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Treaty shopping: How Philip-Morris cherry-picked worst case BITs
3-Dec-2012     Infojustice.org
Australia’s new stance against investor-State arbitration may do nothing to prevent claims being brought in the future.
Auckland TPP trade talks spark protest
3-Dec-2012     TVNZ
Long running talks to hammer out a free trade agreement between 11 Asia Pacific countries have resumed in Auckland, sparking criticism and protest.
No time to lose on FTA with EU: Thai ministry
3-Dec-2012     ANN
Thailand's Commerce Ministry is rushing to get Cabinet's endorsement of the draft Thai-EU free-trade agreement on Tuesday in a bid to maintain the Kingdom's attractiveness in terms of trade and investment, as well as to prepare for the end of European Union privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences.
One million to stop the corporate death star
3-Dec-2012     Avaaz
722,655 have signed this petition against the TPP. Help us get to 1,000,000.
Canada EPA could boost energy supply
29-Nov-2012    
The government aims to secure a stable supply of resources such as natural gas and oil by entering negotiations Monday with Canada to conclude an economic partnership agreement. Whether Japan can overcome differences of opinion with Canada over liberalization of agricultural products will be a test for the government in promoting other trade negotiations, including those for the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade talks.
Argentina faces 65bn dollars in claims; plans to abandon international litigations court
29-Nov-2012    
Argentina faces 42 claims at the World Bank’s ICSID in which the plaintiffs are demanding compensations for almost 65 billion dollars, revealed Eduardo Barcesat legal advisor to the Argentine Treasury and one of several lawyers who has defended the country in those litigations.
Senate passes Malaysia free trade deal
29-Nov-2012    
Senators on Thursday approved legislation to implement the agreement, which will lead to almost all Australian goods being able to enter Malaysia free of import duties.
South Korea-Vietnam to sign free trade agreement
29-Nov-2012    
On November 27, a conference relating to the ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea was held in Ho Chi Minh City.
Gas imports: India wants US to consider free trade pact
29-Nov-2012    
To enable import of gas from the US, India has asked the US Government to consider a free trade agreement (FTA).
Hopes high of a start to EU-Japan free trade talks
29-Nov-2012    
Hopes were running high Thursday that EU ministers will decide to start talks on a free trade deal with Japan, which together with the 27-member bloc accounts for more than a third of world output.