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Access denied: MEPs stage TTIP reading room demonstration
15-Oct-2014     GUE/NGL
MEPs staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the TTIP Reading Room in the European Parliament today, in a bid to highlight the lack of transparency surrounding the EU-US trade talks.
Smoke screen: One industry carve-out won’t solve the problem of corporate courts
15-Oct-2014     AFL-CIO
According to recent reports, US trade negotiators for the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal are floating a proposal to prevent tobacco companies from using corporate courts to sue national governments over anti-smoking regulations.
ECJ finds Swedish fisheries in Western Sahara illegal
15-Oct-2014     WSRW
The European Court of Justice has in an answer to a question from a Swedish court of appeal informed that private fisheries agreements with Moroccan authorities are not allowed outside of the context of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
Switzerland hopes to resume India-EFTA free trade pact talks
15-Oct-2014     PTI
Switzerland today expressed hope that negotiations along with three other countries on broad-based trade and economic partnership agreement with India would resume at the earliest.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: A brief history of an agenda for corporate plunder
15-Oct-2014     Global Research
Ultimately, the TTIP could draw Europe even closer to the US and consolidate the power of Anglo-US financial-corporate interests centred in the City of London and on Wall Street.
EU-China investment treaty talks may face bumpy road
15-Oct-2014     Borderlex
The EU and China are discussing their planned bilateral investment treaty on the sidelines of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Italy this week.
Pakistan: Government to move carefully in approving US-proposed BIT
15-Oct-2014     Business Recorder
The government has decided to move carefully in respect to approving the new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) template proposed by the United States as it contains clauses with far-reaching negative implications for the economy of Pakistan.
East African states agree duty-free trade deal with EU
15-Oct-2014     Reuters
The EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement was signed in Brussels on Tuesday but must still be ratified by the five members of the East African Community – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi – and by the European Parliament.
Hormone-free beef for European markets the next big export opportunity
15-Oct-2014     Alberta Farm Express
The proposed trade deal with Europe has a simple story line for Alberta cattle producers — build the herd.
Serbia's bilateral FTAs will remain in effect until its a full EU member
15-Oct-2014    
The head of the team negotiating Serbia's accession to the European Union (EU) has confirmed an agreement with the European Union that the country's free trade agreements with eastern states, and in particular Russia, will remain in force until Serbia becomes an EU member.