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US sees hurdles in China joining pacific trade pact
24-Jan-2014     Reuters
Washington wants progress on an investment treaty with Beijing before it considers expanding an eventual Pacific-region trade pact to include China, a top US official said on Thursday.
Free trade for 'high-risk biotech'?
23-Jan-2014     Testbiotech
New report from Testbiotech on the potential influence of the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the authorisation of new genetically engineered organisms for use in agriculture and food production.
ECOWAS, EU to resume negotiations on economic partnership agreement
23-Jan-2014     Premium Times
The EU wants the West African region to open up 80 per cent of its market
Ecuador: International support crucial in battle with Chevron
23-Jan-2014     EFE
Ecuador's hopes of winning a legal struggle against US oil supermajor Chevron Corp. pertaining to a multi-billion-dollar pollution judgment rest on the degree of "global solidarity" with the Andean nation, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Wednesday.
Pacific trade partners in end-game of trade talks: US official
23-Jan-2014     Reuters
Pacific Rim trading partners are working to resolve the last thorny issues in sealing an ambitious free trade pact and are likely to have further high-level talks next month, a senior US trade official said on Wednesday.
A BIT of a secret
22-Jan-2014     Indian Express
India's bilateral investment treaty arbitration must be made more transparent.
Correa: Ecuador will not sign a FTA with the EU
22-Jan-2014     Prensa Latina
We have resumed the negotiations, but we will not sign an FTA with the EU, but a trade agreement, Correa stressed Tuesday during a press conference in the south-western port city of Guayaquil.
Brussels seeks to curb investor litigation under trade deals
22-Jan-2014     FT
EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht pledged to release a proposed negotiating text of the investment chapter of any deal in March.
The TTIP: How a new secret ’trade’ treaty could put the world’s biggest firms beyond government control
21-Jan-2014     International Business Times
The US/EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is intended to set global trade rules, bypassing the World Trade Organisation which has up to now allowed developing countries to resist such an agreement.
FTA with China next boost for Lankan apparel sector: JAAF
21-Jan-2014    
Efforts to drive the Sri Lankan apparel sector into a new growth phase may hinge on the success of the potential free trade agreement (FTA) in the offing with China, according to Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) Secretary General Tuli Cooray.