. -
2-Dec-2015 Viet Nam News
S Korea ratifies VN trade deal
South Korea’s National Assembly officially adopted a free trade agreement with Viet Nam. -
2-Dec-2015 Rabble
What’s going on with CETA 14 months after negotiations were completed?
The latest speculation is that CETA isn’t likely to go before the European Parliament until mid to late 2016 or early 2017. -
2-Dec-2015 Global Development And Environment Institute
TTIP vs. climate policy: what is at risk?
TTIP is intended to remove “non-tariff barriers to trade”. But the barriers it is targeting are democratically adopted regulations, preventing or correcting damages that would result from unregulated private markets. -
2-Dec-2015 Reuters
Farm issues could scupper free trade deal with EU - U.S.
Differences between the United States and the European Union over issues such as genetically modified crops and hormone-treated beef could scupper a free trade deal. -
2-Dec-2015 Tax News
ASEAN reinforces commitment to RCEP
The leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) looked forward to the early conclusion of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade treaty. -
2-Dec-2015 Chinatopix
South Korea-China free trade agreement attracts protest from activists as lawmakers ratify deal
South Korean farmers and activists staged protests against a free trade agreement with China ahead of a parliamentary meeting to vote on its confirmation. -
2-Dec-2015 SSRN
Foreign investor protection and climate action: a new price tag for urgent policies
Foreign investor protection provisions in trade and investment agreements tilt the playing field in favor of entrenched incumbents and against urgent action on climate.