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S2B position on the European Commission proposal for a multilateral ISDS mechanism
20-Feb-2017     S2B
Globalisation is at a dangerous crossroads. One path leads to regained policy-space for governments to address climate change, inequality and other pressing issues of our times. The other leads to more rights for corporations to bully decision-makers.
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20-Feb-2017     Vietnamnet
The RCEP will have the effect of locking in Vietnam - and all the other signatories - and prevent them from modifying or withdrawing investors’ rights they have granted, even if some years later they decide that granting those rights did not contribute to development in the country.
Joint statement for EU-Japan regulatory cooperation
18-Feb-2017     Business Europe & Keidanren
Business Europe and Keidanren have been encouraging industrial sector-to-sector dialogue to identify mutually beneficial solutions to non-tariff measure issues, which are a major subject for negotiation in the EU-Japan FTA.
NZ and Australia to work together to salvage TPP - English
18-Feb-2017     Radio NZ
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to work together to try to breathe life into the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
UK hints at new trade deal with Ghana
18-Feb-2017     Ghana Web
The United Kingdom, as suspected after Brexit, will “do a free trade deal” with Ghana, its Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said in Accra
EAEU and Singapore to sign FTA till end of 2017
18-Feb-2017     Armen Press
The Prime Minister of Singapore stressed that he is ready for a constructive dialogue and hopes that the FTA will be signed by the end of 2017
CETA may open up Europe to GMO potatoes
18-Feb-2017     Fresh Plaza
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, if enacted could change many areas of trade between Canada and Europe. One of these changes could lead to Europe allowing GMO potatoes from Canada.
Commissioner Malmström and Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs confirm commitment for an early conclusion of EU-Japan FTA negotiations
18-Feb-2017     European Commission
Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fumio Kishida met to discuss the way forward for the negotiation of a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Japan.
Grenoble accueille les 2e rencontres paneuropéennes des villes contre TAFTA-CETA-TISA
18-Feb-2017     Le Dauphiné
Alors que le CETA vient d’être ratifié par le Parlement européen, Grenoble organise samedi, après Barcelone, les 2e Rencontres paneuropéennes des villes contre TAFTA - CETA – TISA,
Brussels ‘will block’ GM food from Britain
17-Feb-2017     The Times
Last month the UK government approved field trials of GM wheat and is expected to give the go-ahead to trials of a potato genetically modified to be resistant to blight