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Regional trade meet should not pave way for monopoly in drugs: Doctors without Borders
12-Dec-2016     The Times of India
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and other health groups have reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the RCEP
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (November 2016)
12-Dec-2016     European Commission
As published by the European Commission
S. Korea starts 2nd round of FTA talks with Israel
12-Dec-2016     Yonhap
South Korea has started the second round of free trade talks to discuss ways to boost bilateral economic exchanges and investment.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte could scupper EU-Ukraine trade deal
12-Dec-2016     Newsweek
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte could scupper an EU-Ukraine agreement if he does not secure key concessions following battles with Euroskeptics at home.
Why did Japan's Parliament ratify 'dead' TPP agreement?
12-Dec-2016     The Business Times
A curious thing happened when the Japanese Parliament voted to ratify Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even though the agreement has been widely proclaimed to be "dead"
Southeast Asia advances in talks to dismantle trade barriers
12-Dec-2016     Bloomberg
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is making progress on reducing non-tariff barriers as threats to global trade rise,
New endocrine disruptor rules address your trade concerns, EU tells US, Canada
12-Dec-2016     EurActiv
The European Commission told the US and Canada that draft EU pesticides laws would “address the concerns” they had over possible trade restrictions on goods exposed to endocrine disruptors.
Eco Oro files request for arbitration against Colombia
12-Dec-2016     Investing News Network
The claim relates to Eco Oro’s dispute with Colombia in relation to State measures that have destroyed the value of its investments in the Colombian mining sector.
Data fight emerges as last big hurdle to EU-Japan trade deal
12-Dec-2016     Politico
A dispute over data has emerged as an unexpected obstacle to an EU-Japan free-trade deal only weeks before diplomats expected to seal a political agreement.
‘TTIP may come back from the dead,’ warns expert
12-Dec-2016     EurActiv
Opposition to the EU’s transatlantic trade deals is alive and well. According to activists, TTIP is far from dead and CETA can still be stopped.