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SACU: Dead man walking?
28-Jan-2014     Trade Beat
Late last year, the African cyberspace was buzzing with rumours that the region’s oldest trade agreement, the Southern African Customs Union or SACU was about to be finally killed off by South Africa. From Windhoek to Cape Town to Mbabane, trade policy wonks were debating what the most recent moves from Pretoria regarding SACU really meant.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Financial services (EU negotiating objectives)
28-Jan-2014     DG Trade
Brussels wants finance rules back in US trade pact
28-Jan-2014     FT
The EU is seeking to include financial regulation in a sweeping trade pact with the US, arguing that leaving it out of any deal would represent a threat to global financial stability.
CETA access denied – Federal government refuses to disclose working text of Canada-EU deal
28-Jan-2014     Council of Canadians
The federal government of Canada has denied an access to information request from the Council of Canadians for the working text of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Talks on free trade agreement among CU and EFTA countries held in Astana
28-Jan-2014     Trend
Negotiations on concluding a free trade agreement among the member-states of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the countries of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) are under way.
Japan and Australia nearing FTA deal: Reports
28-Jan-2014     AFP
Japan and Australia are moving closer to signing a free trade agreement, officials said Tuesday amid reports the deal will be inked within months.
TTIP: European Commission publishes EU negotiating position on financial services
28-Jan-2014     DG Trade
The European Commission publishes today a non-paper clarifying its objectives for financial services in the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
China's top diplomat wants free-trade deal with Europe
27-Jan-2014    
Beijing's top diplomat called on Monday for China and the European Union to consider a multi-billion-dollar free-trade deal, a once unthinkable step that shows a big improvement in relations between two of the world's largest markets.
Study says fish-sector players to suffer with PHL-EU trade deal
27-Jan-2014     Business Mirror
In the likelihood of a free-trade agreement between the Philippines and European Union, big processors, exporters of fish and the fish consumers in general will be the gainers while small-scale fishermen, small-scale fish processors and marketing agents, including women, will be among the losers, PIDS said in a report issued recently.
EEB: “Regulatory rollback: how TTIP puts the environment at risk”
27-Jan-2014     EEB
European Environmental Bureau position paper on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)