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17-Oct-2018 Business Standard
Lack of convergence, FTA hurdles to plague any US-India trade deal: Report
Any US-India bilateral trade deal as mentioned by President Donald Trump will encounter challenges given the lack of convergence between the two sides on trade issues and their different approach to free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, according to a research paper released by a Singaporean think-tank.
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17-Oct-2018 AFP
L’administration Trump souhaite des accords commerciaux avec le Japon, l’UE et le Royaume-Uni
L’administration Trump a formellement notifié le Congrès qu’il a l’intention de négocier trois accords commerciaux séparés avec l’Union européenne, le Japon et le Royaume-Uni (après le Brexit).
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16-Oct-2018 The Hill
US to open trade talks with Japan, EU, UK
The Trump administration has notified Congress of its intent to negotiate three separate trade deals with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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15-Oct-2018 Arab News
Philippines, US to discuss free trade agreement in November
The agreement, if inked, will be the second such US engagement in with an ASEAN-member nation, the first being with Singapore.
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14-Oct-2018 Reuters
US to seek currency chapters in trade talks with Japan, others: Mnuchin
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says that Washington wants to include a provision to deter currency manipulation in future trade deals, including with Japan, based on the currency chapter in the new deal to revamp NAFTA.
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13-Oct-2018 Singapore Straits-Times
China-US trade war gives impetus to conclude RCEP talks early: Malaysia
The ongoing trade tension between China and the United States has provided the impetus for an early conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), said Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Ministry.
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12-Oct-2018 Yonhap News Agency
Gov’t submits bill on ratification of KORUS FTA to parliament
South Korea’s trade ministry said Friday it has submitted a bill on ratifying the revised free trade agreement with the United States to parliament, the final domestic procedure needed for its implementation.
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12-Oct-2018 rebelion.org
Migrantes forzados centroamericanos y la violencia en la frontera sur de México
Actualmente los procesos migratorios han tenido un acelerado proceso de crecimiento, y esto tiene una serie de razones económicas y políticas.
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11-Oct-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Philippines and US aim to announce free trade talks in November
The talks are part of US President Donald Trump’s strategy to pursue bilateral rather than multilateral trade agreements to let Washington secure the best possible deal.
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8-Oct-2018 The Mainichi
US may push Japan, EU not to strike trade deals with China: Ross
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.
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8-Oct-2018 Japan News
US farm chief wants ‘TPP-plus trade deal’
US Agriculture Secretary indicated his desire to demand Japan open its markets more than the extent agreed under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
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8-Oct-2018 Idaho State Journal
NAFTA by any other name is still NAFTA
Is USMCA “brand new”? Or is it simply Reagan/Bush/Clinton’s NAFTA with a heavy dose of President Obama’s TPP thrown in the mix, just a rose by another name?
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5-Oct-2018 Washington Post
Why Europeans may not want a US trade deal
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.
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4-Oct-2018 Washington Post
Big oil and gas companies are winners in Trump’s new trade deal
The oil business persuaded the White House to keep a number of features of the old NAFTA, including provisions that help protect US oil companies’ investments abroad and allow for tax-free transport of raw and refined products across borders.
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3-Oct-2018 Reuters
Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deal with Canada, Mexico
China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries.
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2-Oct-2018 Nodal
El mito del Libre Mercado y del Libre Comercio
En los últimos años pareciera que los cambios en la economía mundial son cada vez más acelerados. Asistimos a un proceso de reordenación ya que, la potencia hegemónica surgida en el siglo XX, ve peligrar su posición y modifica sustancialmente su metodología de inserción internacional.
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1-Oct-2018 Métro
ALÉNA: des concessions sur la gestion de l’offre
Le Canada a ouvert une brèche dans la gestion de l’offre similaire à celle qui avait été accordée dans le Partenariat transpacifique pour conclure les négociations de l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain
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1-Oct-2018 CBC
Canada, US have reached a NAFTA deal - now called the USMCA
Canada and the U.S. have announced a tentative new trilateral trade deal with Mexico that includes some key concessions on issues of import to both countries — and also a reworked name: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
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28-Sep-2018 TeleSur
From Quito: Pablo Fajardo & Donald Moncayo
Pablo Fajardo, the lead lawyer for the communities who have been fighting for 25 years for compensation for the severe pollution in the amazon region, and Donald Moncayo, one of the coordinators of the organization that has led this campaign talk about the Chevron case.
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27-Sep-2018 Reuters
How Trump split Mexico and Canada in NAFTA talks
The Mexican president-elect agreed to the US president’s request for a bilateral agreement while Canadian officials believe Mexico gave up too much in the deal.
