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TPP will be toothless for environmental protection: study
18-Mar-2016     CCPA
Far from being a milestone for environmental protection, as claimed by the U.S. and Canadian governments, the TPP will not safeguard or promote effective environmental protection measures.
Protecting the Santurban páramo from Angostura mining project
18-Mar-2016     AIDA
High-altitude wetlands that provide drinking water to more than two million people could become one of the world’s biggest gold and silver mines.
The era of free trade might be over. That’s a good thing.
18-Mar-2016     New York Times
In the United States, globalization is widely accepted as a contributor to both wage stagnation and the growth in inequality.
Whose healthy ASEAN Community?
17-Mar-2016     The Jakarta Post
The liberalization of health care under the ASEAN Economic Community is clearly biased toward curative services as being more profitable than health promotion.
The gold-plated CETA: whose gold and at what cost?
17-Mar-2016     IISD
Does the agreement reflect 21st century needs and standards?
Navigating governments’ obligations in the context of land investments
17-Mar-2016     Earth Institute
A new report from the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment explores the dilemmas posed by land investments under international investment treaties and human rights law.
Organisations condemn Eco Oro Minerals’ warning that it could sue Colombia over efforts to protect water sources
16-Mar-2016     CIEL
The Canadian company’s Angostura mining project in the high-altitude wetlands, or páramo, of Santurbán, has announced that it could file an international arbitration suit against Colombia over measures to protect the páramo, which are important sources of water in the country.
India, China exchange tariff cut offers under RCEP
16-Mar-2016     Financial Express
Plans to liberalise trade between India and China, the world's two fastest-growing large economies, have gathered momentum with both sides exchanging offers on removal of a chunk of tariff lines on goods imports.
EU free trade deal will trap Vietnam in low-wage, low-skill cycle
16-Mar-2016     EurActiv
The EU's Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam will trap the Asian country in a low-profit-low-wage cycle.
Mauritius ready to help Pakistan access African markets
16-Mar-2016     The Nation
Since Mauritius is a gateway to African countries therefore it offers huge opportunities to Pakistani businessmen desirous of winning those markets.