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Opinion: crisis, emergency measures and failure of the ISDS system: the case of Argentina
12-Aug-2015     Inter Press Service
The dozens of cases that were initiated against Argentina as a result of the outburst of one of its worst economic and financial crises in late 2001 became an often-quoted sad illustration of many of these shortcomings of the ISDS system.
Regional cooperation pact talks: China demands more concessions from India, Japan
11-Aug-2015     Business Line
Beijing blocked a preliminary agreement on goods market liberalisation at the last Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations round.
Why TPP threatens to undermine one of the fundamental principles of science
11-Aug-2015     Tech Dirt
Data exclusivity is a kind of super-patent that is an incredibly powerful form of monopoly.
Why South Africa's health minister is so worried about India caving in to big pharma
11-Aug-2015     Scroll.in
A big supplier of cheap lifesaving drugs to developing nations, India admirably balances public health needs with private profits and innovation. But it is under pressure to change this model.
In hurrying trade deal with Vietnam, the EU is bypassing its human rights obligations
10-Aug-2015     FIDH
FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights said that if finalised without conducting a human-rights impact assessment and without introducing the necessary human rights safeguards, the EU-Vietnam Free trade and investment agreement would be concluded in violation of EU law.
Bangladesh pushes for free trade with Turkey
10-Aug-2015     Bdnews24
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has pushed for a free trade agreement with Turkey to expand trade ties
Jakarta open to TPP now after Obama's US Senate victory
10-Aug-2015     The Straits Times
Indonesia is now open to joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement following United States President Barack Obama's victory in a congressional battle over the pact
Protesters battle hail and TPPA talks
10-Aug-2015     Wanganui Chronicle
About 200 people braved the unpredictable weather to join the anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement march and rally
Canadian filmmaker fears for creative freedom under the TPP
10-Aug-2015     Electronic Frontier Fondation
The Trans-Pacific Partnership leans towards rules that lock up works of art and stifle independent creators' output
Bechtel revokes GLNG workers' leave ahead of China FTA protest march
10-Aug-2015     The Australian Financial Review
A protest march planned by five major trade unions over the China free-trade agreement has set on edge management at United States construction giant Bechtel