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Pacific Alliance, associate members enter fourth negotiating round, look to clinch deal by July
17-May-2018 ICTSD
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.
France supports Australia-EU FTA: Macron
2-May-2018 Xinhua
French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind Australia’s push for a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.
The EU pursues $15b free trade talks with Australia, but there’s a catch
26-Apr-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
EU’s lead trade negotiator said the agreement would serve a “strategic” purpose by creating a “circle” of allies to remove barriers
Pacific economic ministers cautioned on NZ’s PACER-Plus view
26-Apr-2018 Scoop
PACER-Plus will undermine the right of governments to regulate, and see the Pacific bear the burden of binding commitments in the areas of interest to Australia and New Zealand whilst getting little legal commitments in return.
Why Australia really wants a free trade deal with the EU
24-Apr-2018 SBS
A free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union now looks like a viable prospect, so what’s in it for both parties?
EU trade pact must offer fair deal for farmers, says Turnbull
23-Apr-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is setting his sights on a big win for Australian farmers in a far-reaching trade deal with the European Union, insisting that fair access for rural produce is vital to expanding the $99.5 billion trade relationship.
Australian meeting clears way for UK trade deal after Brexit
13-Apr-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
British officials will fly to Canberra for a “working group” on the free trade agreement, amid hopes on both sides that a deal will commence as soon as Britain leaves the European Union at the end of 2020.
Turnbull to push free trade deal with EU
13-Apr-2018 9 News
Mr Turnbull is expected to discuss plans for a free trade agreement with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Ms Merkel running Europe’s largest economy and a key voice at the EU.
Free trade talks between Indonesia, Australia expected to complete by August
6-Apr-2018 Xinhua
Negotiation of free trade agreements between Indonesia and Australia is expected to be completed by August of this year, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution said here on Friday.
Call for Australian trade agreement with Britain as Brexit begins
27-Mar-2018 News.com.au
As the date for Brexit looms, trade minister Steven Ciobo is in London for talks on strengthening free trade ties with Britain.
Australia, ASEAN leaders pledge commitment to free trade, highlight regional cooperation
22-Mar-2018 International Centre for Trade & Sustainable Development
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia met in Sydney on 18 March to discuss the next steps for their Strategic Partnership, initiated in 2014, with regional trade agreements, digital trade, and sustainable urbanisation high on the agenda.
Indonesia, Australia strive to complete CEPA
20-Mar-2018 Antara News
The Governments of Indonesia and Australia are seeking to immediately complete the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) negotiations, as they seek the grounds that hampered the negotiations.
Geographical indications: EU digs in on FTA until label issue resolved
19-Mar-2018 Weekly Times
There will be no Australia-­European Union free-trade deal unless Europe wins exclusive use of key food and wine names, a top European official has warned.
Australia hopes Indonesia will join TPP-11
19-Mar-2018 Jakarta Post
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed hope that Indonesia will one day join the revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), popularly known as TPP-11.
Singapore, Australia to redouble efforts to conclude RCEP ‘most desirably’ within this year
16-Mar-2018 Today Online
Just a week after signing the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) with nine other countries, Singapore and Australia vowed to “redouble” efforts to conclude an ambitious free-trade agreement among 16 Asia-Pacific countries this year.
Fears tobacco giants will use TPP to sue Australia over plain packaging as secrecy shrouds legal costs in Philip Morris case
12-Mar-2018 South China Morning Post
Political party says the newly signed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, which contains similar clauses to the Hong Kong deal, could prompt more costly challenges in The Hague
Indonesia-Aust trade pact talks push out
7-Mar-2018 SBS
Canberra and Jakarta are unlikely to finalise a free trade deal ahead of the Indonesian president’s visit to Australia for a leaders summit.
The ’Indo-Pacific Strategy’ emerges as a counter to China’s ’One Belt, One Road’
26-Feb-2018 Taiwan News
A Japanese official speaking in Washington discussed conditions for Japan’s participation in China’s BRI project, while also suggesting China seek a partner role in the emerging ’Indo-Pacific Strategy’.
Revised TPP-11 text is largely unchanged: independent assessment and Senate Inquiry needed
21-Feb-2018 AFTINET
Many of the most harmful clauses remain.
Moving forward in global trade
19-Feb-2018 Bangkok Post
Thailand has entered into negotiations for a number of free trade agreements (FTA). Its first FTA was the Asean Free Trade Area, signed in 1992. The country has six FTAs with India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Peru and Chile.