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India should not let Europe undermine its new BIT and TRIPs flexibilities for medicines
27-Feb-2017     Sunday Guardian Live
There is no principled basis for EU’s demand of extending patent protection beyond the period of 20 years.
Europe pushes ahead with controversial Canadian trade deal, opens door for tar sands
27-Feb-2017     Desmog
The trade deal could facilitate energy companies suing Member State governments when environmental policies threaten their profits.
Law professors address RCEP negotiators on copyright
26-Feb-2017     Electronic Frontier Foundation
The recent death of the TPP has thrust RCEP further into the spotlight, and raised the stakes both for its sixteen prospective parties, and for lobbyists with designs to stamp their own mark on the text's intellectual property and e-commerce chapters.
MSF calls on Japan and South Korea to drop the harmful RCEP measures
26-Feb-2017     MSF
The intellectual property provisions initiated by Japan and South Korea go far beyond the requirements needed under international trade rules.
Du bœuf canadien irradié bientôt dans nos assiettes ?
24-Feb-2017     La Libre
Avec la validation du CETA, les consommateurs européens vont-ils à l'avenir trouver du bœuf canadien irradié dans les rayons des supermarchés ou leurs assiettes ?
East Africa: Tanzania demands study on impact of EU trade deal
24-Feb-2017     All Africa
Tanzania wants a study conducted on the impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union on the East African Community.
Turnbull and Widodo to seal free trade
24-Feb-2017     International Business Times
Sealing a free trade between the two countries is reportedly the main agenda of Widodo’s visit to Australia.
CETA enables giants in agriculture
24-Feb-2017     Canadian Wheat Board Alliance
The approval by the European Union of CETA makes the world safer for the global agricultural cartels and much less pleasant for Canadian farmers and the consumers in both jurisdictions.
La filière bovine veut faire capoter le Ceta
24-Feb-2017     Les Echos
Les professionnels de l'élevage bovin comptent sur les parlementaires français pour qu'ils ne ratifient pas l'accord.
A 'new' recipe for trade
24-Feb-2017     Economic & Political Weekly
With other mega regional trade agreements like the Trans–Pacific Partnership in uncertainty, trade treaties like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will acquire greater significance beyond their original ASEAN-centred grouping. The RCEP needs to be tracked for its implications for both the global trading system and the livelihoods of people.