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CETA: What the leaked version reveals
17-Aug-2014     Le Monde
The most controversial provisions include the investor state dispute resolution mechanism (ISDS), an arbitral tribunal meant to settle disputes between governments and corporations.
Africa's "grand" FTA negotiation progressing well: SADC officials
17-Aug-2014     Xinhua
Negotiations to set up a grand free trade zone encompassing 26 countries in eastern and southern Africa are progressing well and may be completed in 2015, a year before schedule, SADC officials reveal.
Don't let Americans put hormones and pesticides in our dinner, warns Jamie Oliver as he launches latest food offensive
17-Aug-2014     Daily Mail
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is planning a campaign to stop British food standards being lowered to allow American food imports pumped full of pesticides and hormones into the UK under TTIP.
EU sugar industry fears import pressures In TTIP talks
15-Aug-2014     American Ag Radio Network
Europe’s sugar industry fears there could be sugar imports from the combined US and Mexican market if sugar is becomes part of the ongoing Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
EU-Canada trade deal leak ‘ridicules’ TTIP consultation, campaigners say
15-Aug-2014     EurActiv
The leaked EU-Canada trade agreement contains a controversial chapter on investor-state disputes settlement that is substantially unchanged from previous drafts that were used as a basis for the EU's recently held public consultation.
Japan, US make no progress in TPP-related talks
14-Aug-2014     Xinhua
Japan and the United States conclude talks on opening Japan's auto sector as a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal without major progress.
Leaked EU trade pact suggests Canada caved on drug patents
14-Aug-2014     Canadian Press
A leaked copy of the full text of the Canada-EU free trade agreement was posted online late Wednesday and appeared to confirm the fears of the deal’s critics on both sides of the Atlantic.
Rights group files complaint over EU-Vietnam trade talks
14-Aug-2014     VoA
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) says it has filed a complaint with the European Union over its free trade talks with Vietnam.
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) (consolidated draft, 1 Aug 2014)
13-Aug-2014    
As leaked by German news outlet Tagesschau
EU-ECOWAS EPA (draft, Feb 2014)
13-Aug-2014