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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.
US beef producers laud Korea-US FTA
18-Apr-2017 Meat Import Council of America
Five years into implementation, the US-Korea free trade agreement has led to an 82 percent jump in annual US beef sales to the Asian nation.
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on trade in goods (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
China offers concessions to avert trade war with U.S.: FT
11-Apr-2017 Reuters
China is prepared to raise the investment ceiling in the bilateral Investment treaty and is also willing to end the ban on U.S. beef imports.
As CETA looms, Canada braces for the European cheese invasion
10-Apr-2017 The Globe and Mail
With CETA, Canada agreed to import 18,500 tonnes of European cheeses annually by year six.
Guatemala agrees to early poultry tariff elimination
3-Apr-2017 Politico
Guatemala has agreed to eliminate its 12.5 percent tariff on U.S. fresh, frozen and chilled poultry products under the U.S.-DR-CAFTA free trade agreement
Cargill chief: Don’t mess up NAFTA
30-Mar-2017 Politico
Cargill CEO Dave MacLennan hopes to see out of any NAFTA renegotiation the basic principles of keeping the border open for trade
Cargill chief David MacLennan urges Australia to ‘fill TPP gap’
29-Mar-2017 The Australian
The chief executive of one of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies says Australia has a major opportunity to “step up and fill the gap’’ selling more food products to Asian markets.