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Netzpolitik editor: Trump will press on with ‘insidious’ TiSA deal
5-Dec-2016     EurActiv
Net politics activist Markus Beckedahl argues that the proposed Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a huge threat to data protection.
Wallonia threatens again to block CETA
5-Dec-2016     New Europe
The Walloon minister president Paul Magnette announced again that his region is ready to block the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada
MSF press release: RCEP trade deal negotiators must reject terms that would harm access to medicines
5-Dec-2016     Médecins Sans Frontières
International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), along with other health groups, reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the proposed agreement that would increase market monopolies for pharmaceutical corporations and delay or block access to affordable generic medicines.
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme undermined by the Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana
3-Dec-2016     SOL
The Interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana will disrupt in a number of ways the functioning of intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
China-NZ FTA would help drive the maritime silk road
2-Dec-2016     Global Times
New Zealand's unique advantages mean that through the upgraded FTA, they will play a greater role in boosting global trade and investment and will help China gain a greater say in the world's trade rules.
Indian, Sri Lankan officials to meet this month on FTA
2-Dec-2016     Colombo Gazette
Senior officials of India and Sri Lanka will meet to discuss broadening of the existing trade deal by including services and investments.
Secret TiSA trade deal equally as dangerous as TPP and TTIP finds new report
2-Dec-2016     Friends of the Earth International
The current trade and investment system—including TTIP, TPP and TiSA—needs to be challenged and fundamentally transformed in order to achieve a more just and sustainable world.
Malmström welcomes parliamentary vote on Ghana agreement
2-Dec-2016     European Commission
The European Parliament voted, with a 375-220 majority, to give its consent to the interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Ghana.
Canada-EU trade deal: Costs for new drugs may rise, but not for years
2-Dec-2016     CBC
CETA drug-patent extension applies only to new products, and higher costs are likely at least 8 years away
El Salvador’s win against the US mining company Pacific Rim : a very nuanced victory
2-Dec-2016     Equal Times
The ICSID decided in favour of El Salvador in a case brought by the US mining company Pacific Rim Cayman regarding a dispute over the granting of a mining licence.