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AFTINET on ISDS
13-Aug-2014     AFTINET
Australia Fair Trade and Invesment Network's Convener, Dr Patricia Ranald, gave evidence to the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs Defense & Trade on the 6th August 2014 about the dangers of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in trade agreements.
Website reveals how US could rewrite Australian medicine, media content and data storage laws through Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP)
13-Aug-2014     AFTINET
“A new website has been launched today http://tppnocertification.org/ which reveals that the United States claims the right to vet and approve other countries’ laws before it will allow a trade and investment treaty to come into force,” Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor of the Australian Fair Trade and Investment network, said today.
West Africa: New pact aims to expand trade between US, West Africa
13-Aug-2014     US Department of State
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States have signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA), usually a precursor to a US FTA.
FTAs key for Aus agribusiness: Rabo
13-Aug-2014     North Queensland Register
A new report released by global agribusiness specialist Rabobank points to free trade agreements (FTAs) and building strategic government and business relationships as the keys to improving market access for Australian exporters.
Russia to boost agri-trade with Egypt after EU food ban
13-Aug-2014     Reuters
Russia will increase exports of wheat to Egypt and imports of other agriculture products from it, Russian officials said on Tuesday as the two countries discussed the potential for a free trade zone.
Peru to begin FTA negotiations with Indonesia, India
13-Aug-2014     Bernama
The governments of Peru and Indonesia have completed a joint feasibility study in order to reach a free trade agreement, announced Tuesday Peru's Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva.
Demand for cross-border movement of professional manpower increasing in FTA talks
13-Aug-2014     Business Korea
The Korean government is planning to carry out a study on the import of professional manpower such as consultants, engineers and lawyers and its impact on the domestic job market, as the issue is emerging in FTA negotiations across the world,
EU-Canada FTA
13-Aug-2014    
Big Tobacco’s £11bn UK attack could send EU-US trade deal up in flames
12-Aug-2014     Civitas
Philip Morris International has threatened to sue Britain for an eye-watering sum over potential losses resulting from our proposed standardised brand-free cigarette packaging laws.
Bear Creek announces its intent to commence an arbitration against Peru - Santa Ana dispute
12-Aug-2014     PR Newswire
Canadian company Bear Creek Mining announces that it intends to commence an arbitration proceeding against the government of Peru under the Canada-Peru FTA.