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Foreign investors may take Korea’s mobile fee cut to ISD settlement
30-Aug-2017 The Investor
Foreign investors are making increasing inquiries about possible losses to their investment in South Korean telecom companies, three days before the carriers are to decide on whether to file a lawsuit against the government’s fee cut plan, industry sources said on Aug. 28.
AmCham Singapore voices support for TPP-11
25-Aug-2017 AmCham Singapore
AmCham Singapore urges the eleven members of the TPP to reach a successful conclusion to ongoing deliberations and implement the agreement as soon as possible, as it is "supportive of US businesses"
Pharmaceutical prices, intellectual property rights emerge as key issues in KORUS FTA discussions
24-Aug-2017 Hankyoreh
Through the KORUS revision, the US is openly seeking to bridge its trade deficit with Korea by renegotiating specific terms for individual product categories.
S.Korea trade minister says no agreement at talks with US on FTA
22-Aug-2017 Reuters
South Korea’s trade minister said on Tuesday at the conclusion of trade talks with the United States that the two sides failed to reach agreement on how to move forward on discussions over the possibility of amending the five-year-old free trade deal.
Trump’s penchant for deal-making evident in push to renegotiate KORUS
21-Aug-2017 Hankyoreh
The Moon administration needs to stand up to Trump with the confidence of a party ready to accept termination of the agreement, writes The Hankyoreh
USTR raises concerns about Japan’s safeguard tariffs on US beef
19-Aug-2017 Japan Times
U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer and Japanese Foreign Minister Kono agreed to accelerate bilateral discussions as a way of strengthening free and “fair” trade
US, South Korea to start talks Tuesday in Seoul on trade pact
18-Aug-2017 Reuters
The United States plans to start negotiations with South Korea in Seoul on amending a five-year-old free trade agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said.
NAFTA negotiations: energy clause unites Canadian critics across the political spectrum
17-Aug-2017 Global News
As NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin, an old trade issue with a strange name has emerged to create unlikely allies across the political spectrum and staunch defenders in the oilpatch.
NAFTA renegotiation talks arrive amid diverging interests, neoliberal goals
16-Aug-2017 Tele Sur
As Mexico, Canada and the U.S. head into potentially thorny talks, critics say that banks and multinationals will be first to reap the benefits.
US to keep negotiating texts ‘classified’
16-Aug-2017 Politico
The first USTR official said the negotiating texts will not be released to the public because they are “classified” documents. That’s consistent with past negotiations, but will give critics ammunition to complain the deal is being negotiated in secret.
Trump’s racist agenda is not fair trade
15-Aug-2017 IATP
This system of dominance, already codified in NAFTA, is the system the Trump administration intends to preserve and strengthen in a new NAFTA. That new NAFTA will guarantee a strong foothold for structural racism.
US examines food standards
15-Aug-2017 Khmer Times
The United States, one of the Cambodia’s key trading partners, is going to assess sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards in Cambodia, opening up the opportunity for Cambodian agricultural products to be exported to the US.
Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism
15-Aug-2017 Reuters
Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA, suggesting it could walk away if the United States pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal.
Africa-US AGOA trade talks end with no decision, waning enthusiasm
12-Aug-2017 Reuters
It is not clear whether the U.S. wants to change the AGOA deal before it expires in 2025 or extend it further - no decision was made on either count.
Food is at the center of US-UK trade concerns
11-Aug-2017 WBFO
Since it has been a member of the European Union, Britain has ratcheted up its standards. There’s a Europeanization of culinary culture. And we’re going to see whether it becomes the McDonaldization of culture.
US reaches out to Cambodia under TIFA
10-Aug-2017 Politico
The Trump administration is continuing its outreach to Asia-Pacific countries, with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel sitting down with Cambodian officials.
Lighthizer pushes for ‘greater reciprocity’ with AGOA nations
10-Aug-2017 Politico
A more balanced trading relationship is vital in order to maintain support in Congress for AGOA, which allows for duty-free treatment of goods from eligible Sub-Saharan African countries, Lighthizer said.
Business groups to the administration: Keep ISDS in NAFTA
10-Aug-2017 Politico
More than 100 U.S. business groups and associations are pushing the Trump administration to not only preserve investor-state dispute settlement and related provisions in an updated NAFTA agreement but to also strengthen them to further protect intellectual property and interests.
Canada v Mexico: Trump seeks to divide and conquer in Nafta negotiations
8-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Both countries are scrambling to best handle a president who ranks among the more unpredictable elements of the upcoming negotiations.
Trump administration’s Africa policy in focus at AGOA trade talks
8-Aug-2017 Reuters
With the Trump administration’s trade agenda focused on reining in China and renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement, Africa has barely appeared on the radar screen.