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GVK ban fallout: India defers FTA talks with EU
10-Aug-2015     The Economic Times
India government has deferred talks with the European Union on the proposed free trade agreement, peeved at the ban imposed on around 700 pharma products, which were clinically tested by GVK Biosciences.
Data flows in TTIP
9-Aug-2015     BEUC
Data flows in TTIP could result in a significant weakening of consumers’ fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data
Q&A: How Southeast Asian economic zone could change region
9-Aug-2015     The Charlotte Observer
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC whose ultimate goal is said to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping
Pakistan seeking trade agreement with Belarus
9-Aug-2015     The Express Tribune
In a bid to give a boost to bilateral trade, Pakistani authorities have offered Belarus a preferential trade agreement
International investment agreements and Africa’s structural transformation: a perspective from South Africa
9-Aug-2015     South Centre
The brief describes the widening debate on the implications of international investment agreements for sustainable development and outlines the broad features of alternative policy approaches to foreign direct investment
The risks of mutual recognition of voluntary industry standards within the context of a future EU - US trade agreement (TTIP) and alternative approaches
8-Aug-2015     CEN CENELEC
Report sets out the risks to the voluntary single standard system that would arise from the mutual recognition of European and US industry standards
Why Europe and the US are locked in a food fight over TTIP
8-Aug-2015     The Conversation
It is not certain whether TTIP will relent and grant European food products even the limited protection they have under CETA
Malaysia-Pakistan trade set to improve this year
8-Aug-2015     Daily Express
Malaysia-Pakistan tradeis expected to improve this year with the revival of Malaysia-Pakistan Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (MPCEPA)
Spain facing compensation bill of billions over renewables cuts
7-Aug-2015     El País
Spain has suffered its first setback in an international arbitration process over its cuts to renewable energy subsidies.
Livestock may struggle after TPP
7-Aug-2015     Vietnam Economic Times
Vietnam’s livestock sector, on which the livelihoods of nearly 10 million people depend, may be negatively affected the most after the Trans-Pacific Partnership comes into being