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EU-ASEAN FTA Network statement on the signing of Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the Philippines and EFTA
4-Jul-2014     EU-ASEAN FTA Network
The signing of the Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the Philippines and the European Free Trade Association is a prelude to an ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement with EFTA and eventually with the European Union as well.
TTIP: debunking the business propaganda over investor rights
3-Jul-2014     CEO
The EU Commission’s plan to enshrine sweeping rights for foreign investors in the EU-US trade deal continues to draw heavy criticism. In response, industry lobby groups, law firms, and arbitrators have launched a tooth and nail defence of the business power grab. See through their propaganda with Corporate Europe Observatory’s guide to investment arbitration.
Progress made on El Salvador deal
3-Jul-2014     Politico
Washington and El Salvador moved closer to agreement on a $277 million U.S. aid package Tuesday after the Obama administration took steps to defuse a contentious trade dispute over a modest Salvadoran program to buy seeds for poor farmers.
US tying aid to agribusiness in El Salvador, groups warn
3-Jul-2014     Mint Press News
The US State Department stands accused of conditioning development aid to El Salvador to benefit and boost foreign agribusiness in the Central American nation.
Why workers should unite against Canada's next-generation trade deals
3-Jul-2014     rabble.ca
With Canada's labour movement searching for alternative economic models for a post-crisis, climatically unstable world, the government's new trade and investment pacts are barriers to a better future and must be resisted.
Australia wins first battle in plain packaging trade dispute
3-Jul-2014     Sydney Morning Herald
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has ordered that Australia will be allowed to challenge Philip Morris Asia's right to contest Australia's plain packaging laws, on the grounds that the company only bought shares in its Australian arm so that it could launch the case.
Australian Labor Party plan raises Chinese investment threshold to 1 billion AUD
3-Jul-2014     Xinhua
The Australian Labor Party is proposing to raise the threshold for Chinese investment from 200 million Australian dollars (187 million US dollars) to 1 billion Australian dollars (940 million US dollars) as part of the nation's free-trade agreement (FTA) with China
Newmont files for arbitration against Indonesia government on ore-export ban
3-Jul-2014     Dow Jones Newswires
Newmont Mining Corp. said Tuesday it is filing for international arbitration against the Indonesian government for a mineral-export ban.
The US / Peru Free Trade Agreement and generic medicines
2-Jul-2014     Inca Kola News
Peru's National Association of Pharmaceutical Laboratories (Alafarpe) has filed a petition in the Peruvian courts to stop generic drugs from being sold based on the terms of US-Peru free trade agreement, according to Inca Kola News
Peru, India to kick off FTA talks in August this year
2-Jul-2014     Bernama
Peru and India are expected to meet in August this year to hammer out a solid framework for staring negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement, the country's Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry (Mincetur) has said.