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Russia demands changes to Ukraine-EU association deal
20-Sep-2014     AFP
Russia has demanded changes to a landmark political and economic pact between the EU and Ukraine in order to meet Moscow's concerns, according to a letter seen by AFP on Friday.
After Brussels rejection, TTIP fight could go to ECJ
20-Sep-2014     DW
Opponents of the EU-US free trade agreement are hoping to get their day in the European Court of Justice after the EU's executive body rejected a citizens’ initiative to throw out the neoliberal pact.
FTA with GCC to impact Indian petrochemical sector – Study
20-Sep-2014     Fibre-2-Fashion
“India's trade imbalance with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council will further deteriorate as well as impact the Indian petrochemicals sector due to tariff elimination on petrochemicals under the proposed FTA”, says a study by an apex Indian trade body.
The international implications of the Philip Morris branding battle in Uruguay
20-Sep-2014     World Trademark Review
Long-running litigation between Uruguay, which has some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the world, and cigarette giant Philip Morris could have direct consequences for plain packaging legislation globally. Could it also pave the way for legal action in Europe?
Stop TTIP/CETA ECI: We continue our fight!
19-Sep-2014     Stop-TTIP.org
European social movements reject EU Commission’s attempt to silence them and will carry out their own European Citizens’ Initiative to stop both TTIP and CETA
Questions linger over controversial Canada-China trade deal
19-Sep-2014     Epoch Times
Canada’s Conservative government is taking heat after Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet quietly ratified a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with China after sitting on it for two years during which it was strongly criticized and protested.
European Ombudsman launches public consultation in relation to the transparency of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations
19-Sep-2014     European Ombudsman
The aim of the Ombudsman's inquiry is to help ensure that the public can follow the progress of these talks and contribute to shaping their outcome.
Teamsters make case against bad trade deals to top Democratic senators
19-Sep-2014     Teamsters
The Teamsters labour union told key US senators that secret 'trade' deals like TPP and TISA threaten government workers' jobs by opening them up to irreversible privatization by multinationals.
Levin says plenty of work left on Asia-Pacific trade deal
19-Sep-2014     The Hill
A top House Democrat on Thursday said negotiations on an Asia-Pacific trade deal still have a long way to go.
Canada’s secretive treaty with China further diminishes aboriginal rights
18-Sep-2014     VICE Canada
"This isn't a matter of the big bad Chinese coming and throwing oil all over our beavers and mounties, this is about (for the ten trillionth time in this country's history) a fundamental disrespect for First Nations people, upon whose land we are developing a multi-billion dollar energy extraction industry."