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Resolute Forest Products sues for $70M over Port Hawkesbury aid
31-Dec-2015     CBC
NAFTA action comes after closure of Laurentide mill blamed on Nova Scotian mill.
Foreign Direct Investment: myths and realities
30-Dec-2015     IPS
There is no clear evidence that bilateral investment treaties have a strong impact on the direction of FDI inflows.
American mining giant escaped Indonesian law with ISDS
30-Dec-2015     IPS
American mining corporation Newmont escaped the domestic processing requirement from Indonesia’s 2009 Mining Law. It achieved this by using a clause in a Dutch investment treaty.
EU Agriculture would be gross losers in TTIP Agreement - Anderson MEP
30-Dec-2015     Farming Life
A study carried out on behalf of the US Department of Agriculture shows that EU Agriculture would be the gross loser in any of the three scenarios considered.
TPP - what is the cost for Vietnam?
30-Dec-2015     Vietnamnet Bridge
"How much did Vietnam have to trade off to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Area (FTA)? Surely, we will have to pay dearly for them when the tax rate falls to zero percent," said Prof. Nguyen Mai.
Singapore minister calls for resumption of EU-ASEAN free trade talks - report
29-Dec-2015    
Singapore's trade and industry minister has called for a resumption of free trade talks between the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations now that problems over Myanmar have been removed, a German newspaper said.
Kyiv receives Moscow's notification on suspension of free trade area with Ukraine - Yatseniuk
29-Dec-2015    
The Russian side has formally notified Ukraine on its decision to suspend the agreement on the free trade area that was in effect between the two countries.
French firm attacks Ugandan tax using ISDS
29-Dec-2015     Inter-Press Service
The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: “Why have we ever signed this?”
American mining giant escaped Indonesian law with ISDS
29-Dec-2015     http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/12/american-mining-giant-escaped-indonesian-law-w...
American mining corporation Newmont escaped the domestic processing requirement from Indonesia’s 2009 Mining Law. It achieved this by using a clause in a Dutch investment treaty.
Exports to Australia up 7.5% on FTA
29-Dec-2015    
Korea's exports to Australia rose 7.5 percent in the January-November period, in sharp contrast to the country's overall exports which fell 7.4 percent in the same period due to sluggish global demand, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) said Tuesday.