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Government reviews tariff liberalization commitment to RCEP

19-Apr-2016 Philstar

The government of Philippines is reviewing its tariff liberalization commitments to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

Mercosur deal could cost EU farmers €7.8bn

19-Apr-2016 The Scottish Farmer

A Mercosur trade deal between the European Union and South America could inflict losses of €7.8bn on farmers in the EU’s 28 member states, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association.

The future of Europe lies in preserving its agricultural and other key sectors

14-Apr-2016 Economie Matin

Europe has all the assets needed to build a solid future for itself. However, to do so, it must take steps to defend and promote them.

France will drive the FTA with Mercosur but will protect agriculture

14-Apr-2016 El Observador

The French President, François Hollande, showed that he was politically in sync with the presidents of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, and Argentina, Mauricio Macri, and opened dialogue on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that Mercosur and the European Union are negotiating.

The Mexican FTA that Macri wants for Argentina

14-Apr-2016 IADE

The tale of a disaster waiting to happen? Mauricio Macri promised to open up to imports. And there is no doubt that he will do this.

Making the case for a French “agricultural carve out”

14-Apr-2016 Libération

We need to reconstruct a law that takes into account the particularities of the agricultures that we want to preserve on the model of cultural exception.

4600 Austrian jobs at risk from TTIP deal

14-Apr-2016 The Local

As many as 4600 jobs could be lost in Austria as a result of the proposed TTIP trade agreement between Europe and the US.

EU agricultural cooperative urges ministers to ’reject outright’ Latin American free trade talks

13-Apr-2016 Farming UK

Copa & Cogeca have urged EU Ministers to ’reject outright’ an EU Commission offer on agriculture which includes sensitive agriculture products in the free trade talks with the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur.

America’s beef with Aussie farmers over Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal

12-Apr-2016 News.com.au

American food and agriculture groups want to cut Australia out of their export markets.

EU, Mercosur move forward on trade talks

12-Apr-2016 Buenos Aires Herald

Blocs will exchange offers on the second week of May, followed by meeting in Montevideo.

TPP dumping on U.S. dairy farmers

8-Apr-2016 IATP

U.S. dairy processors are dumping millions of gallons of raw milk into sewers. Yet the USDA projected a 20 percent increase in U.S. dairy imports by 2025 due to TPP rules.

EU deal yet to bear fruit for Ukrainian exporters

8-Apr-2016 Reuters

Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union was meant to lure the bread basket of the former Soviet Union away from its longstanding ties with Russia by offering better access to the EU market.

Bolivia could have free trade agreement with EU

8-Apr-2016 Fresh Plaza

Representative sectors in Bolivia are increasingly more interested in resuming bilateral free trade negotiations with the European Union.

RI, PNG agree to forge bilateral ties

7-Apr-2016 Antara

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to forge relations between the two countries.

Diet debate on TPP deal begins amid opposition

6-Apr-2016 Japan Today

The Diet started deliberations on a Pacific Rim free trade deal, with the ruling parties looking to have it ratified and related legislation enacted during the current session ending June 1.

TPP will push Japanese farmers to grow cheaper rice in bid to boost exports

5-Apr-2016 The Japan Times

The nation’s farmers are set to produce less expensive rice than existing brands to boost exports, following the signing of a Pacific free trade deal that will expose them to fierce foreign competition.

Here is why the EU appealed EU Court ruling on Western Sahara

4-Apr-2016 WSRW

The Official Journal of the European Union has published the appeal brought by the EU Council against the Court of Justice of the EU’s decision to annul the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement insofar as it applies in Western Sahara.

TTIP to follow CETA’s geographical carve up?

31-Mar-2016 Arc2020

The European Commission released a summary of the final text of the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), which is widely regarded as a TTIP testbed.