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RCEP concessions: Government undertaking ‘sensitivity analysis’ of import duties

27-Sep-2016 Financial Express

The ministries of commerce and finance are undertaking a “sensitivity analysis” of import duties on products that are crucial to revenue collection of the government

Cameroon goes it alone with controversial EU trade deal, angers regional partners

27-Sep-2016 African Arguments

Many in Cameroon and the wider region worry that the unilateral signing of an Economic Partnership Agreement was a bad decision.

PH to engage Mexico in trade talks

27-Sep-2016 Inquirer

The Philippines is eyeing to forge a free trade agreement with Mexico to further deepen the bilateral trade and investment ties between the two countries.

TTIP: Negotiations ‘in the void’

27-Sep-2016 EurActiv

Negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are forging ahead, despite opposition from a number of countries.

40 years ago, this Chilean exile warned us about the shock doctrine. Then he was assassinated.

27-Sep-2016 The Nation

There are connections between the imposition of brutal austerity and corporate-friendly trade deals and the frightening rise of far-right parties.

The men behind ISDS

27-Sep-2016 Oneworld

The so-called “ISDS” has been existing for years already. A revealing look in the hidden world of investor-state dispute settlement.

Abe vows action on TPP, economy as Diet session begins

26-Sep-2016 Japan Today

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed at the start of a 66-day extraordinary Diet session to swiftly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact

Japan, EU to discuss troublesome farm products separately in talks on economic partnership agreement

26-Sep-2016 The Japan Times

Japan and the European Union plan to discuss key farming products separately from other goods in negotiations on a proposed economic partnership agreement for free trade

NACCIMA opposes signing of West Africa-EU agreement

26-Sep-2016 Today

Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture has urged the Federal Government to refrain from signing the West Africa-EU Economic Partnership Agreement

Malaysia on track to ratify TPPA by deadline

26-Sep-2016 The Sun Daily

Malaysia is on track to complete the TPPA ratification process by the February 2018 deadline but it will find ways to engage with countries that it does not have free trade agreements with in the off chance that the deal falls through.

Govt warned about possible imbalance in EU trade talks

23-Sep-2016 The Jakarta Post

A score of public organizations under the banner of Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) have warned the government about potential imbalances during the Indonesia-EU talks on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Upcoming days of action

23-Sep-2016

Pakistan, South Korea to move forward on FTA

23-Sep-2016 The Express Tribune

Pakistan and South Korea are all set to kick off formal negotiation on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at boosting bilateral trade.

Dozens of Indigenous absolved in Peru’s 2009 ’Baguazo’ massacre

23-Sep-2016 TeleSur

Dozens of Indigenous people in Peru have been absolved of accusations that they were responsible for a massacre seven years ago that killed at least 32 people, due to intense conflict triggered by the country’s free trade agreements.