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‘This deal will make me look terrible’: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia
7-Aug-2017 Washington Post
Transcripts of two conversations President Trump had with foreign leaders: one with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and another with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
NAFTA schedule: A cabinet dinner to launch seven rounds of trade talks
4-Aug-2017 National Post
A high-level dinner of cabinet members from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will mark the start of NAFTA negotiations, followed by a seven-course diet of negotiating rounds crammed in rapid succession.
NAFTA parties prepare for August negotiations launch in Washington
3-Aug-2017 ICTSD
Canada, Mexico, and the United States are preparing for the formal launch of negotiations to upgrade the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
US dairy ramps up fight against EU food name protection
3-Aug-2017 Agri Pulse
The U.S. dairy sector is fighting harder than ever on several fronts to halt the European Union’s global efforts to block cheese producers in other countries from using names like Roquefort, Asiago and Gorgonzola on the products they export.
The return of the chlorinated chicken
1-Aug-2017 EU Observer
Britain’s international trade minister who wants to stitch up a deal with the US thinks that the ‘chlorinated chicken’ debate is an insignificant detail and the latest example of unpatriotic treachery by a hostile media.
Japan’s beef tariff increase may spark trade war
31-Jul-2017 Hoosier Ag Today
The US National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the increased tariff on beef imports to Japan underscores the “urgent need” for a bilateral trade agreement between Japan and the United States.
Japan ups tariffs on US beef, giving Aussie meat the edge
28-Jul-2017 ABC Rural
Australia’s beef industry has been buoyed today by news that Japan is likely to announce it will dramatically increase tariffs on US beef imports.
ANALYSIS—Europe seeks to set global trade rules after Trump steps back
27-Jul-2017 Reuters
The EU now has much of Asia and Latin America in its sights for trade treaties, while a far-reaching pact with Canada will already enter force in September.
S Korea suggests US carry out joint study on FTA’s economic effect
26-Jul-2017 Yonhap
South Korea suggested the United States carry out a joint study on the economic impact of the Seoul-Washington free trade agreement before starting talks on its amendment, Seoul’s trade ministry here said Tuesday.
UK will not accept chlorinated chicken to secure US trade deal - minister
26-Jul-2017 Reuters
"We are not going to dilute our high animal welfare standards or our high environmental standards in pursuit of any trade deal", the environment minister Michael Gove said after his trade counterpart Liam Fox was criticised for dismissing the issue
UK’s animal welfare standards ’threatened by post-Brexit trade deals’
25-Jul-2017 The Guardian
House of Lords report warns farmers will be pressured by imports from countries that use cheaper methods to produce food
The US can now ship rice to China for the first time
21-Jul-2017 Bloomberg
The rice deal comes just a month after China reopened its market to US beef imports for the first time in more than a decade and is the latest in a flurry of trade negotiations between the nations. China is also approving more biotech products and increasing US natural gas imports.
US, China fail to agree on trade issues, casting doubt on other issues
21-Jul-2017 Reuters
The United States and China failed on Wednesday to agree on major new steps to reduce the US trade deficit with China, casting doubt over President Trump’s economic and security relations with Beijing.
Agriculture minister says no to FTA changes on rice imports
20-Jul-2017 Korea Herald
South Korea says it will not concede to any demand for an increase in rice imports from the US, and will try to reduce them, when talks begin regarding modifications to the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement.
Moon promises to consult with Assembly on US FTA
19-Jul-2017 Korea Times
Korea’s President Moon Jae-in insists that Washington’s request should be understood as "revision or modification," not a "renegotiation" of the agreement
What’s at stake at China-US Comprehensive Economic Dialogue?
18-Jul-2017 Xinhua
Experts said the upcoming dialogue will be a good chance for negotiation on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
U.S. outlines NAFTA objectives, includes currency provision
18-Jul-2017 Reuters
The United States outlined a tough negotiating strategy for revising the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
Summary of objectives for the NAFTA renegotiation
18-Jul-2017 Office of the United States Trade Representative
Released by the Office of the United States Trade Representative
US, Malaysia set to pursue bilateral trade talks
18-Jul-2017 Free Malaysia Today
Both nations will establish working groups to address trade matters that include labour, intellectual property and the environment.
Trading health through IPR, patents
17-Jul-2017 Deccan Herald
Trade agreements between countries have a perceivable impact on access to medicines as a result of changes in patent and other national laws in different countries.