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TPP, TTIP, organic equivalencies — trade...
1-Sep-2015     Food Dive
TPP, TTIP, organic equivalencies — trade agreements have been all over the headlines for the past few months. But what is the impact for food and beverage companies in the U.S.?
Opposition mounts against regional trade pact threatening human rights
1-Sep-2015     Third World Network
Less well known than the notorious Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is engendering growing opposition because of its similar oppressive provisions.
Arbitration Act to be taken up in next Parliament session: Gowda
1-Sep-2015     News Nation
The amendment to Arbitration Act will be taken up in the forthcoming Parliament session. The amended act would be on par with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) system.
The promised ‘transparency’ around TTIP has been a sham
1-Sep-2015     The Guardian
The EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström promised another offensive on TTIP transparency. Unfortunately, most politicians in the European parliament are as much in the dark as ordinary citizens.
Disposable people: Obama, the TPP, and the betrayal of human rights
1-Sep-2015     OB Rag
The neoliberal regime that the TPP perpetuates has not made the world flatter for slaves, it has only made the elites richer and the poor more disposable.
Is Europe the new frontier for US energy exports?
31-Aug-2015     The Hill
New techniques of oil and natural gas extraction in the United States have untapped large volumes of oil and natural gas. If the new free trade agreement with the European Union is ratified, most U.S. LNG producers will be able to export to Europe.
EU weighs up possible trade deal with world No.1 dairy exporter
31-Aug-2015     Dairy Markets
The move, which would also include a possible trade deal with Australia, may be part of a new ‘communication’ on future EU trade policy, set to be published this autumn, reports Agra Europe’s Paul Hutchison.
Taiwan and Vietnam to start talks on new investment agreement
31-Aug-2015     Want China Times
Vietnam has agreed to start talks on a new Taiwan-Vietnam Bilateral Investment Agreement to provide more protection for Taiwanese businessmen investing in the Southeast Asian country.
Local councils are starting to tear strips off TTIP
31-Aug-2015     Global Justice Now
In the UK and across Europe, TTIP Free Zones are popping up like people power mushrooms.
Newly released emails reveal cozy relationship between US trade officials and industry reps over secret TiSA deal
30-Aug-2015     Electronic Frontier Fondation
Multinational corporations have been more than thrilled to take advantage of secretive trade negotiations process to get their wish list of policies through the backdoor.