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Jean-Claude Juncker wants EU leaders to reconfirm TTIP support
31-May-2016     Politico
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will ask EU leaders to reconfirm their commitment to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) at the European Council
EU-Mexico trade talks to start June 13, 14
31-May-2016     Politico
The EU and Mexico will kick off its first negotiation round for overhauling their bilateral trade agreement, talks that will include the EU’s new Investment Court System (ICS).
Conjuring growth from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
31-May-2016     SUNS
The Peterson Institute of International Economics (PIIE) has provided the fig-leaf for the empire's new clothes with exaggerated projections of supposed growth gains from the TPP.
TiSA undermines COP21 action says analysis of leaked annex on Energy
31-May-2016     PSI
Greenpeace, trade unions and the global trade network Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) claim TiSA is the latest secretly negotiated trade deal that undermines climate change action.
Protection or promotion? Time India re-evaluates its bilateral trade agreements
30-May-2016     First Post
If trade has to drive for employment and economic growth, it needs a better management and understanding by the government. Knee-jerk reactions cannot be the basis for such agreements.
The leaks go on: before another secret round of negotiations on the proposed “trade in services agreement (TiSA)”
30-May-2016     Huffington Post
The annexes would restrict the job-stimulating localization requirements; restrict how governments and professional associations regulate market access; affect notably the global Internet community of users and innovators.
Emails show TPP 'collusion' between big banks & Obama administration
30-May-2016     Common Dreams
Emails obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman discussing TPP with Goldman Sachs lobbyists
Asean-Hong Kong FTA set to be finalised
30-May-2016     The Nation
ASEAN and Hong Kong are set to wrap up their free-trade agreement negotiations, with the aim of promoting trade, services and investment between the two sides.
EU and US trade sharp words on TTIP
30-May-2016     Politico
In testy exchange of emails, Commission warns US: Compromise or no deal in 2016.
India seeks fresh treaties with 47 nations
30-May-2016     The Economic Times
India has written to 47 countries to nullify the existing bilateral investment agreements and ink fresh treaties that will make it mandatory for foreign investors to exhaust local judicial remedies before seeking arbitration.