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NZ-EU free trade pact under consideration
New Zealand and the European Union are to pursue a free trade pact – but don't expect any action until at least 2015.
GM canola letter from European Commissioner Tonio Borg
Letter from European Commissioner Tonio Borg about authorising genetically modified canola, as part of CETA negotiations
Civil society groups intensify opposition to EPAs
Economic Justice Network, a body comprising the Christian Council, Trade Union Congress and other civil society groups will next week petition President John Mahama to not sign the Economic Partnership Agreement.
European Union signs landmark association agreement with Ukraine
More substantial parts of the agreement concerning free trade will only be signed after Ukraine has held new presidential elections in May, reports Reuters.
Xi to facilitate investment treaty during upcoming EU visit
China's president, Xi Jinping, is set visit to the EU headquarters in Brussels next week to facilitate the signing of a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between China and the European Union.
‘EU-India FTA needs impact assessment by civil society’
The free trade agreement with India is in need of a thorough and objective impact assessment by civil society, Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has said.
EU-PH FTA must be comprehensive – UK
The British government would like the proposed EU-Philippines free trade agreement to be a comprehensive one with very few exceptions.
EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement must protect human rights and be preceded by a human rights impact assessment
The European Parliament will vote a resolution on “the state of play in the EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement”. While not having a legislative aim at this stage, it represents an important opportunity for the EP to formulate the human rights safeguards that will ensure its latter consent, say FIDH in this open letter to MEPs.
Profiting from crisis: How corporations and lawyers are scavenging profits from Europe’s crisis countries
Corporations, backed by lawyers, use international investment agreements to scavenge for profits by suing Europe’s crisis countries.
EU-secretdeals.info - new website reveals texts from Europe’s US and Canadian trade negotiations (TTIP, CETA)
A new website was launched today dedicated to enlarging the public debate on the EU’s controversial policies for investment protections and investor-to-state dispute settlement systems (ISDS) in the EU-US and EU-Canada trade negotiations.