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Entrepreneurs, former officials call for resuming China-US investment treaty talks
23-Oct-2013     Xinhua
Chinese and American business leaders and former officials on Tuesday called for the China-US talks on signing a bilateral trade and investment treaty to be resumed.
Canadian takeovers made easier with Europe trade accord
23-Oct-2013     Bloomberg
Under the EU-Canada FTA, Canada will raise the threshold for reviewing foreign investment from EU countries to C$1.5 billion ($1.5 billion) and also raise the threshold for all countries it has free trade agreements with, including the US.
Call to end the WTO and stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements
23-Oct-2013    
More than 90 organizations and social movements are part of the Call to End the WTO and Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements. Join us in the EndWTO Bali Week of Action! Sign the call and register.
American agriculture, GMOs and Europe
22-Oct-2013     The Hill
European law firm advises on how US companies should lobby the EU to get doors opened to GMOs
Nigeria moves to resist, as EU tries to impose EPA
22-Oct-2013     This Day
The Nigerian government and other stakeholders of the economy are preparing a stiff resistance against the European Union’s renewed plan to foist a questionable Economic Partnership Agreement on Nigeria, THISDAY has learnt.
Japan, EU begin 3rd round of free trade talks
21-Oct-2013     Kyodo
Japan and the European Union began their third round of free trade negotiations in Brussels on Monday, aiming to engage in full-fledged discussions on tariffs and other trade barriers.
Mitsubishi boss keen to seal free-trade deal
21-Oct-2013     The Australian
The chairman of Mitsubishi -- a huge investor in Australia's resource industry -- has urged Japan and Australia not to miss the current "window of opportunity" and clinch the long-awaited free-trade agreement.
EU trade ministers back wider ASEAN mandate
21-Oct-2013     Tax News
The European Commission is to launch negotiations on investment protection with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as part of ongoing free trade talks.
CETA: What's In the Canada-EU free trade deal?
21-Oct-2013     Huffington Post
Reporters got access to some CETA documents on Friday, but they were vague and, in the words of the Globe and Mail's Bill Curry, the documents “don't list what Canada gave up.”
Who regulates best, the US or EU? #TTIP
21-Oct-2013     TUC
The US and European trade union movements don’t want to see any weakening of standards through TTIP. Froman and deGucht have said they don’t want that either, but successive trade deals have done precisely that.