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RCEP negotiations: India likely to take a more aggressive stand
18-Apr-2016     Live Mint
Commerce ministry estimates that signing the agreement will lead to a revenue loss of as much as 1.6% of gross domestic product
Indonesia-EU free trade talks take big step forward
18-Apr-2016     The Bangkok Post
Indonesia and the European Union are one step closer to realising a free trade agreement after talks to discuss the scope of documents outlining the items they want to include in the negotiations.
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
18-Apr-2016     The Guardian
Where neoliberal policies cannot be imposed domestically, they are imposed internationally, through trade treaties.
Lawmakers pushing financial regs in TTIP
18-Apr-2016     Politico
Fifteen House members emphasized to President Barack Obama that they want to see TTIP cover financial services regulations.
Colombia: there's no place for clean water under 'free trade'
15-Apr-2016     The Ecologist
The latest country to be hooked under 'free trade' agreements is Colombia sued for tens of billions of dollars for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation's water above the profits of foreign corporations.
Perth public forum: TPP & RCEP trade deals
15-Apr-2016     AFTINET
A round of negotiations towards the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will take place in Perth at the end of April, and the TPP is under review by a parliamentary committee. AFTINET and UnionsWA invite to attend a public forum on the TPP and RCEP, Thursday the 28th of April, 2016.
RCEP: Round twelve and beyond. call for coordinated action in Asia Pacific by Forum against FTAs
15-Apr-2016     Forum against FTAs
Forum against FTAs (India) is calling for action against the next round of negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) amongst 16 Asian countries, that will be held as a five-day meeting in Perth, Australia starting from April 22, 2016.
The future of Europe lies in preserving its agricultural and other key sectors
14-Apr-2016     Economie Matin
Europe has all the assets needed to build a solid future for itself. However, to do so, it must take steps to defend and promote them.
Obama’s economic omens in Argentina
14-Apr-2016     Marcha
Obama’s visit to our country has left behind a host of controversies. Set out below, are the omens he made on economic affairs.
The TPP: A huge boulder welded to the US elections.
14-Apr-2016     ALAI
The US presidential electoral campaign is the most important political process of the year. It takes place amid a crisis which is clearly economic in nature but which has also been transformed into a crisis that is all too clearly about the traditional political party system.