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EU wants gender chapter included in Chile trade deal update
22-Jun-2017 EurActiv
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström wants to include a chapter on gender equality in an update to the bloc’s trade deal with Chile, which is due to be negotiated soon.
India-EU free trade agreement: State of play and way forward
21-Jun-2017 Lexology
Recent events including the ongoing Brexit negotiations and the termination of investment treaties might however have a direct impact on the trade deal and one can expect negotiations to resume in the near future.
Japan eyes opening procurement bidding, lowering tariffs as EU trade pact bargaining chip
21-Jun-2017 Japan News
Tokyo is considering opening up bidding for local university and hospital projects to European companies.
European Union - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Outline of ambition and scope of future negotiations
20-Jun-2017 New Zealand Foreign Affairs & Trade
The scoping discussions covered, at a high level, the shared ambition for some key issues often addressed in trade negotiations.
Japan working to eliminate tariffs on wine from European Union
19-Jun-2017 Japan News
The government is making arrangements to eliminate import tariffs on wine produced in European Union countries, including France and Italy, in the Japan-EU economic partnership agreement negotiations.
Japan set to slash tariffs on EU pasta
19-Jun-2017 Japan News
The government is making arrangements to accept a substantial tariff cut on pasta made in the European Union, such as spaghetti, in Japan-EU economic partnership agreement negotiations.
Govt mulls opening railway market to EU
19-Jun-2017 Japan News
The government is considering opening part of Japan’s railway market to overseas companies based in Europe in the negotiations for an economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
Interview with Yvonne Takang
16-Jun-2017 bilaterals.org
Yvonne Takang has been campaigning and lobbying against Economic Partnership Agreements in Cameroon at the Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collectifs
EU leans toward big concession on autoparts trade with Japan
16-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Brussels wants Japanese farm products on the chopping board in return.
Canada may not celebrate CETA provisional implementation on July 1, 2017
15-Jun-2017 Mondaq
Canada has passed a statute but still must implement the necessary regulations and establish governmental processes required to implement the Canada-EU CETA.
New Zealand aims for high level free trade with Europe
15-Jun-2017 Fresh Plaza
The New Zealand Government has set a target of having 90 per cent of goods traded with the European Union covered by a free trade agreement by 2030.
ETUC resolution for an EU progressive trade and investment policy
14-Jun-2017 S2B
The European Trade Union Confederation calls for a progressive European trade and investment policy with at its core the creation of decent jobs, the protection of fundamental rights and the interests of workers.
Canada-EU trade deal’s July 1 target threatened by new cheese dispute
14-Jun-2017 CBC
Europeans upset at how Canada will allocate import quota for new EU products.
EU will resume FTA talks with Malaysia this year
14-Jun-2017 The Borneo Post
The stalled Malaysia-European Union (EU) Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) talks will be resumed sooner, said EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Malaysia.
Japan weighs low-tariff import quota for European butter in EPA talks
14-Jun-2017 Japan Times
Japan is considering proposing a low-tariff import quota for European butter and powdered skim milk to strike an economic partnership agreement for free trade with the European Union.
CETA could cause $1.5 billion in losses for Quebec cheesemakers, UPA says
14-Jun-2017 Montreal Gazette
Quebec cheesemakers face $1.5 billion in losses due to new tariff rules that accompany a trade agreement between Canada and Europe, according to the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA).
EU, Japan launch big push to seal trade deal by July
14-Jun-2017 Politico
Diplomats say the priority is to convene a leaders’ summit before the G20 in Hamburg on July 7.
Japan weighs lower tariff on EU pork for trade deal
13-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Move would cut levy to same level agreed on in TPP.
Brazilian meat industry corruption raises Mercosur concerns
13-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
A two-year investigation found evidence some meat-processing plants in Brazil had been selling rotten beef and poultry on to the export market by bribing health inspectors and politicians to get the necessary paperwork.
EU-Japan trade deal learns nothing from ‘TTIP mistakes’
12-Jun-2017 EurActiv
The European Commission is negotiating a free trade deal with Japan behind closed doors. Critics complain that Brussels has learned nothing from the controversy surrounding CETA and TTIP.