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Parties lock horns over Korea-China FTA
27-Nov-2015     Korea Herald
Rival parties clashed over the delayed ratification of a free trade agreement signed between South Korea and China
Negotiator says EU would remove auto tariffs if Japan opens farm market
27-Nov-2015     The Japan Times
The European Union will abolish its tariffs on automobiles only if Japan liberalizes its agricultural sector under a free trade agreement currently being negotiated, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom
Thailand 'highly likely' to decide to join TPP: deputy prime minister
27-Nov-2015     Reuters
Thailand is "highly likely" to decide to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal (TPP), Thai deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said.
India adopts arbitration law reforms
27-Nov-2015     Lexology
In a significant development for Indian arbitration law, the President of India has formally adopted the Arbitration and Conciliation Ordinance 2015, which will bring about major and long-awaited reforms to arbitration in India.
TTIP’s regulatory cooperation and the politics of ‘learning’
27-Nov-2015     Social Europe
The focus on the ISDS has diverted attention from another institutional development, namely, the equally important and equally dangerous ‘Regulatory Cooperation’.
Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food
27-Nov-2015     War on Want
'Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food' features the testimony of a mother whose daughter died from eating contaminated meat and comments by a government meat inspector and others in the food industry.
TTIP talks: EU alleged to have given ExxonMobil access to confidential papers
27-Nov-2015     The Guardian
Documents and emails obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘collusion’ between Brussels and industry over the fossil fuel push in free trade negotiations.
ICSID tribunal renders interim decision on Ecuador’s environmental counterclaim in long-running dispute
26-Nov-2015     IISD
Perenco Ecuador Limited (Perenco)—a French-owned oil and gas company—and the Republic of Ecuador have been involved in arbitration since 2008 under the France–Ecuador bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
Thai government lifts total ban on arbitration clauses in state contracts
26-Nov-2015     Lexology
A recent Thai Cabinet resolution relaxes the restriction on arbitration clauses in some public contracts.
EU and Philippines to begin free trade talks
26-Nov-2015     Just Style
The European Union (EU) and the Philippines are to start talks on a free-trade agreement, in an attempt to boost trade and investment.