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Europe's business community's "clarion call" for vital EU-US trade deal
18-Dec-2014     Global Trader
"TTIP could be worth up to €120bn to the EU every year" claims Confederation of British Industry as it hosts a business lobby meeting to trumpet for an EU-US trade treaty.
FTA talks with Nigeria on the cards
18-Dec-2014    
Pakistan is working on a proposal for early initiation of negotiations with Nigeria on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade.
Vietnam, Customs Union wrap up FTA talks
18-Dec-2014     Thanh Nien News
Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have concluded negotiations on their free trade agreement that covers trade, investment, rules of origin, intellectual property, customs facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures among others.
Vietnam and South Korea complete free trade agreement
18-Dec-2014     Vietnam Briefing
South Korea and Vietnam have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement that will remove import tariffs on more than 90 percent of all products.
Leak shows: Trade treaty TiSA could undermine national data protection regulations
18-Dec-2014     Netzpolitik.org
The secretly negotiated trade treaty TiSA — short for “Agreement on Trade in Services” — jeopardizes privacy protection in international data transfers.
Colombian Congress approves FTA with South Korea
18-Dec-2014     Bernama
The objections to Colombia's trade deal with Seoul, which should be approved by the Executive, came from both the left-wing and the right-wing opposition, as well as part of the business sector.
Sino-US investment treaty sees major progress
18-Dec-2014     Xinhua
China and the United States are finalizing text checks on a bilateral investment treaty and will formally exchange negative lists at the beginning of next year
Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The TTIP’s Achilles heel?
18-Dec-2014     BEUC
A high level panel discussion on TTIP organised by BEUC, FOEE and AK Europa (video)
TISA - provisions all services (draft of Apr 2014) and professional services (draft of Sep 2014)
18-Dec-2014     AWP
as leaked by AWP on 17 Dec 2014
Proposal of new provisions applicable to all services of the secret TISA negotiations
18-Dec-2014     AWP
AWP releases a bilingual copy of the Proposal of New Provisions Applicable to All Services and the Annex on Professional Services of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA).