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China issues a first draft of its new foreign investment law for public comment
17-Feb-2015     JD Supra
The Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China recently (19 January 2015) published a first draft of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Investments (the Draft Law), for public consultation.
Andrew Robb pushes for a US sweetener in TPP
17-Feb-2015     The Australian
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb is pushing for greater access to the US market for Australian sugar exports as expectations mount that the giant 12-nation Trans-­Pacific Partnership could be wrapped up by May
South Korea bans Canadian beef exports in light of BSE
17-Feb-2015     iPolitics
South Korea says it’s banning imports of Canadian beef after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or “mad cow disease,” was found on a northern Alberta farm earlier this week, despite reassurances from Canada’s agriculture minister the case would not impact Canadian beef trade.
Pakistan: Govt in process of signing FTAs with ASEANs
17-Feb-2015     Daily Times
Pakistan's National Assembly was informed that the government is in process to ink Free Trade Agreement–II with China and also efforts were in process to sign Free Trade Agreements with ASEAN countries.
Dar briefed on BIT regime
16-Feb-2015     The News
Pakistan Finance minister says the government will review its existing bilateral investment treaties and develop a template for future ones.
US appeals to Japanese business to help push for trade pact
13-Feb-2015     AP
Japan and the US are moving closer to reaching agreement on market opening measures needed to conclude a Pacific Rim trade pact, a top US envoy said Friday, urging Japanese business leaders to help bridge the last, difficult disagreements.
India in no hurry to begin bilateral investment talks with US
13-Feb-2015     Hindu Business Line
New Delhi wants to finalise model text on investment treaties first
TiSA must include a gold-standard clause to protect public services
13-Feb-2015     EurActiv
European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions pushes for a compromise: a clause which would clearly exclude as widely as possible public services from the scope of TiSA.
Ukraine and Israel agree to intensify free-trade area talks
13-Feb-2015     Ukrainian Journal
Ukraine and Israel have agreed to intensify their talks over the creation of a free trade area (FTA), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlov Klimkin has said.
Call for transparency in new generation trade deals
13-Feb-2015     The Lancet
"As health practitioners in seven of the involved Pacific-Rim countries, we call on our governments to publicly release the full draft TPPA text, and to secure independent and comprehensive assessments of the health and human rights consequences of the proposed agreement for each nation," write 27 professionals in The Lancet.