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Investment promotion and protection agreement with Singapore under way
11-Aug-2017 Myanmar Times
Negotiations over an agreement on investment promotion and protection between Myanmar and Singapore have started, according to Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) Director General U Aung Naing Oo.
Qatar dispute puts UK-Gulf trade talks on hold
11-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Delay to prestigious London summit threatens UK plans for quick free-trade deal with rich Middle Eastern states after Brexit.
East Africa: Cabinet approves the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
11-Aug-2017 All Africa
The Ugandan Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Area Agreement (FTA), paving way for the implementation of the Agreement.
BIMSTEC underlines early finalisation of free trade area accord
11-Aug-2017 Kathmandu Post
The 18th session of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Senior Officials’ meeting has underlined the need of early finalisation of BIMSTEC free trade area agreement.
US reaches out to Cambodia under TIFA
10-Aug-2017 Politico
The Trump administration is continuing its outreach to Asia-Pacific countries, with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel sitting down with Cambodian officials.
Lighthizer pushes for ‘greater reciprocity’ with AGOA nations
10-Aug-2017 Politico
A more balanced trading relationship is vital in order to maintain support in Congress for AGOA, which allows for duty-free treatment of goods from eligible Sub-Saharan African countries, Lighthizer said.
Business groups to the administration: Keep ISDS in NAFTA
10-Aug-2017 Politico
More than 100 U.S. business groups and associations are pushing the Trump administration to not only preserve investor-state dispute settlement and related provisions in an updated NAFTA agreement but to also strengthen them to further protect intellectual property and interests.
Australia ready to move forward on ’TPP 11’: trade minister
10-Aug-2017 Nikkei
Australia prefers the agreement stay as close as possible to the original treaty.
US push for freer NAFTA e-commerce meets growing resistance
10-Aug-2017 Reuters
A US proposal for Mexico and Canada to vastly raise the value of online purchases that can be imported duty-free from stores like Amazon.com and eBay is emerging as a flashpoint in an upcoming renegotiation of the NAFTA trade deal.
An issue for upcoming NAFTA talks: Getting Mexicans a pay raise
10-Aug-2017 CTV
The cost of Mexican labour will be an issue in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, participants acknowledged at an auto-industry conference, touching on one of the key sectors up for discussion.
Faroe Islands, Russia mull free-trade deal
10-Aug-2017 Intrafish
A decision is expected for September.
India: Hawkers will fight RCEP until the end
8-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
RCEP would destroy a whole part of the Indian economy and livelihoods, in favour of international markets.
Canada v Mexico: Trump seeks to divide and conquer in Nafta negotiations
8-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Both countries are scrambling to best handle a president who ranks among the more unpredictable elements of the upcoming negotiations.
Trump administration’s Africa policy in focus at AGOA trade talks
8-Aug-2017 Reuters
With the Trump administration’s trade agenda focused on reining in China and renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement, Africa has barely appeared on the radar screen.
India, Peru to start FTA negotiations this week
8-Aug-2017 India Today
India and South American nation Peru would start formal negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) from this week.
15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting in Kathmandu on Aug 11
8-Aug-2017 Himalayan Times
The 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting is going be held in Kathmandu on 11 August.
NAFTA renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
8-Aug-2017 Lexology
ISDS reform is one of several “negotiating objectives” announced last month by the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Thousands of Mexicans hold protest against NAFTA
8-Aug-2017 Press TV
Mexican farmers and workers have staged a mass rally in the capital to voice their opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA, with the United States and Canada.
NAFTA’s ’broken promises’: these farmers say they got the raw end of trade deal
7-Aug-2017 NPR
The net effect of trade agreements like NAFTA is to put more power, more authority with the large multinational companies and by extension, take that power away from family farmers.
India-Thailand difference delaying FTA under BIMSTEC
7-Aug-2017 Financial Express
Difference between India and Thailand over market access is one of the main reasons why the FTA under BIMSTEC remained stalled during last couple of years.