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Taiwan eyes ’important role’ in alternative Asian sphere of influence
14-Dec-2017 Nikkei
Mainland affairs minister intrigued by Trump references to ’Indo-Pacific’.
Trump and GOP tax cut is handing corporations like Ford a giant incentive to move offshore
13-Dec-2017 Alternet
Giant corporations got what they wanted out of Republicans on taxes, now they’re lobbying the Trump administration hard to retain their NAFTA privileges.
Globalisation: time to look at historic mistakes to plot the future
13-Dec-2017 The Guardian
Trade deals were hammered out in secret by multinationals at the expense of workers and citizens. Benefits must be shared if the global economy is to work.
KORUS FTA having negative impact on South Korean agriculture
12-Dec-2017 Hankyoreh
The damage to the overall agricultural sector during the five years since the KORUS FTA took effect has been “broad and deep” across nearly all products.
United States and Egypt agree to further trade cooperation
6-Dec-2017 MENAFN
The United States and Egypt discussed ways to further expand fair and reciprocal trade and investment between the two countries.
ConocoPhillips and the Republic of Ecuador agree to settlement of ICSID award
4-Dec-2017 The Financial
Under the terms of the agreement, ConocoPhillips will recover a total of $337 million from Ecuador.
Agriculture remains hot button issue at 2nd FTA public hearing
1-Dec-2017 Korea Herald
Some representatives of the farming sectors urged the Seoul government to refuse Washington’s demands to further open up the market.
Follow-up talks on PH-US free trade held in Washington
1-Dec-2017 Inquirer
A wide-ranging meeting held November 29 between trade representatives of the Philippines and the United States covered economic issues including a bilateral free trade agreement.
The US-Mexico wage gap is actually widening under Nafta
29-Nov-2017 Bloomberg
Trade was supposed to kickstart Mexico’s economy. It hasn’t. Stagnation fuels Trump’s anger, leaves Mexicans eyeing change
TIFA talks unlikely this year: minister
28-Nov-2017 Taipei Times
Even if vacant posts in Washington are filled and quickly approved, it would take time to process the appointments, Minister Without Portfolio John Deng said.
A Belt and Road for the Americas?
24-Nov-2017 Project Syndicate
As Canada, Mexico, and the United States focus on the next round of negotiations on NAFTA, governments in the rest of the Americas are grappling with a more fundamental question about trade. Who will be their dominant trade partner in the future: the US, Europe, or China?
Australia emphasises relationship with NZ in trade plans
24-Nov-2017 Scoop
Australia has reiterated the importance of New Zealand to its foreign policy direction with particular emphasis on the role it sees New Zealand playing in its economic engagement with Pacific island countries.
White paper not real on rules
24-Nov-2017 Policy Forum
The conflict between ‘rules-based’ and ‘US-centred’ in Australia’s new foreign policy road map
Farmers call on Korea to push back on US FTA
23-Nov-2017 Korea Joongang
Korean farmers expressed concern about potential revisions to the Korea-US free trade agreement, arguing that opening up the market to American imports, especially beef and fruit, would harm the local industry.
Any Trump NAFTA withdrawal faces stiff court challenge: legal experts
22-Nov-2017 Reuters
The constitutional and statutory authority for who can terminate the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement - Trump or the US Congress - is deeply disputed.
NAFTA: Summary of US objectives for the renegotiation (Nov 2017)
22-Nov-2017 Office of the US Trade Representative
As published by the Office of the US Trade Representative
NAFTA: US-grown corn threatens Mexican crop heritage
20-Nov-2017 Al Jazeera
Mexicans are concerned that cheap US imports are destroying Mexico’s cultural relationship with its traditional maize varieties.
US auto parts to be key issue at bilateral FTA talks
19-Nov-2017 Yonhap
US auto parts are expected to be a key issue in the upcoming renegotiation for the bilateral free trade pact between Seoul and Washington.
An upgraded TIFA paves the way for higher economic engagement between the US and Malaysia
17-Nov-2017 New Straits Times
An upgraded Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) version, to the level of a bilateral free trade agreement, will pave the way for higher economic engagement between the US and Malaysia, said official
The new geopolitics of trade in Asia
17-Nov-2017 Brooking
The APEC Leaders’ summit meeting, which took place in Danang, Vietnam, crystallized the new geopolitics of trade in Asia.