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US-EAC Cooperation Agreement on SPS, TBT and Trade Facilitation (2015)
27-Feb-2015     USTR
US moves toward greater trade with Africa
27-Feb-2015     WSJ
Pact with Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda -- to be expanded to other countries later on -- seen as a stepping stone to full fledged FTA
UPDATE: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy
27-Feb-2015     RLS
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung have today released an updated version of their publication on TTIP by John Hilary.
EU Vietnam FTA: rice carve-outs and ‘double transformation’ rule of origin in sight
27-Feb-2015     Borderlex
So far, seven chapters out of fifteen of the EU-Vietnam FTA have been concluded
Hungarian government, parties divided on EU-USA free trade talks
27-Feb-2015     HUngary Today
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
France makes U-turn on TTIP arbitration
27-Feb-2015     EurActiv
In a letter to French MEPs, seen by EurActiv France, the French Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) appears to have made a U-turn on the position so far defended by Mathias Fekl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade.
Are mega-trade agreements a threat to Brazil?
27-Feb-2015     EconoMonitor
Bilateral trade agendas with both US and EU may become a way for Brazil to mitigate the negative potential impacts of TTIP and TTP, argues a former World Bank official.
White House sees China as trump card in trade debate
27-Feb-2015     Reuters
The Obama administration is confident lawmakers will warm up to a proposed Pacific free trade deal on the grounds it is a chance for the United States, rather than China, to dictate the rules of Asian trade, a top official said on Thursday.
Korean petrochemical industry to be most affected by Korea-China FTA
27-Feb-2015     Business Korea
Those in the petrochemical industry are unhappy about the provisionally-signed Korea-China FTA, because the synthetic resin and rubber imported from China wil be subject to immediate tariff elimination
The Trans-Pacific Partnership clause everyone should oppose
26-Feb-2015     Washington Post
"Agreeing to ISDS in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the United States further in favor of big multinational corporations. Worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty," writes Elizabeth Warren.