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US ambassadors heart TTIP
21-Aug-2014    
US embassies across Europe are pushing the proposed US-European Union trade deal through bicycle tours and cash grants.
Chlorine chicken: No thank you
20-Aug-2014     DW
There’s strong criticism of the planned free trade agreement TTIP. Europe’s organic farming sector is especially skeptical. Deutsche Welle reports.
War of the FTAs
20-Aug-2014     Business World
As an exhausted World Trade Organisation struggles, expect a war of FTAs as rich countries hit back with new trade regimes under TPP and TTIP while emerging markets build the RCEP
Leaked CETA treaty: One thing to applaud
20-Aug-2014     The Tyee
Massive, controversial EU-Canada deal manages to do copyright right, says Michael Geist
How the EAC locked horns with the EU over the EPA negotiations
20-Aug-2014     Trade Beat
Godfrey Ssali from the Uganda Manufacturers Association explains what is behind the current deadlock between the East African Community and the European Union on the negotiations underway to agree a set of Economic Partnership Agreements
China against Malaysia-Taiwan FTA
20-Aug-2014     The Sun Daily
Chinese ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang says China is against any move by Malaysia to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan.
Sri Lanka to focus on increasing trade and investment with China
20-Aug-2014     Xinhua
Sri Lanka will focus on increasing trade and investment with China as well as broadening the scope of a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a top official said on Tuesday.
Careful on those FTAs
20-Aug-2014     Financial Express
The ultimate metric for assessing the impact of a trade agreement is its ability to create jobs, not just bring in foreign exchange, argues Ajit Ranade
What the leaked EU-Canada trade paper means for TTIP
20-Aug-2014     EU Observer
EU trade negotiators, who like to give as little away as possible, will have been deeply dismayed by the leak of 520 pages of their latest baby: the EU-Canada free trade agreement (Ceta).
US trade officials say it’s their way or the highway on TPP
18-Aug-2014     CIO
A new website is highlighting that United States trade officials could dictate to other countries their laws and regulations relating to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).