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Big Tobacco abuses investor-state dispute settlement: law expert
19-May-2016     Health Canal
“Despite the losses and defeats, tobacco companies will keep coming back for more. They will fight on regardless in order to delay and disrupt the rollout of the World Health Organization’s best-practice tobacco control measures,”
No deal is better than a bad deal: 4 years of US-Colombia free trade pact
18-May-2016     Colombia Reports
Since a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia came into force on May 15, 2012, exports from Colombia to the US have been cut in half while violence against labor rights workers persists.
Colombia not enforcing US trade deal labor standards - unions
18-May-2016     Reuters
Colombia has failed to enforce worker protections in a free trade agreement with the United States, U.S. and Colombian labor unions said, raising questions about similar provisions in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
The need for a Southern Observatory on transnational investment
18-May-2016     IISD
The objective of the Observatory is to become a forum for the objective settlement of investment disputes with transnational corporations.
Nepal, United States scheduled to sit for talks next month
18-May-2016     The Himalayan Times
The upcoming council meeting will cover raft of issues related to trade and investments. Nepal has been preparing to lure investors from the US by showcasing various projects in hydropower, tourism, industry and service sectors.
How isolation is bringing China and Israel together
18-May-2016     Stratfor
For Israel a FTA is also about diversifying its political relationships, as the West is becoming more politically distant. A similar urge is motivating China. Looking out into the South China Sea, Beijing sees a U.S. effort to physically contain China's expansion.
Free trade agreement talks between GCC & China gain momentum
16-May-2016     The Peninsula
The talks between GCC countries and China to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have gained momentum. Once implemented, the agreement will further boost cooperation and the volume of trade between the two sides.
Argentina agrees $217 million arbitration deal with energy companies
16-May-2016     Business Recorder
Argentina has agreed to pay $217 million to two energy companies in long-standing arbitration cases stemming from its 2001/02 economic crisis.
Greece to block TTIP unless geographical indications are protected
16-May-2016     EurActiv
The Greek government is ready to veto the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the EU unless it ensures increased protection for key agricultural geographical indicators.
Renegotiation of Korea-US FTA may dent alliance: Seoul officials
16-May-2016     Korea Times
A demand to renegotiate the terms of a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States may very well mean the end of the bilateral trade pact, if not the countries' alliance.