ISDS Case Map
intellectual property
During the ninth round of negotiations of a free trade agreement between the United States and three South American nations in the Andean region -- Colombia, Peru and Ecuador -- Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo called for ”greater flexibility” on the part of Washington.
Ecuador is attending the ninth round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the US from Monday, with a smaller delegation and amid the pharmaceutical sector's rejection of any kind of discussion.
One important provision in a China-Australia Free
Trade Agreement could be the establishment of a Medicines Working
Committee. This committee would facilitate cooperation, collaborations
and joint ventures between Australian and Chinese pharmaceutical
regulators, clinical trial and biotechnology researchers, as well as
generic manufacturers.
US chief negotiator Barbara Weisel assured that the FTA agreement would not affect drug prices in Thailand.
US negotiators on Friday wound up a third round of negotiations with their Thai counterparts on a proposed free trade agreement, saying they were pleased with the progress made.
More than 1,200 Thai farmers, slum dwellers and HIV/Aids patients from 30 civic groups staged a six-kilometre walkathon yesterday from a temple in Jomthien to the Royal Cliff Beach Hotel to drive home their demand that intellectual property rights be removed from free trade talks with the United States.
It took over a thousand and five hundred people blowing their whistle for the Thai government to come out and listen to its people. But did Mr. Nitya Pibulsongkram, head of the Thai negotiating team for the Thai-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA), actually hear them?
An advocacy group opposed to bilateral free trade agreements, FTA Watch and several other non-government organisations protested in front of the US Embassy in Bangkok on Friday, ahead of the third round of trade talks scheduled to take place in Pattaya next week.
Two Senate committees are pushing for a general parliamentary debate and public referendum on the proposed Thai-US free trade agreement (FTA), which is likely to affect people from all walks of life, farming, investment, intellectual property, environment and national sovereignty.
The cost of vitamins could rise by 8% under the Australia-United States free trade agreement, vitamin makers have warned.
