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Can China and Russia squeeze Washington out of Eurasia?
7-Oct-2014     The Nation
There could soon be a trade alliance between Beijing, Moscow and Berlin—but you wouldn’t know it from the triumphal tone in Washington.
War, neoliberal fundamentalism and the plundering of national economies
7-Oct-2014     Global Research
The real threats to ‘freedom’, ‘democracy’, ‘decency’ and ‘fairness’ do not lie in Syria or Iraq. The destruction of national sovereignty, democracy, freedom, decency, quality of life and livelihoods is being carried out by corporate vultures under the guise of the secular theology of neoliberalism, not least in practice via free trade and investor rights agreements.
The trade clause that overrules governments
6-Oct-2014     Washington Post
The Obama administration’s insistence on ISDS may please Wall Street, but it threatens to undermine some of the president’s landmark achievements in curbing pollution and fighting global warming.
TUC 2014 Congress resolution on TTIP
6-Oct-2014     TUC
Resolution of the Trades Union Congree of the UK
Appointment of first EU envoy to ASEAN will boost ties
6-Oct-2014     Jakarta Post
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has said the EU-ASEAN free trade agreement negotiations could be revived once the ASEAN Economic Community is in place (end 2015).
TPP ministerial talks set for Oct. 25-27 in Sydney
6-Oct-2014     Jiji Press
The 12 countries aim to break the impasse for an envisioned broad accord in November.
S. Korea's biz community sets up consultative group on China FTA
6-Oct-2014     Yonhap
South Korea's business community has set up a consultative group aimed at reflecting their interests in ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) talks with China.
Bar set low for a ‘do no harm’ China-Australia FTA
6-Oct-2014     The Conversation
The excitement behind the likely conclusion of an agreement -- the speculation is a grand signing will take place in mid-November when President Xi Jinping will be in Brisbane for the G20 meeting -- will exceed the actual significance of such an agreement.
Make no mistake, the TTIP is a move in the wrong direction
6-Oct-2014     The Conversation
While it would be wrong to say that the TTIP will lead to the wholesale privatisation of public services, it would potentially constrain governments’ ability to reverse past policy decisions to open up public services to competition as this would become a treaty-based commitment.
TAFTA: the myth of job creation
5-Oct-2014     Marianne
While the seventh round of negotiations on the transatlantic treaty commenced on Monday near Washington, Marianne interviewed the economist Thomas Porcher on job creation.