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Infographic: Lessons from NAFTA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
10-Jul-2015     IPS
Two decades of high costs for Mexico's agriculture, economy, families, and environment
India: Exclude steel from free-trade pacts, say wary manufacturers
10-Jul-2015     Financial Express
Indian steelmakers have urged the government to keep steel out of the purview of any future free-trade agreements and also review the existing pacts to ensure that their interests are safeguarded.
Protestors slam controversial trade talks in Geneva
9-Jul-2015     swissinfo
In Geneva, members of the STOP TISA movement, unions, left-wing activists and social movements protested in front of the headquarters of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization on Wednesday evening denouncing the trade deal.
Abuja to host conference on economic partnership between ECOWAS, EU
9-Jul-2015     World Stage News
An international conference designed to take a critical appraisal of the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement between Economic Community of West African States and the European Union will take place in Abuja between July 28 and 29 2015.
India moves to gauge gains of a free trade pact with Eurasian union
9-Jul-2015     Hindu Business Line
Moving swiftly on its decision to consider a free trade agreement with the newly formed Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union, India has initiated the process of setting up a joint study group to study its feasibility.
Alba establishes mechanisms for legal defense against arbitral claims filed by transnationals
9-Jul-2015     ADITAL
The Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA ) has agreed to create a new regional mechanism to provide a collaborative defence in international arbitration proceedings, notably in respect of claims filed by transnational corporations against Latin American countries.
Divided MEPs pass controversial TTIP resolution
8-Jul-2015     War on Want
Members of the European Parliament today voted to pass a resolution on the secretly negotiated EU-US trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
TISA stocktaking meeting also might have to face growing protests
8-Jul-2015     IP Watch
Today, Wednesday 8 July, a group of nongovernmental organisations has called for a protest march from the UN to the Embassy of Australia in Geneva, host of this week‘s TISA round.
9 ways the TPP is bad for developing countries
8-Jul-2015     Foreign Policy
Oone issue that has received comparatively little attention is how the Trans-Pacific Partnership is likely to impact the developing countries slated to join.
MEPs urged to vote against TTIP deal
8-Jul-2015     The National
MEPS are being urged to reject a controversial trade agreement between the US and the EU when a report on the deal is voted on today in the European Parliament.