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Advancing regulatory cooperation in the Transatlantic trade and investment partnership
17-Dec-2013     Business Europe
Position paper from Business Europe
EU negotiators to press US to include energy exports in trade talks
17-Dec-2013     Reuters
European negotiators, hoping to cut fuel bills, will press their US counterparts in Washington this week on including energy exports in a transatlantic trade pact that aims to integrate two markets accounting for half the world’s economy.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Regulatory coherence chapter (draft EC proposal, Dec 2013)
16-Dec-2013     CEO
Leaked proposal for EU-US trade deal increases business power in decision-making
16-Dec-2013     CEO
A leaked EU negotiation proposal for the EU-US trade agreement reveals the European Commission's plans to fundamentally change the way regulations will be adopted in the future, says the activist group CEO
Canadians balk at longer brand-name drug patents
16-Dec-2013     CMAJ
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians oppose longer patents for brand-name drugs under a proposed trade deal with the European Union, according to a poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians.
M’sia said to have backed down on TPP stance
16-Dec-2013     The Malaysian Reserve
The Bantah TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) agreement organisation expressed disappointment vis-à-vis the Malaysian negotiators, saying they are cowing to the Americans in the last rounds of the highly secretive trade talks.
Ag the lynchpin for TPP
16-Dec-2013     Stock Journal
"We are in a position to hold up the whole TPP to advance agriculture," says Alan Oxley, Australian APEC Study Centre chairman.
Taiwan beefs up regional defences with 2nd phase of free trade zone
16-Dec-2013     Reuters
Taiwan is building up a free trade zone to counter the threat of being marginalised in the wake of trade deals being negotiated by major economies and regional Asian neighbours (TPP and RCEP).
Releasing TPP text early is inconsistent: Robb
16-Dec-2013     AFR
"The Australian government agreed to a confidentiality undertaking to prevent the early release of TPP negotiating documents," says current Minister for Trade Andrew Robb
US trade body says it will be difficult for Korea to join TPP negotiations
16-Dec-2013     Hankyoreh
The Office of the US Trade Representative is demanding that Seoul address four major trade issues before participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).