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Hog farmers oppose pork free trade deal with US
30-Oct-2018 Business World
The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. said it opposes free trade in pork products between the Philippines and the US after the US hog industry expressed interest in expanding its footprint in the Philippines.
US pork industry backs free trade deal with PHL
29-Oct-2018 Business World
The US National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) said that it hopes Washington will conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Philippines, which it views as a priority market.
USTR to hold hearing in Dec. on trade talks with Japan
29-Oct-2018 The Mainichi
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer suggested President Donald Trump’s administration will push Japan to address tariff and nontariff barriers in sectors such as automobiles, agriculture and services.
Liberals should consistently fight trade deals that let corporations sue Canada
21-Oct-2018 Huffington Post
Investor-state dispute settlement was tempered in the USMCA, but the government needs to justify why it persists asking for it in other agreements.
Challenging the far right’s nationalist opposition to free trade deals
20-Oct-2018 Rabble.ca
Extreme right-wing, anti-immigration and Islamophobic parties tend to oppose so-called "free trade" agreements.
Lack of convergence, FTA hurdles to plague any US-India trade deal: Report
17-Oct-2018 Business Standard
Any US-India bilateral trade deal as mentioned by President Donald Trump will encounter challenges given the lack of convergence between the two sides on trade issues and their different approach to free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, according to a research paper released by a Singaporean think-tank.
US to open trade talks with Japan, EU, UK
16-Oct-2018 The Hill
The Trump administration has notified Congress of its intent to negotiate three separate trade deals with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
Philippines, US to discuss free trade agreement in November
15-Oct-2018 Arab News
The agreement, if inked, will be the second such US engagement in with an ASEAN-member nation, the first being with Singapore.
US to seek currency chapters in trade talks with Japan, others: Mnuchin
14-Oct-2018 Reuters
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says that Washington wants to include a provision to deter currency manipulation in future trade deals, including with Japan, based on the currency chapter in the new deal to revamp NAFTA.
China-US trade war gives impetus to conclude RCEP talks early: Malaysia
13-Oct-2018 Singapore Straits-Times
The ongoing trade tension between China and the United States has provided the impetus for an early conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), said Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Ministry.
Gov’t submits bill on ratification of KORUS FTA to parliament
12-Oct-2018 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea’s trade ministry said Friday it has submitted a bill on ratifying the revised free trade agreement with the United States to parliament, the final domestic procedure needed for its implementation.
EU-US engagement on regulatory issues
12-Oct-2018
Leaked from the European Commission
Philippines and US aim to announce free trade talks in November
11-Oct-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
The talks are part of US President Donald Trump’s strategy to pursue bilateral rather than multilateral trade agreements to let Washington secure the best possible deal.
US may push Japan, EU not to strike trade deals with China: Ross
8-Oct-2018 The Mainichi
The "poison pill" provision to deter trade deals with China in the new US trade agreement with Canada and Mexico may be replicated in future US trade pacts, such as those with Japan and the European Union.
US farm chief wants ‘TPP-plus trade deal’
8-Oct-2018 Japan News
US Agriculture Secretary indicated his desire to demand Japan open its markets more than the extent agreed under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
NAFTA by any other name is still NAFTA
8-Oct-2018 Idaho State Journal
Is USMCA “brand new”? Or is it simply Reagan/Bush/Clinton’s NAFTA with a heavy dose of President Obama’s TPP thrown in the mix, just a rose by another name?
Why Europeans may not want a US trade deal
5-Oct-2018 Washington Post
The opposition to TTIP suggests that a simple choice between “protectionism” and “free trade” fails to capture the nuances of the European debate on trade.
Big oil and gas companies are winners in Trump’s new trade deal
4-Oct-2018 Washington Post
The oil business persuaded the White House to keep a number of features of the old NAFTA, including provisions that help protect US oil companies’ investments abroad and allow for tax-free transport of raw and refined products across borders.
Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deal with Canada, Mexico
3-Oct-2018 Reuters
China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries.
Canada, US have reached a NAFTA deal - now called the USMCA
1-Oct-2018 CBC
Canada and the U.S. have announced a tentative new trilateral trade deal with Mexico that includes some key concessions on issues of import to both countries — and also a reworked name: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).