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EU-Mercosur FTA: 10 draft chapters (July 2018)
29-Aug-2018
Investment protection in EU Vietnam FTA
28-Aug-2018 Vietnam Briefing
Vietnam and the EU have concluded their discussions on an Investment Protection Agreement, which they decided to keep it separate from their free trade agreement.
EU-Mercosur deal still faces farm and auto hurdles, Brazil says
28-Aug-2018 Euractiv
Negotiators of a free trade deal between the European Union and South American bloc Mercosur want to wrap up by September, but differences over beef, sugar and the auto industry could dash those hopes.
US wants quick progress on EU trade issues, officials say
28-Aug-2018 Euractiv
Washington is pressing the European Union to speed up trade negotiations launched after the meeting between US President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
Europeans unhappy about SA’s duties on chicken
23-Aug-2018 Business Day
European chicken producers are miffed by South Africa’s decision to impose import duties on their exports, which goes against the spirit of the EPA [economic partnership agreement].
United for a strong movement against JEFTA
21-Aug-2018 Lobby Control
Let’s build a movement against the EU-Japan trade agrement together.
Why CETA is no better
20-Aug-2018 New Internationalist
CETA is not ‘just’ a trade deal. It is about empowering corporations, undermining sensible regulations and locking in privatization.
Chicken woman has a lesson on fowl play for SA
16-Aug-2018 IOL
The EU threatens now and again to force Cameroon to open its markets, given its status as a signatory to the Economic Partnership Agreement.
The Gambia signs the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement between West Africa and the EU
13-Aug-2018 European Commission
The Gambia became the 14th West African country to have signed the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU.
EU-Canada (CETA) - Revised draft decisions on the appellate tribunal, the code of conduct and the rules for mediation for the implementation of the Investment Court System (EU proposal, July 2018)
10-Aug-2018
EU-Africa free trade will create more imbalances, say critics
9-Aug-2018 Deutsch Welle
Germany’s development minister has sparked a debate by calling for EU tariffs to be waived on African goods. Critics question whether import duties are really the issue, or are there other barriers to trade?
US and EU begin laying the groundwork for a trade agreement
9-Aug-2018 CNBC
The US State Department instructs EU embassies to source trade deliverables. The EU delegation is planning a late-August trip to Washington.
EU hopes to use prior trade negotiations in new talks with US
8-Aug-2018 BNA
The EU’s reasoning is that it wouldn’t make sense to throw out all the previous work done on regulatory cooperation and start anew, EU sources said.
Trade negotiations: Geo-economics and geopolitics
8-Aug-2018 International Affairs
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool.
EU-Eastern and Southern Africa EPA faces collapse
7-Aug-2018 The Southern Times
Although ESA says it is committed to the full EPA process with EU, the bloc accuses the EU of dragging its feet and rather preferring to enter into EPAs with individual African states outside the collective economic integration framework.
EU-New Zealand FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Australia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Tunisia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Five red flags for food, farming and fair trade under the UK’s new Brexit plan
6-Aug-2018 IATP
“Brexit” presents a number of significant risks to the future of sustainable food and agriculture in both the UK and the EU.
Concerns over Việt Nam-EU FTA signing
2-Aug-2018 VNS
Việt Nam still needs to ratify - or commit to ratify - three conventions among eight core conventions of the International Labour Organisation required for the approval of the EVFTA by the EU