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TISA parties plan four rounds by July 2016 to advance priority annexes
4-Nov-2015     World Trade Online
The participants in the Trade In Services Agreements (TISA) have agreed to hold four more rounds of negotiations between November and mid-July 2016
Will the Trans Pacific Partnership have an impact on Indian pharma industry?
4-Nov-2015     DNA India
Implications of the TPP on the Indian pharma industry might not be entirely clear yet. But there is a need for India to engage in the debate of trade deals and public interest.
Abim, NGOs file suit to stop Putrajaya from signing TPPA
4-Nov-2015     The Malaysian Insider
Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) and two other Malay non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have filed for a judicial review to stop Putrajaya from signing the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
Dissents matter
4-Nov-2015     Todd N. Tucker
Ecuador has been partially relieved of its debt to Occidental, which constitutes a pretty legalistic and conservative application of property rights by a state appointee dissenter.
The rise in arbitration claims filed by renewable energy investors under the Energy Charter Treaty
4-Nov-2015     Lexology
The number of claims filed by renewable energy investors under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has risen significantly.
New Zealand/EU free trade talks criticised
4-Nov-2015     The Irish Examiner
Irish Farmers Association president Eddie Downey has already warned that farmers across Europe would resist any trade deal with New Zealand that could undermine the EU’s valuable domestic markets for beef, sheep, and dairy products.
What the Internet needs vs. What the TPP demands
3-Nov-2015     Open Media
Who should make the policies that will determine the future of the Internet? A select list of corporate lobbyists and unelected government officials, meeting without public oversight or involvement?
Why Internet users should be very angry about the TPP
3-Nov-2015     Open Media
The TPP is about a lot more than dairy and cars – it’s also about our fundamental right to free expression.
Japan releases TPP details – Vietnam to abolish tariffs and economic needs test
3-Nov-2015     Lexology
Besides abolishing tariffs and providing for investor-state dispute settlement, some of Vietnam’s highlights under the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact include removing the dreaded economic needs test
Ecuador-Occidental arbitration award reduced to $1 bln
3-Nov-2015     Reuters
A World Bank tribunal reduced to about $1 billion the amount Ecuador must pay Occidental Petroleum Corp in compensation for seizing the U.S.-based company's assets