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India agrees to negotiate bilateral investment treaty with US
15-Jul-2013     Hindustan Times
India told the US on Friday it was ready to negotiate a Bilateral Investment Treaty, knocking down yet another irritant bedeviling business ties between the two countries.
EU-India free trade agreement: Is it a corporate-driven agenda?
15-Jul-2013     Deccan Herald
Although there are serious impacts on food security and the livelihood security of millions of farmers and small retailers, farmers haven't even been informed nor consulted about the FTA.
Civil society groups call upon the Indian Government to reject US pressure on Economic Policies
12-Jul-2013    
In an open letter to the Prime Minister of India, the Forum Against Free Trade Agreements in India has called upon the government to review its forthcoming economic engagements with the USA, and to reject pressure from the US government and business lobby groups on India’s economic policies.
Trans-Atlantic trade symposium
12-Jul-2013     You Tube
VIdeo recording of civil society symposium on the US-EU trade agreement negotiations
The major obstacles to the EU-US free trade deal
12-Jul-2013     Public Service Europe
Topics where EU and US politicians and stakeholders' interests clash -- such as public procurement, data protection, financial services and agricultural issues like geographical indicators and sanitary and phytosanitary measures – will prove the most problematic during talks.
USA et Chine d'accord pour négocier un traité d'investissements
12-Jul-2013     Reuters
Les Etats-Unis et la Chine sont tombés d'accord pour relancer les négociations sur un traité d'investissements, suspendues depuis plusieurs années en raison de l'insistance de Pékin à exclure certains secteurs des discussions.
EU, Canada approach to investment could have mixed impact on US talks
11-Jul-2013     Inside US Trade
A confidential text on the investment provisions of the Canada-European Union free trade agreement (CETA) shows that the two parties have broken new ground in defining the key concept of fair and equitable treatment for investors.
NZ Taiwan trade deal puts heat on China FTA
11-Jul-2013    
The Rudd government is likely to face new pressure from rural exporters to push ahead with a free trade agreement with China after New Zealand signed a breakthrough deal with Taiwan on Wednesday.
Unravelling the spin: a guide to corporate rights in the EU-US trade deal
11-Jul-2013     CEO
In the face of growing opposition to plans for expanded corporate powers in the proposed pact, the European Commission is trying to dispel concerns with propaganda. See through the rosy PR with Corporate Europe Observatory’s guide to investor-state dispute settlement.
Trade agreement with Taiwan a first
10-Jul-2013    
New Zealand will today become the first OECD nation to strike a free trade deal with Taiwan, promising to remove tens of millions of dollars in annual trade tariffs faced by exporters.