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Large crowds fill Taipei streets in protest over China trade bill
31-Mar-2014     NYTimes
More than 100,000 demonstrators -- some television news stations put the number as high as 700,000 -- took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday to protest efforts by the government to approve a trade pact with China and to show support for the students who have occupied Taiwan’s Legislature for nearly two weeks.
Leaked EU analysis of TTIP IPR negotiations
28-Mar-2014     KEI
Here is a two-page excerpt from a March 20, 2014 EU analysis of the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations on intellectual property rights, including geographical indications.
Indonesia terminates its BIT with the Netherlands from 1 July 2015 and may terminate all of its BITs
28-Mar-2014     Lexology
While certain countries have terminated individual BITs, termination of all BITs would be unprecedented.
Spanish organizations denounce transatlantic free trade agreement
28-Mar-2014     Prensa Latina
Spanish social and union organizations condemned today trade negotiations between the European Union and the United States to sign the Transatlantic Free Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Jon Weissman: A free trade pact’s sorry numbers
28-Mar-2014     Gazette Net
New evidence of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement’s damaging record provides the latest reason why Congress should not delegate away its constitutional trade authority and allow the Trans-Pacific Partnership to be “fast-tracked” into place.
Tripartite FTA: Answer to poor intra-African trade
28-Mar-2014     Southern Times
African countries need to look at the possibility of fast-tracking the tripartite Free Trade Area if hopes of an improved intra-African trade are to be met anytime soon, according to the African Union Commission
The secret deal that threatens the food on your plate
28-Mar-2014     FOEE
Untangling the EU-US trade talks : What are the big concerns for food & farming? What might be the consequences for our food and farming? Friends of the Earth Europe and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy hosted a discussion in Brussels on 13 March 2014.
Japan FTA dairy concerns
28-Mar-2014     Farmonline
The push by the Australian Government to have a hand-shake deal done by the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, when he visited Japan in April could see dairy miss out, Australian Dairy Farmers president Noel Campbell said.
Ghana: Don't sign Economic Partnership Agreement - Coalition urges gov’t
28-Mar-2014     Ghana Web
A coalition of civil society organisations, farmer-based groups, religious organisations and labour unions have asked President John Mahama to show commitment to encouraging the productive capacity of Ghanaians by not signing the Economic Partnership Agreement.
EU: Online public consultation on ISDS in the TTIP
27-Mar-2014     DG Trade
The European Commission is consulting the public in the EU on a possible approach to investment protection and ISDS in the TTIP between now and 21 June 2014.