by igj@admin | Mar 1, 2018 | Human Rights, news, News on Trade
The parliament of canton Geneva has voted for a resolution to exclude palm oil and its derivatives from free trade negotiations with Indonesia and Malaysia. Five other Swiss cantons have launched similar measures. Exercising its right of cantonal initiative, Geneva...
by igj@admin | May 13, 2016 | investment, News on Trade
Friends of the Earth | 19 April 2016 Investment Court System put to the test In autumn 2015, the European trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, launched a proposal to give far- reaching rights to foreign investors in all future EU trade agreements. The proposal came...
by igj@admin | May 13, 2016 | investment, News on Trade
Farming risks being used as bargaining chip in EU trade deals by Jez Fredenburgh Concern is mounting that agriculture could be used as a bargaining chip in two large free-trade deals currently being negotiated by the EU. Protections for EU agriculture have been a key...
by igj@admin | May 13, 2016 | investment, News on Trade
The Guardian | 15 April 2016 Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems by George Monbiot Imagine if the people of the Soviet Union had never heard of communism. The ideology that dominates our lives has, for most of us, no name. Mention it in...
by igj@admin | May 13, 2016 | investment, News on Trade
The Bangkok Post | 18 April 2016 Indonesia-EU free trade talks take big step forward By Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata Indonesia and the European Union (EU) are one step closer to realising a free trade agreement after talks to discuss the scope of documents outlining the...
by igj@admin | Apr 8, 2016 | News on Trade
Metrotvnews.com, Jakarta: The Ministry of Trade is ready to restart the negotiation of Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU CEPA). The trade agreement is expected to boost competitiveness of Indonesian products in Europe. The...
