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Slovenia: Left demands transparency on Transatlantic trade deals
10-Oct-2014     STA
The United Left (ZL), a coalition of leftist parties, demanded on Friday answers from the Slovenian government about the secretive Transatlantic trade agreements as pressure mounts on governments across the EU to reveal the details of the far-reaching accords.
Document reveals EU bullied Ecuador into trade agreement
10-Oct-2014     TeleSur
A ​document leaked today shows that Ecuador's government was threatened with isolation and a devastating loss to its trade if it didn't return to the negotiating table for the EU-Andean Trade agreement.
EU publishes its mandate for US trade talks
10-Oct-2014     RTE
The EU has published its -- widely leaked -- negotiating mandate for a free trade deal with the United States in a bid to quell opposition to the proposed accord.
The arbitration game
10-Oct-2014     Economist
Governments are souring on treaties to protect foreign investors
Venezuela ordered to pay Exxon $1.6 bln for nationalization
10-Oct-2014     Reuters
A World Bank arbitration tribunal on Thursday ordered Venezuela to pay Exxon Mobil Corp around $1.6 billion to compensate for the 2007 nationalization of its oil projects in the country.
INTA debates EU-Japan trade
10-Oct-2014     Parliament Magazine
The European Commission made it very clear that it would be difficult to see the end of negotiations if nothing happens in terms of taxation of cars in Japan.
China's Zhu: Asia-Pacific trade deal would be incomplete without Beijing
9-Oct-2014     Reuters
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact would be "incomplete" in the long term without China, a top Chinese official said on Wednesday.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - EU negotiating mandate (2013)
9-Oct-2014     DG Trade
TTIP negotiating mandate published
9-Oct-2014     Stop-TTIP.org
The European Council today published the negotiating mandate for the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP).
China, US likely to conclude BIT talks in two years, says official
9-Oct-2014     Xinhua
China and the United States are likely to conclude bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations within two years, China's Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said Wednesday.