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India, EU fail to fix date to relaunch trade pact talks
9-Oct-2017 The Hindu
India and the European Union failed to fix a date to re-launch negotiations on the proposed bilateral Free Trade Agreement, or a timeline to successfully conclude the talks that “were temporarily put on hold in summer 2013.”
Group of NGOs reject ASEAN-EU free trade pact
9-Oct-2017 Antara
A group of non-governmental organizations in the regions reject free trade agreement between ASEAN and the European Union.
US needs to push range of economic issues with India: Kenneth Juster
9-Oct-2017 The Economic Times
The US must push a range of economic issues with India, including intellectual property, standard and non-tariff barriers, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next envoy to India has told lawmakers.
Joint communique of the 6th meeting of the ESA-EU Interim EPA Committee
6-Oct-2017 European Commission
The sixth meeting of the EPA Committee under the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region and the EU was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 02-03 October 2017.
Pakistan, Vietnam to start FTA talks
6-Oct-2017 The Express Tribune
Pakistan and Vietnam have agreed to share an initial list of products while kicking off negotiations on a free trade agreement.
New free trade agreements: normalising brutal transnational supply chains
6-Oct-2017 GRAIN
Transnational supply chains have been an expanding economic actor since transnational corporations began outsourcing manufacturing to places where extremely low wages, low or non-existing labour safety standards and even slave labour prevailed or were tolerated.
RCEP In India: A creamy deal for transnational dairy corporations, growing resistance from farmers
5-Oct-2017 Countercurrents.org
The Modi governmentmust stop the RCEP from destroying rural livelihoods.
PACER Plus signatories urged to examine their commitments
5-Oct-2017 Radio NZ
Pacific countries already signed up to the PACER Plus are being urged to more closely examine their commitments under the deal, including the implications for customary land.
Tanzania edges closer towards total mine nationalisation
5-Oct-2017 Mining Review Africa
New laws revolve around the notion that Tanzania’s domestic law is to be supreme over any international dispute or arbitration decision.
US wants to update Latin America pacts next after NAFTA
5-Oct-2017 Just Style
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer pointed to the need to modernise agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and Chile, as well as the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Biofuels emerge as burning issue in EU-Mercosur talks
5-Oct-2017 EurActiv
Biofuels have emerged as a make-or-break issue in the EU’s negotiations with South American trading bloc Mercosur, and EU farmers fear they will be left to fend off stronger competition in a shrinking market.
TiSA impact assessment report ignores crucial human rights concerns
5-Oct-2017 EDRi
A report to evaluate how TiSA’s provisions could affect economic, social and human rights, which was published in July 2017, fails to address several key fundamental rights concerns.
US eager for trade talks with Japan, seeking ‘preferred status’: agriculture secretary
5-Oct-2017 Japan Times
US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue expressed strong hopes that his country would launch trade talks with Japan to expand exports of farm products.
Seoul agrees to amend US trade deal after Trump threats
5-Oct-2017 Anadolu
South Korea will renegotiate free trade pact with Washington rather than see Donald Trump abandon the deal altogether
Japanese eager for Trans-Pacific Partnership with all eyes, including theirs, on NAFTA
4-Oct-2017 National Post
“All the countries, including Japanese, are very closely following the negotiation,” outgoing Japanese ambassador Kenjiro Monji said. “Because if we have to deal with United States, we can learn from this experience. A lot.”
EU and Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO
4-Oct-2017 Reuters
The settlement of the dispute at the WTO, which began in 1996, was facilitated by a liberalization of trade under the EU/Canada Comprehensive Economic and Free Trade Agreement (CETA).
US pushing Seoul on trade amid tensions on Korean peninsula
4-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
Trump administration officials are set to push South Korea to buy more American cars and agricultural products even as tensions run high on the Korean peninsula.
Ireland and France furious with EU over plan to import more beef from Brazil
4-Oct-2017 Daily Express
The European Union (EU) is facing a stinging attack from Ireland and France after Europe moved to open up the lucrative beef market to Brazil.
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft chapters (EU proposals, Sep 2017)
3-Oct-2017 European Commission
17 draft chapters, as released by the European Commission
India, European Union may form joint group on FTA
3-Oct-2017 The Indian Express
The 14th India-EU Summit aims to deepen the India-EU Strategic Partnership and advance collaboration in priority areas, a Ministry of External Affairs statement said.