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EU must allay fears about free trade with Canada, Danish minister say
Danish companies -- such as pharmaceutical giant Novo-Nordisk, who will get expanded patent protection in Canada -- see huge opportunities for boosting their revenues through CETA.
Pressure as EU issues new trade ultimatum
While the EU boss in Uganda is quick to point out that the date is neither an ultimatum nor a deadline, come Oct. 01 the EU will withdraw its free market access to countries like Uganda that have not yet ratified an Economic Partnership Agreement.
Dutch first to fish under unethical EU-Morocco fish deal
For the first time in almost three years, an EU member state fishing vessel has been detected in the waters of occupied Western Sahara.
European Parliament ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
The European Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), on Tuesday in Strasbourg. At the same time, the Agreement was also ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev.
Kenya: Civil society raises concerns over EAC-EU trade deal
Kenya Human Rights Commission and others demand extension of September 30 deadline to sign the pending trade deal between the East African Community and EU on the grounds that failure to reach agreement will hurt half a million horticultural workers, mostly women.
Government ‘ignoring’ plea not to sign EU-Colombia trade deal
Aid agencies and human rights groups want Ireland to stall on signing the EU free trade agreement with Colombia which they say will put that country’s oppressed agricultural communities in peril and undermine its fragile peace process.
Outrage as EU blocks democratic challenge to US trade deal
The European Commission's decision to block a citizens' initiative to challenge the secret trade talks it is holding with the US government is a slap in the face for the 230 civil society organisations that have lined up behind the initiative and the millions of European citizens they represent.
How Greens in one German state threaten Euro-Canada trade deal
The survival of the new trade deal hammered out in secret between Canada and the European Union is threatened by opposed Green politicians in Germany's most populated state, writes Andrea Rexer.
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) (complete leak, 11 Sep 2014)
EU Commission wants to wipe out citizens' involvement in TTIP and CETA
European Citizens’ Initiative against TTIP rejected / Alliance announces resistance