27-Jan-2014
PDI
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry is seen to press for more agricultural concessions for the country under the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, the general review of which is expected to be completed this year.
27-Jan-2014
Kyodo
Japan and the US have agreed to continue to work for an early conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, the Japanese trade minister said after meeting Saturday with the US trade chief on the fringes of the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland
27-Jan-2014
RTS
Le conseiller fédéral suisse Johann Schneider-Ammann a laissé entendre samedi dans la presse alémanique que la question de la protection des brevets pourrait retarder l'accord de libre-échange avec l'Inde.
25-Jan-2014
CEO
This week, the European Commission announced a freeze in negotiations over dangerous corporate rights in the proposed EU-US trade deal (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP) and that it would conduct a public consultation on the issue.
25-Jan-2014
Japan Times
Japan should consider concluding a bilateral economic partnership agreement with Canada, which could then be used as a card against the United States in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, Quebec’s minister of international relations and foreign trade said.
25-Jan-2014
The Nation
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments, write Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
24-Jan-2014
The feasibility study on the highly-anticipated Sri Lanka-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is underway and due to be completed by March with eventual signing of the deal slated for before end 2014, an official said here on Thursday.
24-Jan-2014
WSJ
The chief trade negotiators of the US and the European Union admitted obstacles to a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement, but said a European decision to open public consultations over proposed procedures to settle investment disputes wouldn't delay the accord.
24-Jan-2014
A Canada-Korea trade deal looks like a winner for Canadian agribusiness, but the auto industry is making a last-ditch push to head off the agreement.
24-Jan-2014
TDM
Transnational Dispute Management examines various proposals for the reform of ISDS.
