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Aussie farmers dig in to save common food names
16-Aug-2019 Mirage News
Farmers are fighting back calling the EU’s demands on geographical indicators ‘bad policy’.
Secretary commerce emphases for FTA with Australia
13-Aug-2019 Urdu Point
Pakistan Secretary Commerce, Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera emphasized on the need of positive consideration from Australian side regarding Pakistan’s request for preferential treatment through Preferential or Free Trade agreement (FTA).
Europe seeking feta and scotch beef protection as Australia pushes back on prosecco claims
13-Aug-2019 ABC
Europe’s bid to stop Australian cheesemakers using the name feta has advanced but its claim on the sparkling wine prosecco is facing growing opposition amid ongoing trade talks.
Australia to pressure China, India on EU-style Asian trade agreement
2-Aug-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham will hold high-level talks with his Chinese and Indian counterparts from Thursday in a bid to break down Indian resistance to removing agricultural tariffs.
EU-Australia FTA: Anti competitive conduct, merger control and subsidies (EU proposal, Mar 2019)
30-Jul-2019 European Commission
Australia says ‘long way to go’ to reach RCEP deal
30-Jul-2019 The Scoop
Australia has cast doubt on whether the 16 countries that make up the RCEP will be able to thrash out a deal by year’s end, with disagreements between China and India undercutting talks in recent months.
India should ensure Industry’s support to RCEP deal: Australian envoy
29-Jul-2019 The Hindu
Making a push for India, Australia’s High Commissioner, Harinder Sidhu says political will to conclude the deal must be matched with persuading Indian industry.
Australian miner sues Egyptian government over collapse of billion-dollar deal
22-Jul-2019 The Age
Australian company planned was to mine tantulum, but seventeen years later, the company is suing the Egyptian government for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars after the military regime blocked plans.
RCEP trade pact in India’s interest as it gives access to Chinese market, Australia says
18-Jul-2019 The Print
New Delhi should embrace the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to have effective access to the Chinese market that it is now lacking, the Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu told ThePrint Tuesday.
Civil society criticizes secretive Asia-Pacific free trade negotiations
9-Jul-2019 Devex
CSOs and other observers of the trade agreement have needed to rely on leaked 2015 documents to get a picture of what was on the table for discussion and whether there were protections offered to vulnerable communities and the environment.
PM hopes for Aust-EU trade deal progress
2-Jul-2019 SBS
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia wants to get into the "meaty section" of trade discussions with the European Union as soon as possible.
Australia hosts RCEP talks to promote free trade
28-Jun-2019 Xinhua Net
Trade officials from 16 nations across the Asia-Pacific region will sit down in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday, to negotiate the terms of RCEP.
Australia leads secret trade negotiations that will sideline US
27-Jun-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald
Trade representatives from more than a dozen countries have flown into Australia to conduct highly secretive negotiations on a mega deal that will sideline the US amid the ongoing economic fall-out from the US-China trade war.
Indian dairy under threat from new trade deals
20-Jun-2019 GRAIN
Several new trade pacts that cater to transnational corporations, like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or the proposed deals pending with Europe, threaten to radically change the map and wipe out India’s small dairy producers.
Mine owner takes govt to arbitration
12-Jun-2019 Bangkok Post
Australian gold mining firm Kingsgate Consolidated is seeking negotiations with the new Thai government over the case in which it was ordered to cease mining operations in Phichit two years ago.
UN study shows more governments rejecting or limiting foreign investor-rights to sue governments (ISDS)
12-Jun-2019 AFTINET
A new study of trade and investment deals concluded in 2018 by UNCTAD shows that most have either omitted ISDS altogether or severely limited its scope, reports AFTINET
Labor holds off supporting Indonesian free trade agreement
10-Jun-2019 The Guardian
ALP had pledged to renegotiate agreement if it won office but will now wait until parliament resume to decide whether to ratify it
Old agreements must be terminated to bring life to investment
20-May-2019 East Asia Forum
Indonesia and Australia should agree to terminate the BIT upon entry into force of the IA-CEPA regardless of whether it ultimately includes an ISDS mechanism.
Poland to hold high-level talks on Prairie Mining coal projects dispute -sources
14-May-2019 Reuters
Poland’s prime minister and other government officials will meet to discuss a threat by Australia’s Prairie Mining to sue Warsaw over difficulties it faced in developing coal projects
Mining representative urges Australia to join Belt and Road Initiative
7-May-2019 Xinhua Net
Mining representative has highlighted the importance of an ongoing trade relationship with China, saying Australia missed an "opportunity" by not signing up to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) earlier.