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Sacrificing South America’s forests on the altar of EU market access
20-Oct-2017 Fern
By making this concession on beef, the EU is putting trade and consumption above its commitments to halt deforestation.
Defending quality PDO products of local societies in international trade agreements
20-Oct-2017 Stop TTIP CETA TiSA Greece
PDO (products designation of origin) products when internationally traded, they are not just commodities but they also incorporate biodiversity, traditional production, know-how and culture of the local communities where they are produced.
New government’s TPPA problems start next week
20-Oct-2017 Scoop
The new government of Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens will have to move fast if they are going to influence the outcomes of trade and investment agreements being negotiated.
Environmental gems in trade agreements
20-Oct-2017 CIGI
Little-known clauses for progressive trade agreements
An Ultimate Guide Of Go Kart Bearing Replacement
20-Oct-2017
Being into the business of machinery and equipment, you will hardly meet someone who doesn’t know about the variety of bearings.
Being a trade unionist in Guatemala will get you killed
19-Oct-2017 Upside Down World
A chapter on labor issues within CAFTA was to provide an improved environment for labor rights. But the Guatemalan state has consistently failed to implement these protections.
Macron puts trade policy on summit table
19-Oct-2017 EU Observer
Macron wants "an overall vision to find a balance between trade openness and protection" of EU markets and citizens, rather than "adding piece after piece" to the EU trade policy "puzzle".
Azerbaijan, EU to hold new round of talks on strategic partnership in late October
19-Oct-2017 Xinhua
European Commission representatives will discuss the second chapter of a new strategic partnership agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union.
African Petroleum seeks arbitration over Gambia oil dispute
19-Oct-2017 Reuters
African Petroleum Corp has begun arbitration proceedings over Gambia’s decision to strip the company of its rights to explore for oil in two offshore areas.
Unfair trade: US beef has a climate problem
19-Oct-2017 Mongabay
TPP, like other global trade treaties, fails to acknowledge climate change or include mechanisms to curb it.
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (Oct 2017)
18-Oct-2017 European Commission
3 text proposals, as released by the European Commission
Ultimate Guide To GMAW For Successful Aluminum Welding
18-Oct-2017
Aluminum welding techniques have come a long way from a basic welding technic to todays GMAW (Gas-Metal-Arc-Welding).
Pak-Thailand FTA: Pakistan wants duties eased on 100 products
18-Oct-2017 The Express Tribune
A Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and Thailand will be signed on January 15 for enhancing bilateral trade between the two countries, a top official of the Ministry of Commerce said.
Indigenous chapter critical to NAFTA despite current challenges: Bellegarde
18-Oct-2017 Financial Post
An Indigenous chapter in NAFTA mustn’t be allowed to fall by the wayside, regardless of the challenges currently confronting negotiators, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde.
India-EU FTA: chief negotiators to meet mid-November
18-Oct-2017 PTI
Chief negotiators for the proposed India-EU free trade agreement will meet in New Delhi to discuss the way forward for the resumption of the long-stalled talks over it.
Mexico says TPP countries seek consensus on market access at APEC meeting
18-Oct-2017 CNBC
The remaining countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) hope to agree on how to preserve the market access enshrined in the trade deal, Mexico’s economy minister said.
NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, indicate wide differences
18-Oct-2017 Reuters
The top US and Canadian and trade officials accused each other of sabotaging efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even as they and Mexico agreed to extend talks into the first quarter of 2018.
5 hidden costs of the RCEP to people and planet
17-Oct-2017 The Diplomat
The RCEP has hidden costs for people’s lives
US, Japan fail to bridge gap on trade in economic talks
17-Oct-2017 The Indian Express
The talks are shaping up to be a test of whether the close US-Japan relationship can withstand Donald Trump’s "America First" trade policies.
US seeks end of Canada dairy system as latest NAFTA talks wrap
17-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
The US wrapped up the fourth round of Nafta trade talks with a bombshell proposal to dismantle Canada’s dairy sector, adding to a list of demands its trading partners say would be impossible to accept as negotiations grow more fraught.