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Lessons from Vodafone tax case: Govt to rewrite BIPA to exclude taxation, intellectual property right issues
4-Mar-2014     Economic Times
India has readied a new draft to negotiate bilateral investment treaties in the future, keeping taxation and intellectual property right issues out of its ambit
BIMSTEC leaders today resolved to expeditiously
4-Mar-2014     PTI
BIMSTEC leaders today resolved to expeditiously conclude an agreement on trade in goods to promote commerce among member nations India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.
Dairy groups 'running out of patience' on TPP
4-Mar-2014     Farm Futures
The US Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation suggest moving forward with Trans Pacific Partnership without Canada and Japan on the basis of the countries' dairy policies
AFL-CIO, more than 40 other organizations call for public consultations on investor rights in trade deals
3-Mar-2014     AFL-CIO
Millions of Americans are hoping the US government will immediately initiate open and fruitful discussions on ISDS.
In for messy litigation
3-Mar-2014    
Several local newspapers misread the recent decision by the Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as a verdict forcing the Indonesian government to pay over US$1 billion in compensation to the plaintiff, London-listed Churchill Mining Plc, in regard to its coal mining concessions in East Kalimantan.
US welcomes Taiwan membership in TPP if island fulfills criteria: diplomat
3-Mar-2014     China Post
The United States would welcome Taiwan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership as long as it meets the high standards set by TPP members, Taipei's diplomat to Washington was cited as saying yesterday.
Russia FTA could be delayed - Key
3-Mar-2014     3 News
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says a free-trade agreement with Russia could be delayed because of the escalating situation between the superpower and Ukraine.
Uganda: EU sets EPA deadline signing for October
3-Mar-2014     New Vision
“The EAC states wont access European markets if we don’t sign EPA by October 1 but how prepared are we when some clauses are still not agreed upon?” Jane Nalunga, SEATINI Uganda country director, asks.
Trade deals a closely held secret, shared by more than 500 advisers
1-Mar-2014     Washington Post
The details of the Obama administration’s proposals for a massive 12-nation trade zone in the Asia-Pacific region are off limits to most Americans, held close by negotiators who worry that too much openness would make it impossible to reach a deal. But a chosen few have been allowed to peek behind the curtain and share some of the most sensitive documents.
Rough trade: the new corporate power grab
1-Mar-2014     Red Pepper
Trade and investment agreements currently being negotiated will mean the biggest corporate power grab in a decade. We need a new global movement to confront them, writes Nick Dearden