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Cheese is the beef as EU-Mexico trade talks resume
9-Jan-2018 France 24
The EU and Mexico resumed talks aimed at sealing a new version of their 18-year-old trade deal, a project that has hit several snags — including the touchy issue of cheese.
Europe and Mercosur scheduled to resume trade negotiations this month
8-Jan-2018 MercoPress
The European Commission and Mercosur are planning to resume negotiations to reach a new Association Agreement this January.
EU trade in 2018: A preview
8-Jan-2018 Euractiv
The year 2018 will offer a very narrow window of opportunity to bring key EU trade policy files forward.
Europe reaps Canada’s wheat belt
8-Jan-2018 Maersk
A new trade agreement between the EU and Canada is expected to increase bilateral trade by USD 14 billion.
Japan wheat market to tighten
4-Jan-2018 The Progressive Farmer
US wheat growers are likely to lose some market share in Japan in the coming years because of a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, and the newly constituted Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new USDA report warns.
EU-China investment agreement: report of the 16th round of negotiations
22-Dec-2017 European Commission
The 16th round of the EU-China investment agreement negotiations took place in Brussels from the 12th to the 15th of December 2017.
Joint statement by European NGOs: No EU trade agreement with Mexico without ex-ante sustainability impact assessment!
22-Dec-2017 OMCT
Given the catastrophic human rights situation, enormous social inequality and persistently high levels of poverty in Mexico the question of the social, human rights and environmental impact of the "modernization" of the EU-Mexico Trade Agreement is of paramount importance.
EU and Mexico fail to conclude political agreement on trade deal
21-Dec-2017 Euractiv
Despite having spent three days in Brussels, Mexican economy minister Ildefonso Guajardo hasn’t managed to break the deadlock over the contentious outstanding issues.
EU-Mercosur trade agreement: A bad deal for transparency, policy coherence and access to medicines
20-Dec-2017 Health Action International
Negotiations are now nearing completion and there are increasing concerns among public health advocates, patient and consumer organisations, and other stakeholders, both in Europe and the Americas.
EU and Kyrgyzstan launch negotiations for new agreement
20-Dec-2017 Trend
It is expected that the new agreement will focus on political cooperation, trade and investment relations, economic cooperation in support of sustainable development, and other aspects of bilateral relations.
The urgent clarification of import duties applied in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana related to their interim EPAs
19-Dec-2017 SOL
What will happen if the regional EPA of West Africa is never finalized?
Ross: US still open to TTIP
19-Dec-2017 Global Trade
Several hurdles ahead before agreement can be reached.
EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate
19-Dec-2017 Mongabay
The emphasis on production and international consumption could greatly increase the need for agricultural land in Latin America, and result in a major increase in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and Argentine Chaco.
EU free trade talks put on fast track
15-Dec-2017 Bangkok Post
Thai delegation heads to Europe next year.
Mexico sees possible EU trade deal as NAFTA talks drag on
14-Dec-2017 Reuters
Mexico and the EU have reached agreements on areas like e-commerce, but agricultural market access and product origin labeling remain significant sticking points.
EU’s Barnier rules out full EU-UK trade pact in time for Brexit
13-Dec-2017 Reuters
There is “no possibility” that Britain and the European Union can conclude a free trade agreement by the time Britain leaves in March 2019, EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barner said.
MEPs overwhelmingly ratify EU-Kazakhstan landmark partnership agreement
13-Dec-2017 Euractiv
MEPs approved a landmark partnership deal with Kazakhstan, the EU’s first Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with a Central Asian country.
What the European-Union Mercosur trade agreement means for copyright
13-Dec-2017 Public Knowledge
Many of the intellectual property provisions raised by the European Union in this agreement are bad for internet users.
EU stalls on new Mercosur trade offers, delaying deal: source
13-Dec-2017 Reuters
Trade talks between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc will likely extend into next year after European negotiators said they needed more time to respond to improved offers.
EU to restore full political contacts with Thailand
12-Dec-2017 Bangkok Post
The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union agreed to gradually resume all political re-engagement with Thailand and to possibly restart free trade talks.