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Growing protest against TTIP and CETA trade agreements in Germany
24-Aug-2016     Deutsche Welle
Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets in several German cities to rally against plans to move forward with two key international trade agreements - one year after a similar protest managed to attract similar numbers.
Top economists say government claims ‘mythical’ trade deal benefits
24-Aug-2016     The Australian
Economists from Australian National University and Adelaide University accuse the government and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of perpetuating the “myth” of trade deals -- such as those signed with China, Japan, Korea and the US -- bringing the country “enormous benefits”. This has no basis in fact, they say.
Trade ministers petitioned to hold off on PACER-Plus
24-Aug-2016     Radio New Zealand
Signed by 55 Pacific civil society organisations and over 200 individuals, the petition calls for no conclusion to be made on PACER-Plus until all the texts have been released and there has been an independent social impact assessment of the proposed deal.
'Indonesia-Australia pact can make us partners in prosperity'
24-Aug-2016     Australian Chamber of Commerce
Statement from Australian Chamber of Commerce on potential Australia-Indonesia trade agreement
Australia-Indonesia FTA to go boldly where no agreement has gone before
24-Aug-2016     Sydney Morning Herald
The Indonesia-Australia Business Partnership Group, tasked with setting negotiating priorities, paraphrased Star Trek when it opined: "It should go boldly where no Free Trade Agreement has gone before".
TDM 3 (2016) - Three Centuries of Arbitration for Peace
23-Aug-2016     TDM
The papers from this "Three Centuries of Arbitration for Peace" TDM/SCC Special are runner-up submissions of the writing competition initiated by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).
APRN Briefer on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
23-Aug-2016     APRN
Neither the TPP nor the RCEP, neither the US nor China and their corporations will ever address the long-standing people’s aspiration for an international trading system that responds to their needs.
Turkey keen to initiate talks with India on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
23-Aug-2016     PTI
Turkey has proposed to India commencement of talks for a “Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement” (CEPA)
Oxfam calls for ‘no decision’ on Pacific free-trade agreement
23-Aug-2016     Scoop
Civil society groups, trade unions, church groups, environmentalists, gender activists and many more are calling for Ministers to make no decision on PACER-Plus -- a free trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands -- until there has been a proper social impact assessment and mandate from the Pacific people who are most likely to be affected.
Jordan QIZ workers face "undignified" conditions
23-Aug-2016     JustStyle.com
A human rights organisation has condemned what it describes as "undignified" conditions faced by workers in Jordan's Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ), as well as violations at some textile factories outside these zones.