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Italy to block democratic vote on CETA for 500 million Europeans, according to leaked letter
21-Jun-2016     Ars Technica
Italian minister claims credibility of EU as a "reliable trade partner" is at stake.
East African Community: EU to sign economic partnership agreement with Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda
21-Jun-2016     European Council
The Council authorised, on behalf of the EU, the signature and provisional application of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the EU and the East African Community (EAC)
Rural communities' struggle against US-owned mine continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court
21-Jun-2016     Upside Down World
The long-running struggle of rural communities in Guatemala against the United States-based mining firm Kappes, Cassiday, and Associates (KCA) continues in Guatemala’s national courts.
Defending Pacific Ways of Life: A Social Impact Assessment of PACER-Plus
21-Jun-2016     PANG
Defending Pacific ways of life: A Peoples Social Impact Assessment of PACER-Plus, was commissioned by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) to provide Pacific governments, negotiators, parliamentarians, civil society actors, customary landowners and the private sector with an alternative assessment to the impacts that PACER-Plus will have on the region.
EU woos Nigeria with N1.4tn EPA offer
20-Jun-2016     Nigeria Today
The European Union has asked Nigeria to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with attractive offers including a €6.5bn (about N1.4tn) Development Programme.
Colombian campesinos: change the constitution, end 'free trade'
20-Jun-2016     Tele Sur
“We hold free trade agreements responsible for the bankruptcy of small producers, and we want them renegotiated”
Seoul prefers ISDS for its investment chapter but could consider ICS
20-Jun-2016     Vieuws
High-level South Korean diplomats have expressed their preference for the old investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system over the Investment Court System (ICS) in the framework of a future investment chapter in the EU-South Korea FTA.
Mining company threatens Guatemala with lawsuit in USA
20-Jun-2016     Prensa Latina
The Guatemala Mining Explorations (Exmingua) threatens with filing a lawsuit against Guatemala after being forced to suspend operations by decree of the Constitutional Court .
TISA 'free trade' deal to force draconian social, environmental, financial deregulation
20-Jun-2016     The Ecologist
A leaked text from the 'Trade In Services Agreement' negotiations shows that TISA is set to unleash a massive wave of deregulation affecting social, environmental and financial standards.
Member states to give greenlight to opening FTA talks with Indonesia
17-Jun-2016     Vieuws
EU member states are expected to give their formal greenlight to the opening of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia.