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Inclusion of Paris Agreement in CETA at risk
9-Oct-2018 Euractiv
France wants to make compliance with the Paris Agreement on climate a precondition to signing European trade agreements. However, this is an issue where France is struggling to get the other 27 EU members to agree.
EU ready to offer UK ‘super-charged’ free-trade deal
8-Oct-2018 Bloomberg
The European Union is set to offer the UK a free-trade deal deeper than any agreement that’s gone before.
US may push Japan, EU not to strike trade deals with China: Ross
8-Oct-2018 The Mainichi
The "poison pill" provision to deter trade deals with China in the new US trade agreement with Canada and Mexico may be replicated in future US trade pacts, such as those with Japan and the European Union.
Why Europeans may not want a US trade deal
5-Oct-2018 Washington Post
The opposition to TTIP suggests that a simple choice between “protectionism” and “free trade” fails to capture the nuances of the European debate on trade.
Financial regulation challenged by European trade policy
2-Oct-2018 Financial Watch
Trade agreements currently being negotiated or already approved introduce numerous restrictions over the right of states to regulate, especially in the field of financial regulation, and limits their capacity to react to ensure financial stability.
EU open to free trade but not Chequers customs plan: document
26-Sep-2018 Reuters
EU negotiators are ready to offer Theresa May a free-trade area after Brexit but say that there must be a customs border.
Trade policy and the case of TTIP
25-Sep-2018 Alter EU
New generation “trade” deals actually have less to do with trade than with who makes the rules, and who holds power over rule-makers.
’New’ CETA tribunals - old undemocratic system
24-Sep-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
Our analysis of the leaked draft code of conduct of CETA tribunals reveals that the same people known as ISDS arbitrators and counsellors will now take over CETA tribunals.
Mauritania signs deal to pave way for EU-West African economic partnership
24-Sep-2018 Asharq Al-Awsat
Mauritania on Friday became the 15th West African country to sign the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
Most cabinet ministers ’want Canada-style free trade deal with EU’
24-Sep-2018 The Independent
However other cabinet minister are said to favour a Norway-style deal which involves continued membership of the European Economic Area.
EU and Mercosur to re-initiate free-trade talks next week
24-Sep-2018 ICIS
EU and Mercosur negotiators will hold another round of negotiations in Uruguay with the aim of reaching a free trade agreement.
Mercosur holds first negotiating round for Korea trade deal, looks to EU next steps
20-Sep-2018 ICTSD
EU-Mercosur latest negotiation round remained complex as first round of Korea-Mercosur trade talks focused on goods, services, investment, public procurement, and e-commerce.
Negotiation update: “ How is the progress of RCEP and IEU CEPA negotiations?”
20-Sep-2018 IGJ
Representatives from the Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice held a meeting with an Indonesian Trade Official and discussed the development of information on the RCEP and Indonesia EU CEPA negotiating rounds.
The EU-Japan free trade deal: a threat to the fight against illegal timber?
20-Sep-2018 Fern
The deal’s impact on efforts to halt illegal logging and the tradein illegal timber remains an area of deep concern.
Canada-EU trade, one year on: Canada’s imports are rising faster than exports
18-Sep-2018 CBC
The fastest-growing exports include inorganic chemicals, mineral fuels and oil (including crude oil) and pharmaceuticals.
Time for EU to stop being bystander in Western Sahara
17-Sep-2018 EU Observer
The EU has sadly afforded preferential treatment to Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara including by knowingly excluding from the trade talks the thousands of Saharawis forced to live in exile in refugee camps as a result of the occupation.
New boots-on-the-ground trade association to boost ties between Canada, EU
14-Sep-2018 Financial Post
The Canada EU Trade Investment Association is a cross-sector industry group out to promote dealmaking.
European Parliament gripes against a France Insoumise MEP
12-Sep-2018 Euractiv
The attempt by the European Parliament administration to exert pressure on a tweet on the EU-Japan trade agreement shocked MEP Younous Omarjeee, who condemned this as an attack on freedom of expression.
EU’s Juncker eyes Africa free trade pact
12-Sep-2018 Reuters
The European Union could one day look to take advantage of African efforts to forge a free trade area within the continent to work toward a comprehensive continent-to-continent free trade agreement.
Talks over trade deal with South Americans continue amid opposition from EU farmers
11-Sep-2018 Independent.ie
EU Commission officials are in Montevideo in Uruguay to reconvene the trade talks with the Mercosur trading bloc.