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COMESA courts Australia on mineral policy
4-Sep-2015    
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is working with the government of Western Australia to develop a harmonised regional mineral policy focusing on the legal and regulatory framework.
Trade barriers in India delaying India-SACU PTA: South African official
4-Sep-2015    
Delays in finalising a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have been largely caused by different processes in Indian states and resistance to New Delhi's wide-ranging goods list, a senior official said here.
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership an environmental pollution pass for corporations?
4-Sep-2015     Huffington Post
Critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are skeptical saying the agreement will be harmful to the environment and economically benefits large corporations.
European Commission admits defeat in trying to improve corporate sovereignty chapter in CETA
4-Sep-2015     Tech Dirt
The excitement over the mad dash to finish TPP -- and the failure to do so -- has rather obscured the other so-called trade deals currently being negotiated, such as TAFTA/TTIP and the one between the EU and Canada, CETA.
TiSA and the new development bank: two antagonistic proposals
4-Sep-2015     El Destape Web
The central banks of BRICS bloc bet on the New Development Bank, while the central countries put their money on TiSA: free trade in services.
Ecuadorians can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules
4-Sep-2015     The Globe and Mail
Ecuadorian villagers can sue Chevron and its Canadian subsidiary in an Ontario court to enforce a $9.5-billion (U.S.) judgment from Ecuador.
Free trade treaties and the health system
4-Sep-2015     Diario Información
While mass media are almost entirely absorbed with cases of corruption, trade and investment agreements slip by, almost unnoticed. TTIP, CETA and TiSA are being negotiated throughout the world, in complete opacity and in the absence of democratic checks.
Hockey urges business to speak for FTAs
4-Sep-2015    
Treasurer Joe Hockey has used a global forum to take aim at "detractors" of free trade agreements.
S. Korea, China ink MOU to tackle non-tariff barriers
3-Sep-2015     Yonhap
South Korea and China have agreed to tackle the issue of non-tariff barriers following their signing of a free trade agreement (FTA)
Trade agreements: EU grows bilateral and regional FTAs
3-Sep-2015     Just Style
Free trade agreements (FTAs) between the European Union (EU) and its trading partners worldwide have mushroomed in recent years and more are in the pipeline.