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Japan won’t make concessions in US trade talks
28-Apr-2017 IANS
Japan will not make concessions in its negotiations with the US for a bilateral trade deal, Finance Minister Taro Aso said. He remains confident that the US might still rejoin the TPP.
Malaysia-EU FTA talks to include palm oil resolutions
28-Apr-2017 Borneo Post
The free trade agreement negotiations between Malaysia and the European Union will include a discussion on the recent resolution by the EU parliament to phase out the use of certain vegetable oils.
With TPP dead, what’s next for its critics?
28-Apr-2017 Malaymail Online
Among recurring public concerns in almost all modern trade deals include the patent rights for medicine, the import of agricultural products, and the ISDS provision where companies can sue a state for alleged discrimination.
Think the RCEP is about free trade? Think again
28-Apr-2017 Nikkei Asian Review
RCEP is aimed at saving China’s own economy via the Belt and Road
Why Singapore doesn’t want to see a HK-ASEAN free-trade deal
27-Apr-2017 Ejinsight
Once the ASEAN opens its service sector to Hong Kong companies, Singapore could be the hardest hit, and hence its staunch opposition to it.
EU to exclude financial services from post-Brexit deal
27-Apr-2017 EU Observer
The EU intends to exclude the financial services sector from a trade deal with the UK after Brexit, according to the latest tweaks in the EU’s draft negotiating guidelines.
Iran agrees to make existing trade deal with Pakistan functional
27-Apr-2017 The News
Both sides have decided that there will be no fresh Free Trade Agreement (FTA), rather both sides will later on turn the current Preferential Trade Agreement into FTA.
Employment crisis and free trade agreements( FTAs) : Why workers should reject RCEP
27-Apr-2017 Forum against FTAs
Trade unions, farmers groups, health activists, and other people’s movements are planning to organise a series of events to put pressure on the Government of India to withdraw from RCEP negotiations.
Trump won’t scrap Nafta trade deal ’at this time’
27-Apr-2017 BBC
US President Donald Trump has told Mexico and Canada he wants to renegotiate - not scrap - the North American Free Trade Agreement.
FinMin to look into changes sought by Canada in draft bilateral treaty
27-Apr-2017 The Hindu
Enormous political pressure to get the bilateral, economic treaties off the ground, say officials.
Fiji wants to renegotiate PACER Plus
27-Apr-2017 Radio NZ
Fiji’s trade minister Faiyaz Koya says Fiji will approach Australia after missing out on the conclusion of the PACER Plus talks.
Fine tuning RCEP could take till 2019: Ramon Lopez
26-Apr-2017 BusinessWorld
DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said that an agreement on the RCEP has not yet happened as member countries need to fine-tune details of the pact
PHL not in a hurry to ink FTA with US
26-Apr-2017 Business Mirror
"We’re comfortable and happy with the generalized system of preferences. If ever there are initiatives to work on an FTA, we’ll be open to that, but we won’t be bringing it up," says Philippines Trade Secretary.
The political motivations of the United States’ bilateral investment treaty program
26-Apr-2017 SSRN
The United States has largely used BITs as a foreign policy tool to improve relationships with strategically important countries in the developing world.
Working on a bilateral trade agreement between Indonesia-USA
26-Apr-2017 Indonesia Investments
The Indonesian government is currently studying the opportunities and challenges with regard to the making of a new bilateral trade deal with the USA.
The expanding universe of IP
26-Apr-2017 The Hindu
Granting data exclusivity for clinical trials would undermine access to medicines.
India, Sri Lanka slip on oil, trade deals
26-Apr-2017 The Hindu
Commerce Ministry officials continued their three-day talks on the ETCA to iron out differences on the upgraded Free Trade Agreement of 2000 to include services, investment and technological trade.
Deputy foreign minister named as Japan’s chief TPP negotiator
26-Apr-2017 Japan Times
The government announced that it has appointed a deputy foreign minister as chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with an eye to bringing the deal into force without the United States.
RCEP is part of top agenda at the ASEAN Summit
25-Apr-2017 Business Mirror
Conclusion of the RCEP deal will be a priority at the ASEAN Summit in Manila
The huge dumping of extra-EU exports of dairy products and to the EPAs of West Africa, SADC, CEMAC and EAC in 2016
25-Apr-2017 SOL
The EU has been pressuring the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) to sign and implement EPAs that would be destructive for these countries.