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Poultry industry calls for review of FTAs
13-Apr-2015     Dawn
The Pakistan Poultry Associa­tion has urged Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir to review the free trade agreements that are hurting more than helping the country.
Australian trade minister: FTA with GCC ‘possible within months’
13-Apr-2015     Al Arabiya
Australia and the GCC countries may only be a few months away from signing a landmark Free Trade Agreement deal “if a decision is made quickly,” Australia Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb says.
The Transpacific Partnership will impact sovereign control over health policies
11-Apr-2015     La República
A text that Peru and 11 other countries (including the US) are negotiating in secret, seeks to expand drug patents for more than 20 years thus generating millions of overheads for our health system and making it even more difficult to obtain biological medicines against cancer.
India, EU to discuss FTA on April 13 in Hannover
10-Apr-2015     Business Standard
After a hiatus of over two years, India and the European Union will be discussing the proposed Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) on April 13.
Free trade and Mexico’s junk food epidemic
10-Apr-2015     GRAIN
Food companies are infiltrating, inundating and taking over traditional food distribution channels and replacing local foods with cheap, processed junk foods. Free trade and investment agreements have been critical to their success.
Don’t sign agreements that erode workers’ rights
10-Apr-2015     Malaysia Kini
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is most concerned about the serious implications of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clauses and provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and other such agreements and treaties that Malaysia signs.
AFL-CIO and Canadian Labour Congress joint statement on promoting trade deals that work for people over profits
10-Apr-2015     AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) call for an end to ISDS in all pending trade and investment agreements.
Iran pitches free trade deal with India
10-Apr-2015     PTI
Expecting the removal of trade sanctions imposed on it by western nations, Iran has proposed a free trade agreement with India to boost bilateral trade and investment.
Regulatory cooperation: how an EU-US trade deal risks creating a labyrinth of red tape
10-Apr-2015     Friends of the Earth Europe
Here are 10 reasons why the current European Commission proposal for regulatory cooperation poses serious risks to legislation and decision making in the public interest and is another reason why TTIP should be stopped.
Global Day of Action
10-Apr-2015