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Feeding obesity in Trump’s new NAFTA
3-Apr-2018 Bangor Daily News
This anti-labeling policy is unnecessary and inappropriate in a trade agreement, and it’s downright dangerous for our nation’s health.
EU sours on reviving trade-pact push with US amid tariffs row
3-Apr-2018 Bloomberg
Brussels seeks ‘dialog’ with Washington on global metals glut. Europe is skeptical of Trump’s interest in any broad accord.
Why intellectual property laws aren’t worth defending
3-Apr-2018 The Week
By treating IP laws as just another football in the America vs. China rivalry, Trump misses the way elites in both countries can use malformed trade policy to undercut workers in both countries.
Japan may be forced into bilateral trade deal with US: ex-IMF exec
2-Apr-2018 Japan Today
Japan will have little choice but to enter into a bilateral trade deal with the United States similar to one President Donald Trump clinched with South Korea, a former top Japanese currency diplomat said.
USTR sees FTA with PH first step in As-Pac strategy
30-Mar-2018 Manila Bulletin
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has looked that having a free trade agreement with the Philippines is a reasonable first step in their strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
Trump says could ’hold up’ Korea trade deal for N.K. issue
30-Mar-2018 Yonhap
US President Donald Trump threatened to "hold up" a renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea until he gets the results he wants with North Korea.
Trump willing to reopen TTIP amid EU-US trade spat, Ross says
30-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
President Donald Trump is willing to reopen negotiations with the European Union over the stalled Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which stalled following his election.
Japan’s Aso rules out bilateral trade deal with US
29-Mar-2018 Reuters
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso ruled out the chance of opening up talks for a bilateral trade deal with the United States, stressing that such a deal would do no good to his country.
Canada rejects US food packaging proposals in NAFTA talks
29-Mar-2018 Tele Trader
Canada’s chief representative stated that the proposals regarding food packaging brought up by the United States are not acceptable to his country, which wants to retain the ability to put warning labels on junk food to combat obesity.
Why Trump’s ’predatory’ plan to exploit Brexit makes a US-UK trade deal almost impossible
29-Mar-2018 Business Insider
The Trump administration will seek to exploit the UK’s weakness after Brexit, making a quick and beneficial trade deal almost impossible for Theresa May to achieve.
Vietnam leader calls for US to rejoin expanded TPP
28-Mar-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wants to expand a renewed version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to include the US and other countries to drive global economic growth and fight the rising tide of protectionism.
US- South Korea trade pact revision is full of holes
28-Mar-2018 Forbes
Amidst all the hoopla about President Trump’s plan to impose punitive tariffs on China, his administration has reached a deal with South Korea on a revision of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, known as KORUS.
Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) increased caloric intake in Canada
27-Mar-2018 Eurekalert
New study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates these changes corresponded with increased US exports and investment in the Canadian food and beverage sector.
South Korea carmakers want level playing field after FTA revision
26-Mar-2018 Yonhap News Agency
South Korean carmakers on Monday called on the government to create a level playing field by easing regulations for them as well after the current trade pact between Seoul and Washington was tentatively revised in favor of US carmakers.
SKorea to open auto market wider to US in revised trade deal
26-Mar-2018 Sacramento Bee
South Korea has agreed to further open its auto market to the United States as the two countries prepare to amend their six-year-old trade agreement.
An example of regulatory chill
24-Mar-2018 Sold down the Yangtze
The case of Ethyl v. Canada.
US seeks bilateral FTA with Japan
22-Mar-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Trade representatives suggests Washington wants to start talks after Tokyo finalizes TPP.
Lobbyists want to use Nafta to fast-track Trump’s agenda
22-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
Lobbyists in Washington are using the deal’s rewrite to advance a broad legislative agenda making it easier for US companies to build factories, move cargo and export coal.
US weighs Nafta telecom proposal to end AT&T impasse
19-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
Trump’s negotiators had sought to pen in Mexican regulations. Mexico countered with trilateral plan to promote competition.
Leveraging FTA with steel tariff: Will US tariffs on S.Korean steel be canceled?
19-Mar-2018 Business Korea
South Korean negotiators, including Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong, are going to stay in Washington D.C. for negotiations regarding steel tariffs.