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INTA Report "Recommendations to the European Commission on TTIP"
1-Jun-2015     European Parliament
The European Parliament's INTA Committee has recently voted on a recommendations for the European Commission regarding the TTIP negotiations.
Trade deal warning over EU exit
1-Jun-2015     Belfast Telegraph
Norway says TTIP could cause "issues" for UK if it pulls out of EU
Exporters for FTA, CEPA with EU
1-Jun-2015     The Hindu
Indian knitwear exporters have made an appeal to expedite the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union.
Korea, China officially sign FTA
1-Jun-2015     Korea Times
Korea and China officially signed a free trade agreement (FTA) on Monday, after three years of negotiations.
Australia pressuring Canada in TPP for greater wine access, citing EU gains
1-Jun-2015     Canadian Press
An internal memo from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development says the Canadian government is being pressured by TPP parties to give them same outcomes as EU got under CETA.
The hidden costs of trade treaties
29-May-2015     Zeit
The free trade treaties with Canada (CETA) and the United States (TTIP) are not threatening European standards, the negotiators in Brussels assure us. Yet environmental and food safety regulations have already been weakened.
The EESC opposes ISDS in TTIP and CETA and calls for an International Investment Court
29-May-2015     EESC
The European Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion adopted on 27 May, opposes the inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) or in the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), as it believes such a system has the potential to derail both agreements.
Africa to launch Continental Free Trade Agreement negotiations
29-May-2015     Xinhua
African countries will launch the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) negotiations at the upcoming African Union Summit scheduled for mid-June this year, it was announced on Thursday.
International Investment Agreements (IIAs): Frequently Asked Questions
28-May-2015     Congressional Research Service
This report for US Congress answers frequently asked questions about US international investment agreements including provisions for investor-state dispute settlement.
Why India is not joining trade in services agreement
28-May-2015     Live Mint
Even though India has been insisting on negotiating services agreements in all ongoing bilateral trade agreements, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, to tap its rapidly growing young skilled workforce, it has so far desisted from joining a plurilateral trade in services agreement (Tisa) being negotiated among 24 countries.