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Tony Clement claims cabinet secrecy over EU trade deal compensation
Canada's Treasury Board President Tony Clement has invoked cabinet secrecy rules to avoid answering questions on hundreds of millions in federal funding earmarked to help Newfoundland and Labrador adjust to the Canada-European Union free trade deal.
Finnish media ignores successful anti-TTIP demonstration
On Friday the 23rd of May 2014, some 1 000 people took to the streets in Helsinki (Finland) to demonstrate against the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, demanding immediate suspension of the negotiations and opening of the mandate.
Investor-to-state dispute settlement is a rigged system
ISDS gives the US an unfair advantage -- we can not expect EU companies to win ISDS cases against the US.
South Africa-Brazil FTAs will impact Namibian beef industry
Free trade agreements won't hold favourable implications for Namibia's weaner industry and the opportune thing for local producers along with government, is to get together and have a round table discussion to come up with plans on how to convert potential challenges into opportunities.
Key US-Bahrain FTA 'has no expiry date'
Debunking rumours, US Deputy Chief of Mission in Bahrain Timothy Pounds has said that the free trade agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and the US does not have an expiry date and is here to stay.
Trans-Pacific free-trade pact 'old-fashioned': ex-WTO chief
Former WTO chief Pascal Lamy calls the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the last of the big old-style trade agreements" while ''the new era begins with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.''
EU-US free trade talks under fire from filmmakers
The TTIP free-trade talks between the EU and US continue to come under fire from a growing chorus of European film-makers and EU Culture Ministers.
China-Iceland FTA (2013)
China-Switzerland FTA (2013)
Review FTAs and implement GST, urges Nadir Godrej to new government
With the new INdian government all set to take charge, CII National Committee on Chemicals has put forth its expectations from the new government for the benefit of the chemical industry. Topping the list is the demand for reviewing the free trade agreements signed by India with other countries as the committee feels that these have not benefited the industry.