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India-France Bilateral Investment Treaty (1997)
20-Jul-2010    
European Commission seeks water services in CETA
20-Jul-2010     rabble.ca
We know through a leaked version of an earlier CETA text and verbally from Canada's negotiating team in Brussels that the European Commission wants access to Canadian water and sanitation services.
EU lawmakers urge probe of Colombian intelligence operations
20-Jul-2010     Deutsche Welle
EU parliamentarians have called on the Commission to look into Colombian intelligence operations in Europe designed to ‘neutralize the influence' of critics of the Colombian government in parliament, the UNHCR and NGOs. EU officials fear that an investigation could torpedo ratification of the free-trade agreement, which they see as crucial support of Colombia.
When EU talks trade, it receives more than it gives
19-Jul-2010     Edmonton Journal
The reality is that Canada wants CETA more than Europe needs it. Europe recognizes this and will use its leverage to extract a high price.
S.Korea open to "creative" fix for US autos, beef
15-Jul-2010     Reuters
South Korea is ready to consider "creative" solutions to open its market to more US beef and auto imports to help win US approval of a bilateral free trade agreement, South Korea's ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday.
Namibia: Meat industry holds breath
15-Jul-2010     New Era
The Namibian beef industry has come to terms with the fact that it has to look for alternatives, as there exist no concrete indications that the government will sign the controversial trade agreement with the EU.
Indigenous struggle, ecology, and capitalist resource extraction in Ecuador
14-Jul-2010     Global Research
Last week, when the presidents of the countries involved in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) were meeting here in Ecuador, they talked about indigenous rights. But the main representatives of the indigenous movement in the country, CONAIE, was never invited to the meeting.
Guyana has no regrets over holding out on EPA
13-Jul-2010     IPS
Two years after 14 Caribbean countries signed a wide-ranging and controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo still maintains that his country was right in holding out until the last minute to get a "better deal" for the Caribbean.
EU Investment Agreements in the Lisbon Treaty Era: A Reader
12-Jul-2010     TNI
This report is a clear and plain language guide to the EU's neoliberal investment regime, which has seen the EU Commission prying open poor, vulnerable countries' economies, stripping their citizens of social, labour or environmental rights, for the sake of big business and its profits; it explains what is wrong with the current regime and presents a number of ethical alternatives.
Brussels moves on negotiating trade treaties
12-Jul-2010     FT
The European Commission wants to replace a thicket of about 1,200 bilateral investment treaties signed by the EU’s 27 member states over five decades with far fewer treaties binding the entire bloc.