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US: Members of Congress demand to see secret trade deals
14-Jan-2015     GMO Inside
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and others, are demanding that trade representatives turn over a full text of the TPP trade agreement.
TTIP and CETA: Opening the door to genetic engineering in agriculture and food production
14-Jan-2015     Testbiotech
A newly published Testbiotech report shows that the introduction of the new free trade agreements between EU and Canada (CETA) and the US (TTIP) will almost certainly lead to lower EU standards in protection of consumers and the environment.
Japan targets Southeast Asia in jostle for regional economic sway
14-Jan-2015     FT
Japan is stepping up an economic charm offensive in Southeast Asia in the latest sign of rival efforts by leading powers to profit from the single market due to be launched soon in the populous region.
Europe: The fear of arbitral tribunals
13-Jan-2015     Le Monde
The consultation on investor arbitration that the European Commission launched in Spring 2014 delivered an unambiguous verdict: today, public opinion does not want it.
EU report presented today: Consultation on investment protection in EU-US trade talks
13-Jan-2015     EU Commission
Today, the European Commission published its analysis of the almost 150,000 replies to its online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
AGI divided over EPAs
13-Jan-2015     Graphic Online
Members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) are divided over whether the government should join other West African states to sign onto the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Unions intensifying attacks on new emerging free-trade pact
13-Jan-2015     Associated Press
Just over two decades after lobbying unsuccessfully against the North American Free Trade Agreement, US labor unions are again voicing strong reservations to a proposed major trade-liberalization deal.
2015 can be a ‘game-changer’ for BIMSTEC
13-Jan-2015     BD News 24
Bangladesh hopes that the much-expected BIMSTEC FTA (between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand) will be finalised this year.
Are states sovereign?
12-Jan-2015     El Periódico
A trade treaty known as the TTIP is being negotiated between the US and Europe. From what I have been able to find out about this treaty, it will, among other things, limit the capacity of states to draft environmental, health or labour norms which adversely impact big corporations
India, US agree to restart talks on bilateral investment treaty
12-Jan-2015     Times of India
India and the US have reaffirmed commitment to the long-pending Bilateral Investment Treaty with PM Modi conveying to secretary of state John Kerry that New Delhi was prepared to hold early talks for the same.