BILATERALS.ORG WEEKLY | 27 FEB - 5 MAR 2013
the following were posted on bilaterals.org in the past week
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Govt may revisit all preferential, free trade agreements | 5-March-2014
The government of Pakistan is revisiting all the FTAs and PTAs as there is a growing realisation among policymakers that they had been poorly negotiated and were now causing injury to the domestic industry, official sources said on Tuesday.
China to accelerate Australia free trade agreement | SMH | 5-March-2014
China will "accelerate" negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia, Premier Li Keqiang has said in his opening speech to the National People’s Congress.
USTR sets 2014 as goal of signing Pacific free trade deal | Kyodo | 5-March-2014
"The administration will work to conclude negotiations of the TPP in 2014," the office of the US Trade Representative said in a document attached to President Barack Obama’s budget blueprint for fiscal 2015.
Costa Rica & Colombia approve free trade agreement | Costa Rica Times | 5-March-2014
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica has approved the country’s Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, a prerequisite for Costa Rica to gain admittance into the Pacific Alliance group, composed of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile.
EU-US FTA: "Free trade agreement must immediately stop" | Frankfurter Rundschau | 5-March-2014
IG Metall leader Detlef Wetzel fears disadvantages for workers and consumers if the EU and the US create a free trade zone. "The negotiations must be stopped," he states categorically.
NAFTA partners pushing North American competitiveness integration agenda | Be Your Own Leader | 4-March-2014
The growing domestic and international opposition to the secret trade talks have put the Globalists plan to use the TPP to upgrade and expand NAFTA to more countries in serious jeopardy.
US back ECOWAS' efforts to attain borderless trade status | 4-March-2014
Countries in the West African sub-region were yesterday reassured of the support of the United States in their quest to establishing a borderless trade environment in the ECOWAS region.
Let us seal FTA early, Prime Minister tells regional club | 4-March-2014
Urging the seven-member BIMSTEC grouping to fast-track trade and economic cooperation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for "early conclusion" of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement and said it should be extended to investment and services.
Japan, Denmark eye cooperation on maritime security, FTA | 4-March-2014
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Danish counterpart Helle Thorning-Schmidt agreed Tuesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation on maritime security and pledged to seek the early conclusion of a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union.
Lessons from Vodafone tax case: Govt to rewrite BIPA to exclude taxation, intellectual property right issues | Economic Times | 4-March-2014
India has readied a new draft to negotiate bilateral investment treaties in the future, keeping taxation and intellectual property right issues out of its ambit
BIMSTEC leaders today resolved to expeditiously | PTI | 4-March-2014
BIMSTEC leaders today resolved to expeditiously conclude an agreement on trade in goods to promote commerce among member nations India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.
Dairy groups ’running out of patience’ on TPP | Farm Futures | 4-March-2014
The US Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation suggest moving forward with Trans Pacific Partnership without Canada and Japan on the basis of the countries’ dairy policies
US welcomes Taiwan membership in TPP if island fulfills criteria: diplomat | China Post | 3-March-2014
The United States would welcome Taiwan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership as long as it meets the high standards set by TPP members, Taipei’s diplomat to Washington was cited as saying yesterday.
Russia FTA could be delayed - Key | 3 News | 3-March-2014
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says a free-trade agreement with Russia could be delayed because of the escalating situation between the superpower and Ukraine.
Uganda: EU sets EPA deadline signing for October | New Vision | 3-March-2014
"The EAC states wont access European markets if we don't sign EPA by October 1 but how prepared are we when some clauses are still not agreed upon?" Jane Nalunga, SEATINI Uganda country director, asks.
USTR rejecting EU bids for more transparency in TTIP | Infojustice | 1-March-2014
USTR demands for hyper-secrecy in the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) continue to be a major block to continuing negotiations, writes Sean Flynn
Canadians to see Canada-EU free trade pact legal text soon, says Fast | Canadian Press | 1-March-2014
The legal text of the Canada-European Union free trade agreement will be ready for Canadians to examine soon, possibly in the next month or two, federal Trade Minister Ed Fast said Friday.
EU-US trade talks face growing hostility, ministers warn | Reuters | 28-February-2014
Free-trade talks between the United States and the European Union are in danger of being derailed by populist groups opposing everything from globalization to multinationals, EU ministers and business leaders said on Friday.
Ukraine ready to sign association agreement during March EU summit | EurActiv | 28-February-2014
Ukraine's new government wants to sign its Association Agreement with the EU at the 20-21 March summit of EU leaders, a high-ranking diplomat told EurActiv today (27 February).
TTIP 'challenged' by environmental critics, EU says | EurActiv | 27-February-2014
Plans for a sweeping EU-US free trade deal known as TTIP risk being blown off course by civil society fears about the damage it could wreak on environmental and social protections, according to a leaked EU document seen by EurActiv.
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Costa Rica: Diputados aprobaron anoche el TLC con Colombia | La Nación, Costa Rica | 5-March-2014
Los diputados aprobaron anoche en primer debate el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Costa Rica y Colombia, un pacto cuya vigencia es requisito para la intención del país de ingresar como miembro pleno al grupo de la Alianza del Pacífico.
Panamá y México inician nueva "minironda" de negociaciones para lograr un TLC | Telemetro | 5-March-2014
Representantes de los Gobiernos de Panamá y México iniciaron hoy una nueva "minironda" de tres días de reuniones para alcanzar un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC), anunció hoy una fuente oficial.
La libertad en los TLC con Estados Unidos | ADITAL | 28-February-2014
¿Cuál es la consecuencia de esta "libertad" de comercio para la gente que sufre su impacto? Ya que el TLCAN con México cumple veinte años, vale la pena echar una mirada a sus consecuencias para la economía mexicana y su gente.
> México: El TLC sigue desprotegiendo al campo | Vanguardia | 28-February-2014
Desde Carlos Salinas de Gortari hasta Enrique Peña Nieto, han dejado que la competencia de Estados unidos afecte mortalmente al campo mexicano y más aún, dejen en caída libre, hasta la quiebra, a los productores.
’TLC entre UE y Colombia no protege derechos los indígenas’ | El Espectador | 28-February-2014
La organización Coordinación Bélgica por Colombia (CGC) pidió una rectificación del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre la Unión Europea (UE) y Colombia para proteger los derechos de las comunidades aborígenes sobre los territorios que habitan.
Adhesión al TPP profundizaría los efectos negativos del TLCAN en el país, advierten | La Jornada | 27-February-2014
La posible adhesión de México al Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico (TPP, por sus siglas en inglés) significaría profundizar los efectos negativos que ya ha provocado el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) en 20 años de aplicación, el cual únicamente ha beneficiado a las grandes empresas trasnacionales en perjuicio del equilibrio ecológico del planeta.
> Migrantes, la única "mercancía" sin libre tránsito en el TLC | Desinformémonos | 27-February-2014
Ignorados desde la negociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio, criminalizados durante los 20 años que lleva en vigor, y empujados en masa a la frontera por las mismas políticas neoliberales, los migrantes no tienen perspectivas de retorno a México ni de una reforma migratoria adecuada.
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Suisse : Menaces sur le libre-échange avec Pékin après le 9 février | RTS | 5-March-2014
Le ministre de l’Economie suisse prend au sérieux la menace qui pèse sur l’accord de libre-échange avec la Chine après l’approbation de l’initiative contre l’immigration de masse
Popular sentiment is hardening against free trade | FT: Popular sentiment is hardening against free trade | 2-March-2014
Growing awareness of the downsides of liberalising trade is and will make passing Free Trade Agreements difficult
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KEY ISSUES
East Kutai may file criminal charges against Churchill | 5-March-2014
The local administration in East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, has threatened to file criminal charges against British company Churchill Mining Plc for allegedly forging its mining permits to operate mine areas in the regency.
South Africa: FAQs on foreign direct investment featured | TheTrade Beat | 5-March-2014
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has recently been a hot topic in South Africa, following the government’s unilateral cancellation of bilateral investment treaties with the European Union and the release of the draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill. But what is FDI, and why is it important?
Turkish firm’’s claim: government seeks 20 days to file reply | 4-March-2014
Pakistan has sought a 20-day extension to file its reply to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against a damage claim of $2.1 billion filed by Turkish firm M/s Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim. The sources said Pakistan had to submit its reply to the international body by February 28, 2014 but it was delayed due to a change in legal firm.
In for messy litigation | 3-March-2014
Several local newspapers misread the recent decision by the Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as a verdict forcing the Indonesian government to pay over US$1 billion in compensation to the plaintiff, London-listed Churchill Mining Plc, in regard to its coal mining concessions in East Kalimantan.
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