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Delhi dialogue VIII: India calls for fast tracking RCEP
19-Feb-2016     India Writes
India has exhorted ASEAN countries to fast track the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and underlined the need to forge regional value chains and production networks.
Needlessly complicated TPP rules have negative impacts on Canadian businesses
19-Feb-2016     Rabble
Canada and Canadian businesses will be left to grapple with numerous different legal approaches and commitments to GIs arising from domestic rules, the various trade agreements, and side letters with one-third of TPP members.
Trade ministry defends Saudi sheep farm
19-Feb-2016     Otago
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is defending a controversial sheep farm in Saudi Arabia, saying that the project has helped nudge New Zealand closer to a free trade deal with the Gulf states.
La gestion des ressources en eau dans le sillage du libre-échange - CETA
18-Feb-2016     European Water Movement
Exposé de la position de l’AöW, au sujet de l’accord de libre-échange de l’UE avec le Canada – CETA.
60 000 tonnes de volailles américaines entreront bientôt en Afrique du sud
18-Feb-2016     Ecofin
L’association sud-africaine des importateurs et exportateurs de viande (AMIESA) est prête à recevoir plus de 60 000 tonnes de volailles en provenance des USA.
Why trade matters
18-Feb-2016     Khazanah Research Institute
International trade has been an important component in the economies of the Malay Archipelago. Despite this, the extent to which international trade affects our daily lives may not be fully appreciated by many of us.
Indonesia needs more time to decide on joining TPP
18-Feb-2016     Antara
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that Indonesia is still calculating the benefits and disadvantages of joining the Trans Pacific Partnership.
New AFL-CIO TPP Report Highlights Lack of Worker Protections
18-Feb-2016     A Gold Standard for Workers? The State of Labor Rights in Trans-Pacific Partnership Countries
A report by the US unions makes the case that TPP's labor chapter and consistency plans do not protect workers sufficiently and in a meaningful manner
Investment court system, ISDS in disguise: 10 reasons why the EU's proposal doesn't fix a flawed system
18-Feb-2016     Friends of the Earth Europe
The European Commission has proposed a new ’Investment Court System’ to replace the current investor to state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other future investment deals.
West Africa and EU prepare towards EPA implementation
18-Feb-2016     GNA
West Africa and the European Union continue to prepare for the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement -- pending its signature by all member states -- by putting together the necessary texts for the institutional bodies and instruments envisaged under the EPA, in order that it becomes operational immediately upon entering into force.