Australia
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19-Jun-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
Tough talk over medicine and cheese as Australia and Europe seek a $37b trade deal
Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has promised to take a hard line with Europe on the question of cheap medicines and his counterpart Cecilia Malmström foresees “difficult” negotiations over Australian producers using European names such as "parmesan".
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18-Jun-2018 Vanguardia
Australia y la UE inician las negociaciones para un tratado de libre comercio
El primer ministro australiano, Malcolm Turnbull, y la comisaria europea de Comercio, Cecilia Malmström, anunciaron hoy en Camberra el inicio oficial de las negociaciones para un tratado de libre comercio (TLC).
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18-Jun-2018 Australian Financial Review
Australia opens free trade talks with EU as Trump tariffs rock global commerce
Australia and the European Union will strike a blow for free trade, formally opening negotiations on a pact in Canberra.
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13-Jun-2018 Spatial Source
CPTPP jeopardises the future of open source software: OSIA
Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) is calling upon the federal government to scrap the CPTPP over provisions that could decimate the Australian open source community.
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12-Jun-2018 The Economic Times
FTA, investments to figure in Suresh Prabhu’s visit to Australia
The talks on free trade agreement with Australia likely to be on the agenda of India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu to Canberra on June 26.
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6-Jun-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
Australia’s ’hormone beef’ not to Brexit Britain’s taste: report
One of Australia’s supposed key demands for a free trade deal with the UK – their agreeing to buy our hormone-treated beef – is “almost impossible” for the UK to agree to, according to a new report by an anti-Brexit think tank.
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5-Jun-2018 Web-agri
Les éleveurs manifesteront le 10 juin contre « la malbouffe importée »
Le 10 juin, les éleveurs français manifesteront contre les accords commerciaux internationaux et la « malbouffe importée », aux côtés des agriculteurs de la FNSEA qui appellent ce jour-là à des blocages de raffineries.
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30-May-2018 The Rural
Grain and cropping sector welcomes trade negotiations
GrainGrowers urges the Australian Government to negotiate a comprehensive and high-quality trade agreement with the EU that improves market access and facilitates efficient trade.
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28-May-2018 AgriLand
Trade deals with Australia and New Zealand could cause chaos for Irish agriculture
This week’s confirmation that the European Union (EU) is to commence trade talks with Australia and New Zealand has bad news written all over it from the perspective of Irish agriculture.
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24-May-2018 Mining Weekly
Australia-EU FTA an opportunity to remove tariffs on resources trade
Australian mining could also benefit from reductions in Australian tariffs on European mining-related equipment and manufactures, and in European tariffs on a number of minerals and metals commodities.
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24-May-2018 Farm Online
What the TPP means for dairy
With the Federal Parliament expected to ratify Australia’s involvement in a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the end of the year, it is worth having a look at what it means for the dairy industry.
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23-May-2018 Radio NZ
Specialty cheesemakers ’worse off’ in EU trade deal
An award-winning cheese producer says a trade deal with the European Union will hurt the specialty cheese industry.
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23-May-2018 SBS
EU approves free trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
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23-May-2018 Les Echos
Commerce : l’Union européenne s’ouvre au Pacifique
La Commission européenne va ouvrir dès cet été des négociations avec l’Australie et la Nouvelle Zélande pour conclure un accord de libre-échange.
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22-May-2018 European Council
EU-Australia FTA: Negotiating directives (May 2018)
As released by the European Council
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22-May-2018 Le Soir
Accords commerciaux : Les gouvernements de l’Union européenne imposent le business as usual!
La Commission soumettra au Conseil des 28 représentants des Etats membres de l’UE les projet d’accords commerciaux entre l’Europe et la Nouvelle-Zélande et l’Australie.
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22-May-2018 SBS
EU to approve free-trade negotiations with Australia and NZ
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
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22-May-2018 Japan Times
Japan and Australia vow to put TPP into effect soon
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, have confirmed their countries’ commitment to putting the new Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal into effect at an early date.
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17-May-2018 ICTSD
Pacific Alliance, associate members enter fourth negotiating round, look to clinch deal by July
The four-country Pacific Alliance consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The coalition aims to achieve the goal, launched nearly a year ago, of conferring a new associate member status to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore.
