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PMI awaits jurisdiction ruling in Uruguay bilateral investment treaty litigation
Philip Morris International expects a decision to be made this month or next on a challenge by Uruguay as to whether an international tribunal set to hear bilateral investment treaty complaints has jurisdiction over the matter.
US businesses launch coalition for fair trade with India
A new coalition of United States business groups, called the Alliance for Fair Trade with India, launched today to take aim against what they say are discriminatory trade practices in India against US exports.
Verizon sees “trade” deal as the next “Share everything” plan
This week, a Verizon representative speaking on a pro-TISA panel expressed the company’s hope that the “trade” deal can be used to keep privacy policies in check.
Seoul to become bridge between US, China through FTAs
Under its new trade policy, Korea's top priority will be to conclude negotiations for a bilateral FTA with China at the earliest date possible, while also seeking to speed up negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Investor privileges in EU-US trade deal threaten public interest and democracy
This new briefing from CEO and TNI analyses leaked proposals for investor-state dispute settlement under the proposed EU-US FTA
Argentine court revokes US$19 bln embargo on Chevron
Argentina's Supreme Court revoked a US$19 billion embargo on the assets and future income of Chevron Corp.'s Argentina subsidiary, giving the US oil giant a victory in a decades-old battle with indigenous groups in Ecuador.
The horrific costs of the US-Colombia trade agreement
Wallach, who has been studying such agreements for twenty years with Global Trade Watch, says she has never seen the merging of a trade agreement with terror like this. Not on this scale.
Better mad cow disease rating could boost US trade talks
American officials and beef producers are reveling in a new safety designation for US cattle and see the change as particularly relevant to ongoing Transpacific trade negotiations.
Witnesses at US trade hearing offer opinions (and warnings) on intellectual property in upcoming negotiations with the EU
Today the Obama Administration’s inter-agency Trade Policy Staff Committee held the first day of its two-day hearing on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Do you want a US food safety standard with that chicken?
To export agricultural goods, the US also exports food safety standards. The US Department of Agriculture and the US Trade Representative will soon see if the member governments of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations will accept the way US chicken processors butcher the bird.