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US complains of disadvantage as EU-SADC trade deal kicks in
As the EU-SADC's economic partnership agreement takes effect, the Obama administration has raised concerns that US companies have been left at a competitive disadvantage.
French MPs decide not to block CETA
The French parliament’s European affairs committee has rejected a resolution calling on France to block the ratification of CETA, just days before Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due to visit Canada.
Leaked draft CETA declaration comes under fire
The leaked CETA declaration that EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and her Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland hoped would salvage the deal from sinking came under fire from environmental NGOs and some trade experts.
Commission publishes new proposals for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) in ongoing transparency drive
The European Commission is publishing two new proposals tabled during the 20th round of talks for a Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), which took place in Geneva.
TiSA - draft dispute settlement chapter, administrative and institutional provisions (EU proposal, Sep 2016)
As released by the European Commission
EU, PH affirm ‘solid economic ties’
EU businessmen affirmed their full commitment to the Philippines as an economic partner.
In boon for Big Pharma, TTIP would lock in high drug prices: report
'Unfortunately, trade agreements have become one more mechanism for drug corporations to expand their monopoly power'
TTIP’s changing focus in NYC
It may not be “TTIP lite” that the U.S. and EU are negotiating, but officials expect to focus on less contentious topics and “lock in as much progress as possible” at a week-long round of talks
The sting in the trade deal tail: corporations push for rights to sue governments
Business lobby groups are pushing hard for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and similar trade deals.
Romania to terminate its intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties
The President of Romania agreed to submit to the Romanian Parliament draft legislation approving termination of 22 bilateral investment treaties that Romania concluded with other EU Member States.