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Philippines pursues free trade talks with European bloc
2-Jul-2014     BusinessWorld
Tthe Philippines and EFTA member countries -- Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway -- signed last June 23 a joint declaration of cooperation that paves the way for free trade talks.
TTIP won't let big banks wriggle out of regulations, EU negotiators insist
2-Jul-2014     IB Times
The European Commission denies that it is using the negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to weaken financial regulation for the benefit of financial institutions.
Lew: US-China investment deal not nearing completion
2-Jul-2014     The Hill
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Tuesday that the United States and China aren’t prepared to wrap up work on an investment agreement during high-level meetings next week.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft regulatory co-operation on financial regulation (March 2014)
1-Jul-2014     CEO
As leaked by CEO
Commission closes TTIP consultation -- But is it listening?
1-Jul-2014     ETUC
Bernadette Ségol the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation says trade unionists are “particularly concerned at statements from DG Trade implying that the consultation is about a reform of the ISDS system and is not open to a decisive rejection.”
TransPacific Partnership deal elusive as talks set for Ottawa
1-Jul-2014     Canadian Press
This week, hundreds of negotiators from 11 Asia-Pacific countries descend on Ottawa as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, viewed as the next big free trade deal after the European pact known as CETA.
Georgia and Russia meet to sort out EU vs CIS free trade
1-Jul-2014     Democracy & Freedom Watch
Georgian and Russian trade experts will meet in Prague on July 7 to find out how compatible Georgia’s new free trade with the European Union is with its already existing free trade framework with countries of the former Soviet Union.
Videos from TACD's June 25, 2014 side event on intellectual property in the US, EU trade agreement (TTIP)
1-Jul-2014     KEI
A set of videos from the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue's June 25, 2014 event on intellectual property and the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
Swiss-Chinese free trade agreement takes effect
1-Jul-2014     AFP
A watershed free-trade deal between China and Switzerland came into force on Tuesday, the first such accord between the Asian giant and a mainland European economy.
EU-US free trade agreement (TTIP or TAFTA)
1-Jul-2014     Vimeo
Short video on TTIP, promoting the UK's #noTTIP day of action on 12th July 2014