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EU-Southern Africa trade deal to be signed in Botswana in May
30-Oct-2015     Bloomberg
The European Union and five Southern African Development Community states will meet in Botswana in May to sign a trade deal that has taken at least 10 years to complete.
EU-SADC EPA (2015)
30-Oct-2015    
Text agreed to July 2014, the tariffs in October 2015, to be signed May 2016.
Indonesia will join Trans-Pacific Partnership, Jokowi tells Obama
30-Oct-2015     The Guardian
Barack Obama has won Indonesia’s endorsement for a contentious trans-Pacific trade deal, with the country’s president promising to join. President Joko Widodo declares after White House meeting that he will sign up to TPP – but risks provoking anger among protectionists at home.
Here’s why Indonesia joining the TPP is easier said than done
29-Oct-2015     Today Online
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Indonesia intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership but there are obstacles to implementation in a country where economic nationalism runs deep.
U.S. trade czar says Britain would lose on trade outside the EU
29-Oct-2015     Reuters
The United States is not keen on pursuing a separate free trade deal with Britain if it leaves the European Union
The TTIP of the spear
29-Oct-2015     The Economist
Selling Europe’s trade agreement with America as “strategic” has problems
Shallow justifications for TPPA
28-Oct-2015    
Catherine Beard claims there is no problem with the ability of corporations to sue the New Zealand government in offshore tribunals for loss of profits under the TPPA. She bases this on "commissioned research" from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER).
The GNWT’s dangerous affair with China
28-Oct-2015     Edge
Why FIPA makes the territorial government's hot pursuit of trade with this superpower toxic for the North.
Is investor-state dispute settlement legal? A plea for EU judges to check
28-Oct-2015     Client Earth
We have severe doubts that ISDS is compatible with EU law, as we show in our new study.
International trade: UN expert calls for abolition of Investor-State dispute settlement arbitrations
28-Oct-2015     OHCHR
Trade must be made to work for human rights and development and not against them,” the United Nations Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, has said