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Category Archives: New Generation Of Trade Agreements
CTUF At Tolpuddle
The CTUF Fringe Meeting held at Tolpuddle attracted a full house with speakers reporting that festival goers spilled outside of the marquee for the duration of the fringe. Speakers this year included Professor Keith Ewing who is the President of … Continue reading
CSEU Debates Trade & ISDS Courts
Adrian Weir spoke at the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions Conference in Southport this week on the key issue of Free Trade Agreements andInvestor State Dispute Settlement The election of President Trump has meant that TTIP has gone in … Continue reading
Greenpeace Leaks Secret EU – JEFTA Trade Deal Info
From Greenpeace media release. Thanks to Ben Davis at United Steelworkers. Greenpeace Netherlands has released 205 pages of previously undisclosed chapters from secret talks for an EU-Japan trade agreement (known as JEFTA). Greater public access to JEFTA negotiating documents is … Continue reading
Wilbur Ross Breaths Life Into TTIP
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has told US media that the US – EU trade deal TTIP could be revived. Ross said that whilst the US withdrew from the USA – Pacific Rim deal known as TPP he is open … Continue reading
China is repurposing TPP to build an even bigger and more secretive trade deal
By Tony Burke The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was dubbed ‘the biggest trade deal you have never heard of’ because it was being negotiated behind closed doors with little public information available. Covering twelve ‘Pacific Rim’ countries, trade unions in the … Continue reading
JEFTA – The Trade Deal You May Not Have Not Heard Of
By Tony Burke With Donald Trump sinking the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal (TPP) and with the EU – US Trade Deal (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) seemingly on ice – and the Brexit bound UK government talking trade … Continue reading
Another Corporate Atttack Is Looming
By Adrian Weir After US President Donald Trump killed off the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and put the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on hold, can the coalition standing against the corporate power grab stand easy? Beyond Trump’s trade representative … Continue reading
TUC Response To EU Proposals For Multilateral Investment Court
The TUC has responded to the European Commission’s consultation on proposals for a multilateral court for investment agreements. Â The TUCÂ submission states that this proposal should be rejected due to the fact it would undermine domestic legal systems and pose significant … Continue reading
Unfair EU-Canada Trade Deal – Wrong Response To Trump
by Pia Eberhardt Ahead of next week’s Ceta vote in the European Parliament, its proponents are touting the EU-Canada agreement as “the most progressive trade deal ever”. They claim Ceta will be a blueprint for a fair, social and environmentally-friendly … Continue reading
Statement by CTUF on Donald Trump & Free Trade Agreements
Donald Trump pulled the plug on the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal last week – with apparently the rather elderly North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade … Continue reading
