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Thailand and Chile agree to extend FTA signed in 2015
2-Jun-2017 Latin American Herald Tribune
Officials from both countries decided to expand the trade in agricultural products (mainly fruit).
Civil society interventions on the RCEP
1-Jun-2017 Focus on the Global South
In the recent “RCEP 18th Round of Talks,” members of civil society organizations and social movements presented their positions vis-à-vis the RCEP.
It’s madness!
30-May-2017 Barbados Today
Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society knocks EPA and other trade agreements.
La Via Campesina calls for an immediate end to EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement
24-May-2017 Via Campesina
The International Peasant Movement La Via Campesina and its members, the European Coordination Via Campesina, together with Japan Family Farmers Movement are calling for an immediate end to the negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Japan.
US to ask Argentina to expedite approval for patenting of seeds
22-May-2017 Revista Chacra
The opening of the US market to Argentine beef exports and its continued openness to biodiesel from this country will be made conditional on a demand that Argentina change its legislation to expedite the approval of patents on seeds waiting in the pipeline.
Two major cooperatives ask government to keep dairy sector outside FTA negotiations purview
22-May-2017 Financial Express
The country’s two major dairy cooperatives have urged the government to keep dairy products outside the ongoing trade negotiations with various blocs including hugely milk surplus regions.
Romanian MEP points out ‘green contradiction’ of organic trade deal
15-May-2017 EurActiv
A recent trade deal on organic products between the EU and Chile has sparked a discussion regarding the carbon footprint of organic products transportation.
FACTBOX-U.S.-China trade agreement impacts meats, natural gas
13-May-2017 Reuters
The United States and China have agreed to take action to expand bilateral trade in beef and chicken as well as taking other steps as part of Washington’s drive to narrow the U.S. trade deficit with China.
US and China sign trade agreement
13-May-2017 BBC
The US and China have reached a 10-point trade deal that opens the Chinese market to US credit rating agencies and credit card companies.
Women’s intervention at the RCEP TNC 18th round stakeholders’ meeting in Philippines
12-May-2017 GABRIELA Philippines
The RCEP will only further marginalize women
Protests mark RCEP Manila rounds
12-May-2017 People Over Profit
#NoRCEP week of actions at the 18th TNC Meeting of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Mexico-EU trade deal might exclude some agriculture goods -EU envoy
11-May-2017 CNBC
Mexico and the European Union might leave some agricultural goods out of a new free trade deal that they want to wrap up this year.
APC members protest during the 18th Round of RCEP negotiations
11-May-2017 APC
Philippines groups protest at the 18th round of RCEP negotiations
Kerala govt wants Centre to consult it on RCEP treaty
10-May-2017 Press Trust of India
The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala wants the Centre to consult it before signing the RCEP agreement, saying it would have adverse impact on state agriculture
RCEP will hurt local industry and allow workers’ exploitation, says civil society
9-May-2017 Down to Earth
RCEP is being negotiated in secrecy, but it is likely to favour big companies and threaten India’s agriculture, industry and e-commerce sectors
U.S. farm groups pile on Canada as Trump eyes trade fairness
5-May-2017 Reuters
U.S. poultry exporters, who include Tyson Foods Inc and Pilgrims Pride Corp, as well as egg sellers, are expected to seek greater access to Canada’s tightly controlled market in renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Malaysia-EU FTA talks to include palm oil resolutions
28-Apr-2017 Borneo Post
The free trade agreement negotiations between Malaysia and the European Union will include a discussion on the recent resolution by the EU parliament to phase out the use of certain vegetable oils.
The huge dumping of extra-EU exports of dairy products and to the EPAs of West Africa, SADC, CEMAC and EAC in 2016
25-Apr-2017 SOL
The EU has been pressuring the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) to sign and implement EPAs that would be destructive for these countries.
Dairy 101: The Canada-U.S. milk spat explained
25-Apr-2017 iPolitics
The Americans have made it very clear they want to secure more access to Canada’s dairy and poultry markets when NAFTA is renegotiated.
Mexico, looking south, sees trade deal with Argentina around year’s end
20-Apr-2017 Reuters
Mexico, seeking closer ties with the rest of Latin America, expects to finish negotiations on a trade deal with Argentina involving cars and agricultural products around the end of the year.