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Investor state dispute settlement and financial crises
12-Dec-2014     WEED
The film explains how the settlement works and why it endangers necessary governmental rescue measures in financial crises as occurred in Greece, Cypress and Argentina.
ISDS cannot be fixed
12-Dec-2014     Public Citizen
The European Commission’s claim that threats posed by the investor-state dispute settlement system can be fixed by “improving” ISDS provisions in trade pacts has already been proved false, says Public Citizen
Eastern Europe against TTIP Trojan Horse
11-Dec-2014     Arc2020
The proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is meeting increased resistance in Eastern Europe.
The SADC model BIT template: Towards a new standard of investor protection in southern Africa
11-Dec-2014     tralac
The 2012 SADC model BIT proposes new thinking and a sharp deviation from today's policies, tralac says.
“No TTIP” Christmas card submitted by singing Santas on behalf of one million
11-Dec-2014     WDM
Campaigners dressed as Santa Claus presented an over-sized Christmas card to the UK government on behalf of the million people across Europe who had signed a petition calling for the end of controversial trade deals being pushed through between the EU and North America.
Vietnam, S.Korea conclude talks for free trade deal
11-Dec-2014     Thanh Nien News
Vietnam and South Korea on Wednesday wrapped up negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement that seeks to triple bilateral trade turnover to US$70 billion by 2020.
Newfoundland threatens to pull support for Canada-EU trade deal
11-Dec-2014     Globe and Mail
Newfoundland is threatening to withdraw support for the Canada-European Union trade agreement, a move that could create havoc for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The TTIP’s impact on labour rights: the chronicle of an anticipated disaster
9-Dec-2014     El Diario
Social dumping and a regulatory race to the bottom are the first consequences that are forecast, of we know so far of the TTIP – the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and the European Union.
Activists In Washington protest against TPP
9-Dec-2014     Bernama
An hour of loud chanting and noisemakers ensured that chief negotiators involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks on Tuesday were aware of growing US public opposition to the TPP and the dim prospects that US President Barack Obama will obtain Fast Track trade authority, Public Citizen said.
WSC UK threaten legal action against UK government
9-Dec-2014     WSCUK
Western Sahara Campaign UK is threatening legal action against the British government for treating imported products originating in Western Sahara as Moroccan for the purposes of the EU–Morocco Association Agreement.