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AmCham China: The right time for a bilateral investment treaty
A bilateral investment treaty should be high on the list of trade priorities for political leaders in the US and China, writes the chairman of American Chamber of Commerce China
Canada strengthens its ties with Africa by concluding negotiations of bilateral investment treaties
On March 4, 2013, the Minister of International Trade of Canada announced the conclusion of the negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaties with Cameroon and Zambia -- home of iron ore, copper and other mineral deposits.
Amul requests for a relook at EU-India FTA
India's largest dairy co-operative - Amul - has requested the commerce ministry to relook at the EU-India Free Trade Agreement.
Japan’s entry into Trans-Pacific Partnership FTA raises opportunities and risks for US companies
For US companies with export interests, Japan’s participation in the TPP could mean improved access to one of the world’s largest economies for US goods, services and investments including in agriculture, insurance, medical devices, autos and pharmaceuticals.
Businesses want TPP to be concluded
Business representatives from around the Asia-Pacific region, gathered for the current 16th round of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Singapore, urged negotiators to show flexibility and narrow the range of differences so that the talks can be brought to conclusion as soon as possible.
Europe’s carmakers look forward to US trade pact
Prospects for a trade pact have brightened the spirits of automakers along with many other types of Continental companies. And not only because it might make it easier for their products to compete in America’s giant consumer market.
As clock ticks toward Trans-Pacific trade pact deadline, US must end stall tactics on access to medicines
As closed-door talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement resume in Singapore this week, international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières calls on the US government to end its stall tactics and revise its proposals for what otherwise promises to be the most harmful trade deal ever for access to medicines in developing countries.
At your service: the European Services Forum’s privileged access to the EU Commission over EU trade policy
A recent documentary on lobbying in the EU highlights the historically intimate links between the EU Commission and European services companies. New research reveals that they are as close as ever, working hand in glove to liberalise and deregulate services markets – from Canada to the ASEAN region, from the US to India.
Hearings to start in Uruguay anti-smoking
Uruguay faces its first hearings in the French capital this week in a lawsuit filed by US tobacco giant Philip Morris International against its anti-smoking laws, an official said on Monday.
Editorial: Time to renegotiate the KORUS FTA
It has finally been revealed in Korea that the biggest reason that the implementation of the low-carbon vehicle incentive system has been delayed to 2015 was the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Concerns that the KORUS FTA would endanger not only legal but also legislative sovereignty and jeopardize Korea’s ability to create and enforce public policies are being realized.