US President Donald Trump has often become a target of ire for his controversial policy statements. But South Asia, including Nepal, may find a reason to cheer if he sticks to his campaign promise of withdrawing the US from two major free-trade pacts--referred to as TPP and TTIP--and imposing high tariff on goods imported from China and Mexico.
Donald Trump’s top trade official has opened the door to reviving negotiations with the EU but warned the bloc it would be in competition with China and Japan to show willingness to do the first deal with the new US administration.
As E.U. and U.S. officials meet in New York this week for the 15th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, a new report warns of how the corporate-friendly, increasingly unpopular deal could "lock in" high drug prices and "help entrench a broken medical innovation system."
TTIP könnte die Ziele des Pariser Klimaabkommens gefährden. Auch TiSA bedroht das Klima, durch das Abkommen könnten Regierungen erneuerbare Energien nicht mehr subventionieren.
Social Democratic leader Sigmar Gabriel has made some controversial decisions during his time as vice-chancellor and economics minister. In a speech on Monday morning, he explained his policies and highlight his successes.
An oil and gas exploration company is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from the Victorian Government after the state moved to ban fracking, saying the decision was "unlawful"
Despite the clear dangers posed by CETA, Liam 'Take Back Control' Fox has already signed the UK up to the deal, wilfully bypassing UK parliamentary scrutiny along the way.
More than 100 French left-wing politicians have signed a motion demanding the controversial EU-Canada trade deal - CETA - be referred to the country's Constitutional Court over what they say is an issue of sovereignty.
U.S and European Union officials on Tuesday detailed the litany of unfinished business in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, which face an uncertain future as the Obama administration prepares to hand the baton to President-elect Donald Trump this week.
Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman have today published a joint assessment of the progress made in the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) since negotiations started in July 2013.
The EU-US negotiations to reach a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the EU’s largest export partner remain vexed. Secretary of State John Kerry optimistically hoped to reach an agreement by the end of the year. With a seemingly protectionist President-elect and public concern in Europe, it is difficult to see how progress will be made until we know more about Trump in office and the outcome of French and German national elections, writes Catherine Feore.
After decades of steadily increasing globalisation, trade liberalisation has slowed to a standstill. In the United States, Congress has delayed ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) indefinitely. And negotiations around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have ground to a halt.
On Tuesday August 5, the Harper government announced – via a brief news release, a teleconference call, and strangely an online video – that negotiators had finalized the 1,500-page text of a Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)[...]