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  » EU-US deal could unleash a "corporate litigation boom"
Date: 11 June 2013
Investor-state dispute settlement under the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US would empower EU and US-based corporations "to engage in litigious wars of attrition to limit the power of governments on both sides of the Atlantic."
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  » Malay Economic Action Council demands Malaysia's withdrawal from TPPA negotiations
Date: 17 May 2013
'To sign an agreement with such far reaching negative impact on the country without even debating it in Parliament and proper and meaningful public consultation - an agreement where the risks far out-weigh the benefits - will be a travesty of justice of the highest order and a slap on the face of the democratic process.'
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  » Part II: Malaysia and the TPPA
Date: 15 May 2013
All the demands made by the March 2013 US Trade Representative report for the reduction or elimination of Malaysia's 'trade barriers' find parallels in what is known or what is assumed to be the US’ agenda for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
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  » Malaysia and the USTR Report (Part 1)
Date: 15 May 2013
In March this year, the United States Trade Representative – the counterpart of Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) – published its annual National Trade Estimate Report and listed out in 406 pages what it regards and treats as “foreign trade barriers” that need to be dismantled for their adverse effects on US firms’ export of goods and services and foreign direct investment.
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  » Political opposition to EU-India FTA gathers momentum
Date: 14 May 2013
Leaders of the main opposition parties in India came together recently in New Delhi to voice their opposition to the proposed Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) between India and the European Union.
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