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The Free Trade agreement between the EU and Canada threatens water management
2-Nov-2015     European Water Movement
The European Commission always maintained that water would be excluded from the CETA, but a careful reading of the consolidated text of the treaty shows that the reality is different.
US asks India to step up investment treaty talks
2-Nov-2015     Smart Investor
The US government has again pushed India to expedite negotiations on the proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
TPP fishery impact to be ‘limited,’ for now: farm ministry
2-Nov-2015     The Japan Times
The impact on fishery products from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is likely to be “limited,” although tariffs are set to be axed for most of the 300 or so items listed in the free trade pact.
Ecuador says talking to Occidental to resolve oil assets seizure
2-Nov-2015     Reuters
Ecuador is in talks with Occidental Petroleum Corp to seek an agreement over a roughly $1.77 billion award the Andean country was ordered to pay for seizing the U.S.-based company's assets in 2006
Documents suggest Europe sees future Caribbean ties within ambit of CELAC
2-Nov-2015     Stabroek News
If for the Caribbean the future relationship with EU is to be less about trade and development and more about a political dialogue, new thinking and a fundamental re-assessment of the balance in external relations is required.
Privacy and ISDS after Safe Harbour invalidation: Singapore FTA
2-Nov-2015     Vrijschrift Blog
The Court of Justice of the EU should assess whether the trade agreement with Singapore is compatible with the EU Treaties and Charter of fundamental rights before it enters into force.
New Zealand open to ditching old ISDS model under NZ - EU trade deal
30-Oct-2015     NZ Herald
New Zealand has an open mind about replacing traditional investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) with a new international court-based system proposed by the European Union.
U.S. wary of EU proposal for investment court in trade pact
30-Oct-2015     Reuters
The United States is wary of a European Union proposal for a new court system to settle investment disputes as part of the world's biggest free-trade agreement
Joseph Stiglitz: under TPP, polluters could sue U.S. for setting carbon emissions limits
30-Oct-2015     Democracy Now
The basic point is that TPP is a trade agreement that has all kinds of provisions intended to restrict regulations.
Massive Indonesian plantation fires create environmental catastrophe spewing haze & carbon emissions
30-Oct-2015     Democracy Now
"By Indonesia joining the TPP, which the U.S. was urging them to do, Indonesia will be losing much of the capacity they would need to regulate the corporations"