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New EU-Armenia deal initialed in Yerevan
23-Mar-2017 Massis Post
The agreement is meant to serve as a less ambitious substitute for an Association Agreement negotiated by Armenian and EU officials in the summer of 2013.
EU, Mercosur countries work to speed up trade talks
23-Mar-2017 ICTSD
A fresh round of talks between parties is taking place this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
France’s top court questions constitutionality of CETA
23-Mar-2017 EurActiv
The Constitutional Court announced that it would delay its decision on the legality of the EU’s free trade agreement with Canada, confirming doubts about its compatibility with the French constitution.
JEFTA: The latest massive ’trade’ deal you’ve never heard of, negotiated behind closed doors, with zero public scrutiny
22-Mar-2017 Tech Dirt
One of the negotiations that has been going on in the background is for a major trade agreement between the EU and Japan since 2013.
Bad agreement for the Caribbean
22-Mar-2017 Barbados Today
The evidence is clear: after 10 years of the EPA, the promised benefits have not been realized.
Secretive EU-Japan trade deal to be finalised away from public eye
22-Mar-2017 S2B
Joint civil society statement on the Eu-Japan free trade agreement.
Trump’s pick for trade envoy open to continued EU trade talks
22-Mar-2017 Politico
Robert Lighthizer did not rule out resuming negotiations with the European Union on TTIP and TiSA.
EU, Japan determined to deliver trade deal by end of 2017
22-Mar-2017 EurActiv
The European Union and Japan said they intend to complete talks for a free trade agreement with Japan by the end of the year (2017).
The subsidies to the EU exports of cereal products to SADC in 2016
21-Mar-2017 SOL
The EU’s exports to SADC of 769,493 t of raw cereals in 2016 have received €42.535 M of subsidies.
Brazil’s rotten meat scandal strikes ahead of fresh EU trade talks
20-Mar-2017 EurActiv
The European Union has insisted Brazilian representatives attend an emergency meeting to explain themselves regarding a scandal involving rotten meat and the country’s two largest exporters.
Spain confirms: EU-Morocco trade deal not for Western Sahara goods
20-Mar-2017 Western Sahara Resource Watch
The Spanish government in a statement confirmed the EU court’s judgement that Western Sahara goods are not covered by the EU-Morocco trade deal.
Opinion: The UK will get a bad trade deal from the US
18-Mar-2017 Borderlex
There is little reason to doubt that the United Kingdom will sign a free trade agreement with the United States once outside the EU. But there is not going to be that much into it for British businesses. This is because the UK will be the weaker party in the talks.
Green light for Romania to terminate its intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
15-Mar-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
The Romanian Parliament sent to the Romanian President for promulgation the Law allowing for the termination of the Bilateral Investment Treaties between Romania and other Member States of the European Union.
UK looks to supercharge EU trade deals post-Brexit
13-Mar-2017 The Telegraph
Britain is looking for ways to take on the EU’s free trade deals with countries around the world after Brexit - then use its new independence to cut taxes and regulatory barriers to trade, boosting the power of the deals.
EU capitalizing on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies
12-Mar-2017 Reuters
The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the bloc, which will make the most of uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. trade policy.
Mercosur trade bloc agrees common position ahead of EU talks
10-Mar-2017 EurActiv
Foreign ministers of the South American Mercosur trading bloc have reached a common position ahead of negotiations with the European Union on a potential trade deal.
EU and ASEAN agree to put free trade pact back on agenda
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said the two blocs would try to revive plans for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them.
The little deal that could: Canada & the E.U. ink the biggest global trade-deal in two decades
10-Mar-2017 Jamie’s Food Revolution
After seven long years of negotiation fraught with controversy, the two trade blocks have cemented the ‘Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement’ – aka. CETA.
CEMAC invites European Union to re-join negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreement
10-Mar-2017 Business in Cameroon
The CEMAC ministers decided not to adhere to the stage Agreement as is, and to continue negotiating for a complete regional EPA.
EU commissioner to discuss Asean trade relations in Manila
8-Mar-2017 Inquirer
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström is set to visit Manila to primarily discuss trade relations as well as the goal of a Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN.