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ASEAN economic ministers committed to implementing matters agreed to in RCEP talks
7-Mar-2016     Nam News
Several countries have said they find it difficult to eliminate 65 per cent of the tariff lines upon signing of the RCEP, rising to 80 per cent in 10 years.
Migrants from the South, the contemporary faces of exclusion and marginalization
4-Mar-2016     Alai
Today's migrations, as macro international displacements of hundreds of thousands of people with or without documents -- in many cases in precarious conditions of transit -- have been and are one of the social processes that characterize what is happening in different latitudes of the earth since in the new century, in the global context of neoliberal economic restructuring directed by transnational enterprises and the capitalist countries of the first world.
Japan-Iran BIT (2016)
4-Mar-2016     UNCTAD
S'pore, Iran ink bilateral treaty on investment
4-Mar-2016     Asia One
Singapore has moved quickly to sign an investment treaty with oil-rich Iran to support Singapore firms investing in an economy that is emerging after the recent lifting of global sanctions.
EU earns right to public contracts
4-Mar-2016     Vietnamnet Bridge
For the first time, as a result of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments, European investors will be able to offer tenders for various public infrastructure projects in Vietnam.
CETA announcement shows it's possible to fix trade deals
4-Mar-2016     Huffington Post
Corporations can still sue governments over public policy decisions they don't like but the real lesson from the ISDS reforms, in fact, is that public opposition and political mobilization can change things.
Trans Pacific Partnership could change the apparel indusry
4-Mar-2016     The Street
TPP could disrupt the fast fashion momentum and a fledgling made-in-America clothing rebound by renewing the attractiveness of offshore manufacturing via lower tariffs.
Harmonising IP laws across ASEAN: Is it possible?
4-Mar-2016     Today Online
The economic integration of the ASEAN Economic Community leads to many challenges in the harmonisation of trade-related laws across ASEAN’s 10 member nations.
Revisions needed in IP compliance
3-Mar-2016     Viet Nam News
Revision of the legal framework on intellectual property is recommended to ensure compliance with the EU – Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement.
The impact of CAFTA: drugs, gangs, and immigration
3-Mar-2016     Tele Sur
It’s clear that the free-trade panacea promised by policymakers, especially its most enthusiastic cheerleaders has not come to pass.