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Delhi government to reverse FDI in multi-brand retail
17-Jan-2014     New Indian Express
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government Monday said it will not allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, reversing the previous Sheila Dikshit regime's policy.
Liberalization key to Taiwan's TPP bid: AmCham
16-Jan-2014    
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei urged Taiwan Thursday to speed up its efforts to liberalize its business environment to help its bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
German farmers fear for Europe's bacon with US trade deal
16-Jan-2014     NPR
When German farmers and activists descended upon Chancellor Angela Merkel's office building Wednesday morning, they brought along some special guests — 17 pigs. The stunt was the latest European backlash against a proposed free trade deal with the U.S. that could lift restrictions on American meat sold in Europe.
China, US investment talks enter ‘substantive period’
16-Jan-2014     China News
The 11th round of Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) talks between the world's two largest economies, China and the US, wrapped up in Shanghai on Wednesday.
Pacific trade talks fall short on environmental protection: groups
16-Jan-2014     Reuters
Documents released by the whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks show countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) did not plan to sanction trading partners who break environmental promises -- an issue that has caused a rift between the United States and others in the bloc and is an obstacle to finalizing the deal.
Jan 31: Inter-continental day of action vs TPP & corporate globalization
16-Jan-2014     Council of Canadians
This is a call to action for communities throughout Mexico, Canada and the United States to join together on January 31, 2014, and say "ENOUGH!" to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and other corporate "trade" deals. Solidarity actions elsewhere throughout the globe are welcome.
US lays out goals for North American Free Trade Agreement
16-Jan-2014     The Star
Twenty years after NAFTA began remapping the North American economy, the US wants a sequel.
The global fight against corporate rule
15-Jan-2014     The Nation
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments.
Born's BAT gets set to fly
15-Jan-2014     Mondaq
A proposal for a new form of international arbitration, with states abandoning sovereign rights to commercial dispute litigation in favor of resolution by arbitration, has provoked wide public interest and is now being drafted into an international model treaty.
The deadly wages of free trade
15-Jan-2014     CounterPunch
The very same policies which undermined the livelihoods of the approximately 2 million small farmers in Mexico who were displaced as a consequence are devastating the Colombian country side now.