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Talks on BIT require new template, US tells Pakistan
13-Feb-2014     Business Recorder
The United States has conveyed to the Pakistan Muslim League government that future negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty will be held on the basis of a new template as the old template lapsed in 2012.
European Trade Union: voters will sanction secret trade giveaways
13-Feb-2014     ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) today warned European decision makers that voters in the forthcoming European elections would be scrutinising EU trade arrangements, in particular the current negotiations with the United States, and "would not overlook" any deals that did not put European jobs and standards first.
The TTIP, corporatism, and GMOs
11-Feb-2014     Voltility
Opening up Europe to the full onslaught of US agricultural products and systems is the main goal of the US in pushing for TTIP in the first place.
India-SACU free trade agreement needs ‘fine-tuning’
11-Feb-2014    
The increasing amount of trade between Namibia and India is expected to balloon even further once the India-Southern African Customs Union Preferential Free Trade Agreement is finalised.
‘Industry has been ruined by FTAs’
11-Feb-2014    
The manufacturing sector in India has shrunk in the last two years, from 17 to 14.5 per cent of GDP. This is because of FTAs, due to which companies come and set up plants here, they don’t manufacture anything, they just assemble, says Baba Kalyani, chairman of the $2.5 billion Kalyani Group
Karkey files another $2.1b damages claim against Pakistan
11-Feb-2014    
Karkey Karadeniz Electricity Production Corporation (Karkey) has filed a memorial to the World Bank’s International Centre for Investment Disputes (ICSID) claiming $2.1 billion damages against government of Pakistan.
Exporters ramp up push for S. Korea trade pact
11-Feb-2014    
A wide array of manufacturing groups and companies is urging the federal government to reach a free-trade agreement with South Korea, warning Canada is being beaten by rivals in the race to do business with the fast-growing country.
Malaysia-Pakistan FTA to be reviewed by month-end, says Mustapa
11-Feb-2014    
Malaysia and Pakistan will review the free trade agreement (FTA) between both countries by month-end, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
EU-Canada free trade deal ‘opens door to environmental lawsuits’
11-Feb-2014     EurActiv
Multinationals will have wide-ranging powers to sue EU states that enact health or environmental laws breaching their "legitimate expectations" of profit, according to a leaked ‘investment chapter’ from the Canada-EU free trade agreement. A separate ‘nature and scope’ document for EU-US free trade talks, which EurActiv has seen, makes clear that similar parameters are foreseen for TTIP.
EU seeks wider free trade agreement with Egypt
11-Feb-2014     Reuters
The European Union wants to restart talks with Egypt over a wider free trade deal that could help double the value of commercial exchanges in the next few years, the EU ambassador to Cairo said on Monday.