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RCEP pact:700 officials from 16 nations to meet in Hyderabad
28-Jun-2017 PTI
Officials from RCEP negotiating nations will meet in Hyderabad
EU-Japan FTA - draft chapters (Jan 2016 - Jan 2017)
28-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
14 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace
Six years after the ‘Aymarazo’ protests in Peru
28-Jun-2017 Radio Mundo Real
Criminal charges pending against 18 community leaders and a billion-dollar court case at ICSID.
Norway’s seafood council sees Japanese free trade agreement in the future
28-Jun-2017 Undercurrent News
Japan is the main market for Norwegian seafood in Asia and is a strategically important market for seafood.
Japan minister urges EU to give way on dairy sector in talks
28-Jun-2017 The Mainichi
Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto urged the European Union to give way on its demand that Japan open its market to dairy products from the bloc.
China FTA talks set to resume
28-Jun-2017 Dairy News
Tariff elimination on dairy into China is one issue New Zealand will be looking to progress in the Free Trade Agreement update with China.
Taiwan’s premier reaffirms government’s commitment to joining TPP
28-Jun-2017 Taiwan News
Taiwan government is committed to seeking membership for the country in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and playing its part in bringing the trade agreement into force.
Brazil’s Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements (CFIA) and recent developments
28-Jun-2017 IISD
Brazil has never approved any BITs nor did it sign the ICSID Convention but it continued to receive significant amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), consolidating its position as one of the world’s top recipients of FDI
Guatemala off the hook in CAFTA labor case
28-Jun-2017 Politico
The U.S., for the most part, lost its first challenge of another country’s adherence to the labor rules under a trade deal.
As NAFTA hearings open, more than 100,000 petitions delivered and 50,000 public comments filed demanding a new deal to benefit working people, not just corporations
27-Jun-2017 Public Citizen
Unprecedented public response to administration request for comment spotlights political stakes of NAFTA renegotiation.
NZ first in line for Latin and South American trade deal
27-Jun-2017 NZ Herald
New Zealand hopes to take another step towards being the first country to sign up to a trade deal with a group of Latin American and South American countries.
US Brazilian beef ban casts doubt on Mercusor trade agreement
27-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
A move by the US Department of Agriculture to ban imports of fresh Brazilian beef has added weight to calls to remove agriculture from a free trade agreement between the EU and countries in the Mercosur trading-bloc.
Azerbaijan: A reset with the EU?
27-Jun-2017 Eurasianet
Azerbaijan is pursuing a new agreement with the European Union focused on security, trade, and investment, and lacking the type of commitments on political reforms that scuttled the last agreement the two sides tried to reach.
Japan welcomes Taiwan and other countries to join TPP
27-Jun-2017 Focus Taiwan
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary and the cabinet’s spokesman, said that he welcomed various countries and areas, including Taiwan, to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Political declaration of the encounter of social organizations of Canada, United States and Mexico
26-Jun-2017 RQIC
The participants in the Encounter of Social Organizations of Canada, the United States and Mexico, facing the likely prospect of renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), condemn this model which has seriously affected national development in a manner contrary to the interests of our peoples, the environment, and our democratic system.
Continental Free Trade Area on track
26-Jun-2017 The Southern Times
Africa has moved an inch closer to realising the dream of a continent with a free trade area despite persisting stumbling blocks, if the third African ministers of trade meeting held in Niger is to be scrutinised.
India, US and a five-point plan
26-Jun-2017 The Indian Express
Modi and Trump must build on convergence between their nations’ interests.
Leaked trade papers expose EU failure to uphold transparency and environment standards
26-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
A leak of documents related to a looming trade deal with Japan (known as JEFTA) has revealed the EU’s failure to live up to improve transparency and uphold environmental standards in trade policy promises.
EU-CETA agreement on verge of collapse: Spanish party in major U-turn shock
26-Jun-2017 Express
The European Union’s controversial trade deal with Canada is once again in doubt as a Spanish party votes against the agreement.
Japan eyes free trade talks with Britain
26-Jun-2017 The Nation
Japan wants to hold informal free trade talks with Britain as it also works to sign a deal with the European Union.