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Uruguay withdraws from TiSA, strikes a symbolic blow against the trade deal ratchet
10-Sep-2015     Tech Dirt
TISA completes the unholy trinity of global trade agreements that also includes TPP and TAFTA/TTIP. Between the three of them, they sew up just about every aspect of trade in both goods and services -- the latter being TISA's particular focus.
German Bundestag not happy about being kept out of ttip reading room in Berlin
10-Sep-2015     Intellectual Property Watch
The parliamentary representatives expressed concerns about limitations with regard to the current mechanisms to allow for access for members of national parliaments.
EU-US trade deal mustn’t stifle calls for Israel boycott, say unions
10-Sep-2015     Electronic Intifada
More than 150 organizations from across Europe are vowing to resist efforts by the United States to stifle campaigns for Palestinian rights by means of a controversial trade deal.
Free trade treaty ratification rests squarely on Executive
10-Sep-2015     The Age
The government has a number of options to get the contentious China Australia Free Trade Agreement over the line.
China-Maldives sign MOU for free trade pact
10-Sep-2015     Haveeru
The second meeting of the Maldives-China Joint Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation ended with the signing of the MOU between both countries to begin discussions of the Maldives-China free trade agreement.
NAFTA impact: your Oreo cookies made in Mexico, not Chicago
10-Sep-2015     People's World
Starting soon, as a result of the firm's drive for higher profits and lower wages, your Oreo cookies will be made in Mexico, not Chicago. And it's all thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Nothing is agreed yet—we can still stop the TPP's copyright trap
9-Sep-2015     Electronic Frontier Fondation
No matter how far advanced the parties are towards agreeing on repressive copyright rules, it is still not too late for them to turn back.
TPP protesters occupy Prime Minister's office
9-Sep-2015     Radio New Zealand
A small group of protesters against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal briefly occupied the Prime Minister's electoral office in Auckland this morning
HR standard and investor liability in the new model of Indonesian BITs
9-Sep-2015     Indonesia for Global Justice
The Government plan to reassess the 64 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that have been signed by Indonesia immediately.
Commission won't ask EU judges to decide on legality of ISDS
8-Sep-2015     Euractiv
The European Commission will not ask EU judges to decide on the legality of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in free trade agreements.