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Threat and Opportunity: Korea-China FTA Posing Challenge in IPR Protection
3-Dec-2015    
The number of patent applications and patent disputes Chinese companies are involved in have been on the rise at a time when the Chinese government chose enhancement of intellectual property rights (IPR) as one of its core economic strategies.
Lessons to learn from TPP: What the EU shouldn’t do in TTIP
3-Dec-2015     BEUC
Although TPP seems a remote issue, it could have a direct impact on EU consumers.
The TPP state of play: How we defeat the largest trade deal in history
3-Dec-2015     Electronic Frontier Foundation
Now that the TPP's approval and ratification in the United States is on the horizon, here's what you need to know about what's going on and what's to come. This state of play will be useful as we work to defend our digital rights against the largest trade deal in history.
A dirty deal: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens our climate
3-Dec-2015     Sierra Club
In its more than 6,000 pages of binding rules, the deal fails to even mention the words “climate change”—a clear sign it is not “a 21st-century trade agreement,” as some have claimed.
S Korea ratifies VN trade deal
2-Dec-2015     Viet Nam News
South Korea's National Assembly officially adopted a free trade agreement with Viet Nam.
What's going on with CETA 14 months after negotiations were completed?
2-Dec-2015     Rabble
The latest speculation is that CETA isn't likely to go before the European Parliament until mid to late 2016 or early 2017.
TTIP vs. climate policy: what is at risk?
2-Dec-2015     Global Development And Environment Institute
TTIP is intended to remove “non-tariff barriers to trade”. But the barriers it is targeting are democratically adopted regulations, preventing or correcting damages that would result from unregulated private markets.
Farm issues could scupper free trade deal with EU - U.S.
2-Dec-2015     Reuters
Differences between the United States and the European Union over issues such as genetically modified crops and hormone-treated beef could scupper a free trade deal.
ASEAN reinforces commitment to RCEP
2-Dec-2015     Tax News
The leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) looked forward to the early conclusion of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade treaty.
South Korea-China free trade agreement attracts protest from activists as lawmakers ratify deal
2-Dec-2015     Chinatopix
South Korean farmers and activists staged protests against a free trade agreement with China ahead of a parliamentary meeting to vote on its confirmation.