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The European Left launches a campaign against TTIP
11-Jun-2014     European Left
The European Left will organise a political campaign against TTIP in synergy with social movements, unions, ecologists, farmers, small enterprises.
TTIP contradicts post-2015 development goals, experts say
11-Jun-2014     EurActiv
The planned US-EU trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), has come up against intense criticism from both sides of the Atlantic. Now development officials have joined the choir.
Experts attack EU trade deal deadline
8-Jun-2014     The Observer
At a high level conference on the EAC-EU EPA negotiations in Entebbe recently, experts in trade and regional integration argued that the EAC should not be bound by the pressure of the EU deadline.
Alternative forms of protection for Indonesia's foreign investors
7-Jun-2014     Mondaq
This Legal alert outlines the several means by which investment protection for foreign investors in Indonesia can be reassured.
US farmers call for Japan to be excluded from TPP
7-Jun-2014     Tax News
United States farming groups are urging that, if Japan continues to insist that it should keep import duties on its ultra-sensitive agricultural products – rice, wheat, beef and pork, dairy products, and sugar and starch – it should be excluded from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
Korea-Colombia free trade agreement excludes rice and rice related products, says USDA Post
6-Jun-2014     Oryza
USDA Post reports that South Korea's National Assembly has ratified the Korea-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, but the FTA excludes rice and other rice related products.
Panama and Israel expect to finish negotiating FTA in coming months
6-Jun-2014     Marcotradenews
After the visit of the President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, to Israel on Thursday, the two governments said they would have a free trade agreement within a couple of months.
France: BNP Paribas row 'puts EU-US trade pact at risk'
6-Jun-2014     BBC
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said the reported $10bn (£6bn; 7.3bn euros) US fine being faced by banking giant BNP Paribas could hurt EU-US trade treaty talks.
African countries feel cornered in EU trade negotiations
6-Jun-2014     EurActiv
The EU is pointing a gun at the Global South's chest and do not listen to their concerns, reports EurActiv Germany.
Bernadette Ségol (ETUC) & Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO) - Joint video interview on TTIP
4-Jun-2014     ETUC
Joint interview on TTIP by Bernadette Ségol, ETUC General Secretary & Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President