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Will an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU make Nigeria any better?
3-Aug-2016     Ventures Africa
Any attempt to encourage cheap EU imports will not only retard local production, it may also be counter-productive to the country’s industrialisation plans.
RCEP meet: focus on investor-state dispute
3-Aug-2016     Deccan Herald
RCEP trade ministers will meet in Laos on August 5 to try and resolve issues that are stuck in negotiations.
Argentina and Mexico pledge to reach “absolute integration and free trade”
2-Aug-2016     Merco Press
Argentina and Mexico agree on the need to reach absolute integration and free trade, as part of the closer bilateral relations confirmed with the visit to Buenos Aires of Mexican head of state Enrique Peña Nieto.
Free trade is killing Colombian labor activists
2-Aug-2016     The Nation
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.
Trade deal's supporters counterattack
2-Aug-2016     Politico
Advocates remain steadfastly optimistic, insisting the agreement still has a shot at approval despite being opposed by both major-party presidential candidates.
CEMAC calls for a 'fair and balanced' economic agreement with the EU
2-Aug-2016     Africanews
Central African States have reaffirmed their commitment to accelerate the negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).
Demand justice for Korean farmer Baek Nam-gi
1-Aug-2016     IUF
Korean farmer Baek Nam-gi remains unconscious in a hospital bed in Seoul after he was struck down by police water cannon in the mass demonstration against the government's promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
RI, Australia to conclude trade agreement
1-Aug-2016     Antara
Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Steven Ciobo is visiting Indonesia to conclude a free trade agreement with Indonesia.
CEZ seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria in arbitration
29-Jul-2016     Reuters
Czech utility CEZ has launched arbitration seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria for failure to protect its energy investments
Delegates are using the convention to make the TPP politically unacceptable
29-Jul-2016     The Nation
A clear line has been drawn at the corporate-friendly trade deal during this year's convention.