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11-Jun-2019 Japan Times
Japan and US officials hold talks to advance trade negotiations
Officials from Japan and the United States started a two-day meeting Monday in Washington to advance negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement.
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5-Jun-2019 VOA
Trump veut un accord de libre-échange avec Londres après le Brexit
Le président américain Donald Trump, qui effectue une visite d’Etat de trois jours au Royaume-Uni, a assuré à Londres que tout est "sur la table" dans la future négociation post-Brexit pour un accord de libre-échange entre les Etats-Unis et la Grande-Bretagne.
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1-Jun-2019 Le Monde
Donald Trump jette le trouble sur les relations avec le Mexique
Confronté à des arrivées massives de clandestins, le président des Etats-Unis a décidé d’imposer des taxes punitives sur tous les produits importés, ce qui constitue une menace imprévue pour l’accord de libre-échange conclu avec le Mexique et le Canada.
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1-Jun-2019 CNBC
Trump may ‘end up torpedoing’ the new NAFTA after threatening Mexico with a costly tariff
President Trump says an additional tariff on Mexican goods would address a “border crisis” that resulted in America being “invaded by hundreds of thousands of people.”
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29-May-2019 Nevada Capital News
Trans-local mining activism connects Nevada and Guatemala in growing movement of resource nationalism
In December of 2018, KCA filed a $300 million-dollar arbitration claim against the government of Guatemala under CAFTA-DR.
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27-May-2019 Japan Times
Japanese trade chief Motegi hold talks with his US counterpart, Lighthizer, in Tokyo ahead of Abe-Trump summit
The Japanese and US trade chiefs met in an attempt to advance talks on a bilateral deal but the two sides still remain at odds.
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27-May-2019 GRBJ
Agribusiness leaders anxious for trade ratification
The Agricultural Leaders of Michigan voiced concern after the three countries announced the agreement eight months ago, but they’ve yet to ratify it. The group is made up of a coalition of agricultural, commodity and agribusiness leaders.
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27-May-2019 The Globe and Mail
The new Canada-US trade relationship looks like the old one – and that’s a victory
Canada finished the renegotiation of NAFTA. It was touch-and-go at times, with Mexico City and Washington at one point cutting Ottawa out of the loop, but the deal ultimately reached wasn’t far off the NAFTA status quo.
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25-May-2019 IATP
Japanese and US food and farm organizations urge halt to trade talks that undermine rural livelihoods and food sovereignty
We urge the complete halt of US-Japan trade negotiations that undermine the livelihoods of family farmers and the sovereignty of rural communities in our two countries.
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25-May-2019 IATP
Climate change, CAFTA and forced migration
Climate change and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have destabilized the economies and lives of many in Central America and are driving migration.
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24-May-2019 Foreign Brief
US trade representative heads to Japan for free trade deal discussions
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will hold talks with Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo today that will focus on a future bilateral free trade deal.
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23-May-2019 Bloomberg
EU says US, focusing on China, not ready for trade talks
The US and EU are set to begin talks on reducing tariffs but the Trump administraion is focused on China, EU’s chief trade negotiator says.
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23-May-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
US-Japan trade talks hit pothole on auto duties
Trump’s threat to raise tariffs 25% looms over the negotiations.
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22-May-2019 IATP
New report: Secret regulatory talks threaten public protections
Regulatory cooperation has provided a forum for multinational business interests to influence government regulators in secretive committees that largely exclude consumer, environmental and other civil society representatives.
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22-May-2019 Conseil fédéral (Gouvernement suisse)
Le Conseil fédéral approuve le message sur l’accord de libre-échange avec l’Indonésie
Le Conseil fédéral a approuvé le message concernant l’accord de libre-échange de large portée conclu entre les États de l’Association européenne de libre-échange (AELE) et l’Indonésie, et l’a transmis aux Chambres fédérales pour adoption.
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20-May-2019 Las 2 Orillas
Colombia: 7 años de mala suerte con Estados Unidos
Los atroces resultados sobre el Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos que han intentado ocultar y maquillar, corresponden a un pésimo negocio advertido desde el inicio
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17-May-2019 Reuters
Trump open to talks on US-Swiss free trade deal: Swiss president
US President Donald Trump is keen to advance talks with Switzerland on a free trade deal, Swiss President Ueli Maurer said after the first visit by a Swiss president to the Oval Office.
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17-May-2019 Bloomberg
Trump mulls 6-month window for EU, Japan to curb auto sales
US position would add pressure on Japan during trade talks
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13-May-2019 Sun Journal
Sharon Treat: Mainers right to be skeptical that USMCA will fix farmers’ woes
The new NAFTA checks in at nearly 2,000 pages, with corporate giveaways larded throughout that directly impinge on state and federal authority to protect the public.
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10-May-2019 Reuters
How US-China talks differ from any other trade deal
The Trump administration imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods to try to force changes in China’s trade, subsidy and intellectual property practices.
