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The EPA would liberalize the majority of EU agricultural exports to West Africa
10-Jun-2016     SOL
This document is limited to assessing the importance of the liberalization of agricultural imports in the EU-West Africa (WA) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) given the crucial nature of these products for WA.
Perpetuating the interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana would be meaningless
10-Jun-2016     SOL
There is a rumour that, if Nigeria's stance not to sign the regional EPA is definitive so that the EPA would be buried, DG trade is contemplating to perpetuate the interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana provided they would formally sign them.
Americanization of the BIT universe
9-Jun-2016     SSRN
Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCN) treaties are more than a historical precursor to international investment agreements (IIA) and continue to influence and inspire modern investment treaty design.
Big transatlantic market: yield and bow down
9-Jun-2016     MEDEL
MEDEL's opinion on the construction of a international investment court for TTIP – proposal of the European Commission.
Dutch target June summit for talks on EU-Ukraine deal
9-Jun-2016     EU Observer
The Dutch government wants to discuss its voters' rejection of the EU-Ukraine association agreement at an EU summit in Brussels.
AngloGold suit against gov’t unnecessary - Ayikoi Otoo
9-Jun-2016     Ghana Web
AngloGold Ashanti’s decision to sue government at the ICSID over security concerns at its Obuasi concession has been described as “surprising” by private legal practitioner and former Attorney General, Ayikoi Otoo.
In Greece, standing against free trade agreements is standing for the planet
9-Jun-2016     TTIP Free Zones Europe
Aristoteli joined a growing movement of local authorities opposed to CETA and TTIP to deny the building of a polluter's paradise
Over 40 pct of local cow farms closed since KORUS FTA: report
8-Jun-2016     Yonhap
More than four out of 10 South Korean cow farms have shut down in the last four years since the implementation of the free trade deal between Seoul and Washington.
Coalition may add clause to Japan trade deal that lets foreign companies sue Australia
8-Jun-2016     The Guardian
Provision allows firms to sue in international tribunal if laws introduced or changed that hurt their interests.
Eco-groups join in $ 101M Bilcon quarry fight
8-Jun-2016     The Chronicle Herald
The environmental lobby is going to bat for the federal and provincial governments against international big business in a $101-million argument.