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Here is why the EU appealed EU Court ruling on Western Sahara
4-Apr-2016     WSRW
The Official Journal of the European Union has published the appeal brought by the EU Council against the Court of Justice of the EU’s decision to annul the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement insofar as it applies in Western Sahara.
An inconvenient truth about free trade
1-Apr-2016     Bloomberg
“We have developed a politician who encourages the most dangerous kind of citizenship a democracy can know—the panicky, grasping, idealless kind.”
Mining company files ISDS case against Panama
1-Apr-2016     Politico
New York-based Dominion Minerals Corporation decided to move ahead with an investor-state dispute case against the Panamanian government.
India, EU fail to make headway on free trade agreement talks
1-Apr-2016     The Economic Times
India and EU have failed to made the much-awaited announcement on resumption of long stalled negotiations for a free trade agreement as many bottlenecks still remain.
New analysis shows 'frivolous' corporate sovereignty suits increasingly used to deter regulation rather than win compensation
1-Apr-2016     Tech Dirt
Why would investors continue to file these highly costly cases, if the expected success rate is so low?
TTIP means no way back for UK steel industry
31-Mar-2016     War on Want
The projected impacts of EU-US trade deal the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the UK metals sector means there is no way the government will be able to save the steel industry
Investment protection in ASEAN – part 1: the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
31-Mar-2016     ASEAN Briefing
The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) was adopted in 2009 to establish an investment environment based on international best practices.
TTIP to follow CETA’s geographical carve up?
31-Mar-2016     Arc2020
The European Commission released a summary of the final text of the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), which is widely regarded as a TTIP testbed.
Chrystia Freeland's 'public' TPP consultations are anything but
31-Mar-2016     Huffington Post
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, International Trade minister Chrystia Freeland has claimed to be in “listening mode." But it is not clear whom she is actually consulting. From our experience, it has been the usual blue-chip industry reps.
India, Belgium pitch for resumption of Free Trade Agreement talks
31-Mar-2016     India
India and Belgium pitched for resumption of the long stalled negotiations on the proposed India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) on "mutually agreed terms" as Prime Minister Modi and his counterpart Michel resolved to strengthen their bilateral ties.