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23-Feb-2019 New Internationalist

How the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power.

Revealed: How dark money is winning ‘the Brexit influencing game’

23-Feb-2019 Open Democracy

Documents show the “unfettered” access to ministers and senior politicians enjoyed by secretive think tanks that are “marching the country” to a no-deal Brexit and radical free-trade deals.

Reforming investor-state dispute settlement: what about third-party rights?

23-Feb-2019 IIED

Existing arrangements for third parties to participate in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) are not designed to protect people whose rights and interests are directly at stake.

EU-New Zealand FTA: Trade and Sustainable Development draft chapter (EU proposal, Feb 2019)

22-Feb-2019 European Commission

As released by the European Commission

Tosepan: Resistance and renewal in Mexico

22-Feb-2019 Resilience

Mexico has signed 12 free trade agreements with 44 nations and 28 bilateral investment treaties. The grim consequences of globalization in Mexico are by now familiar and yet, throughout Mexico, there is a florescence of inspiring resistance and alternatives.

How drug prices could derail new trade pact to replace NAFTA

22-Feb-2019 USA Today

Democrats in Congress contend that the new pact would force Americans to pay more for prescription drugs, and their argument has dimmed the outlook for one of Trump’s signature causes.

Moroccan exporters: free trade with US did not profit Morocco

22-Feb-2019 Morocco World News

The free trade agreement between Morocco and the US has not been beneficial to Moroccan exporters, given the size of the US market and the complex procedures yet unfamiliar to Moroccan companies.

Just, open and green

22-Feb-2019 New Internationalist

Trade is for and about people. It should never be separated from its social context. Trade should improve people’s lives and the public good.

We cannot allow Liam Fox’s post-Brexit trade plans to go unscrutinised

22-Feb-2019 The Guardian

Trade deals containing clauses that threaten human rights are being debated in parliament – they must be defeated

Indonesia launches trade talks with the EAEU

22-Feb-2019 Big News Network

Indonesia is striving to improve its access to the European market via three different arrangements with economic unions on the continent.

Korea to speed up CEPA talks with Indonesia

22-Feb-2019 The Investor

Korea has decided to resume talks on signing the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia, seeking to broaden ties with the Southeast Asian country.

RCEP: India moves to narrow differences with China on tariff elimination in Bali Round

22-Feb-2019 The Hindu Business Line

India will hold intense bilateral discussions with China to narrow differences on import duty cuts and the implementation period that both seek under the trade pact.

TTIP reloaded: big business calls the shots on new EU-US trade talks

21-Feb-2019 CEO

Corporate lobby groups roam the corridors of EU negotiators working to set the agenda for the talks with the US, while the European Commission covers over its links with big business.

USDA to send trade mission in April

21-Feb-2019 Taipei Times

The US has long criticized Taiwan’s zero-tolerance policy regarding meat product imports and views Taiwan’s ractopamine ban as a trade barrier.

Russel Norman – climate change and free trade

21-Feb-2019 Daily Blog

The panel on a sustainable world at the hui in October 2018 on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy for New Zealand argued for major changes to address pressing environmental issues.

Out-of-court settlement with Nissan likely, State govt. tells HC

21-Feb-2019 The Hindu

The State government told the Madras High Court that an out-of-court settlement was likely in its long-running dispute with Japanese automaker Nissan.

Much to fear from post-Brexit trade deals with ISDS mechanisms

21-Feb-2019 The Guardian

Investor-state dispute settlement is a threat to human rights, health and the environment, say representatives of trade unions, charities and faith groups.