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Liberal allies of Obama: ‘Hell, no’ to TPP trade deal
16-Apr-2015     Al Jazeera
Liberal lawmakers, labor leaders and environmental groups took their insurgency against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to Congress on Wednesday, staging a protest against the secretive pact on the Capitol Hill lawn and spending the day lobbying lawmakers to derail fast-track authority for the deal.
Unions calling for halt on TPP trade
16-Apr-2015     Dynamic Business
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is calling for the federal government to halt all negotiations on “the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal”, saying that the leaked proposals could see the price of medicines rise and foreign companies given rights to sue the Government.
Make the most of FTAs, Fonterra executive tells farmers
16-Apr-2015     The Australian
Australian farmers must work to understand the needs of Chinese consumers if they are to make the most of the free trade agreement signed with Beijing, an executive from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra says.
EU Commission’s refusal to conduct a human rights impact assessment in the context of trade agreement negotiations constitutes maladministration, says EU Ombudsperson
16-Apr-2015     FIDH
The EU Ombudsperson has found that the European Commission’s failure to carry out a human rights impact assessment in the negotiations for a trade and investment agreement with Vietnam constitutes "maladministration".
The free trade treaty that destroyed Mexico
15-Apr-2015     El Ciudadano
Mexico is the clearest example of the consequences treaties could have on the economic, political and financial life of a nation and its society.
El Salvador, Water is more precious than gold
15-Apr-2015     ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation calls on the government of El Salvador to denounce all treaties establishing ISDS proceedings.
Will El Salvador be forced to pay $301 million for valuing clean water over gold?
15-Apr-2015     Equal Times
The Central American state of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million in damages to an Australian-Canadian mining company, OceanaGold, after the company’s application for a mining license was rejected on the basis of the projected environmental damage it would cause.
MEPs want health excluded from TTIP talks
15-Apr-2015     EurActiv
MEPs want to exclude public health services, genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), the use of hormones in the bovine sector, chemical legislation REACH and its implementation, and cloning from the talks.
Japan to reduce Thai rice purchases under TPP
15-Apr-2015     Bloomberg
Japan plans to reduce rice purchases from Thailand and import more from the United States if a trans-Pacific trade pact led by the two countries goes through.
Barriers to SA markets a concern for US
15-Apr-2015     Business Day
The failure of the US and South Africa to achieve a free trade agreement in 2006 came to haunt them on Tuesday as their delegations gathered for consultations under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement signed in 1999.