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Japan to host TPP Pacific Rim trade pact talks, minus the US
11-Jul-2017 Washington Post
Japanese officials say they are hoping the TPP talks will get a boost from the Economic Partnership Agreement reached with the EU.
Katainen suggests dropping investment from trade deals
11-Jul-2017 EurActiv
The European Union could drop investment from major free trade deals in an effort to ease ratification, Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen.
7th round of Pak-Turkey FTA talks milestone to reach final agreement
10-Jul-2017 Pakistan Observer
Pakistan and Turkey had discussed the specific sectors including textile sector during the negotiation. The two sides had exchanged provisional lists for a final agreement in round of negotiation
East Africa: Trade bodies move closer to free trade area - Officials
10-Jul-2017 All Africa
Nineteen countries have now signed the agreement. For benefits to actually be realized, it must be ratified by at least 14 of the 26 member countries. Only Egypt has ratified it.
Minefields in investment relations
10-Jul-2017 Economic & Political Weekly
The Government of India and the Government of Andhra Pradesh are facing an arbitration suit due to the cancellation of bauxite mining approvals in Visakhapatnam. This is the latest in a series of legal actions by foreign investors in the country.
Mercosur – EU joint communique, XXVIII negotiating round
10-Jul-2017 European Commission
A negotiating round took place in Brussels on 3-7 July between the European Union and Mercosur.
Iran, Turkey mull free trade plan to boost cooperation
10-Jul-2017 Xinhua
Iran and Turkey are mulling a plan to achieve free trade between the two countries based on an earlier agreement to remove preferential tariffs.
Fumbling towards multilateralism? A first read of the investment text in the Japan-EU FTA
10-Jul-2017 International Economic Law and Policy Blog
The EU and Japan seemed to have scrapped the classic BIT/investor protection architecture as a model.
EU, Canada agree start of free trade agreement
10-Jul-2017 Reuters
The European Union and Canada said they had agreed to start a free trade agreement on Sept. 21, paving the way for over 90 percent of the treaty to come into effect.
Philip Morris: Tobacco giant ordered to compensate Australia
10-Jul-2017 BBC
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars after unsuccessfully suing the nation over its world-first plain-packaging laws.
Foreign investment: big slogan and bigger worries
8-Jul-2017 NDTV India
What can India do at the level of trade and diplomacy to deal with RCEP
Following summit, S. Korea and US to form consultation group on KORUS FTA
7-Jul-2017 The Hankyoreh
US apparently will want the group to revise KORUS FTA while South Korea seeking analysis of the agreement‘s impact.
Report: CETA threatens European Union pesticide protections
7-Jul-2017 Common Dreams
A new report warns that the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) would weaken EU pesticide protections and increase human and environmental exposure to dangerous pesticides.
Malaysia in bilateral consultations with US, says US ambassador
7-Jul-2017 The Sun Daily
Bilateral consultations are underway between Malaysia and the US to enhance the economic and trade relationship between the two countries in a bilateral channel.
Italy’s farmers ’demonizing’ Canadian wheat in bid to protect domestic industry
7-Jul-2017 CBC
Mobilized by the largest agricultural organization in Europe, the farmers converged to turn up the heat on Italian politicians faced with ratifying the controversial Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA.
New trade deals jeopardise EU green transport goals, NGO warns
7-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Upcoming free trade deals with biofuel-producing countries in Asia and South America will undermine the European Union’s goals to decarbonise the transport sector.
Joko Widodo, Erdogan sign trade deal
7-Jul-2017 Tempo
President Joko Widodo said that the governments of Indonesia and Turkey have agreed on a trade deal. It includes fewer trade barriers and creation of conducive investment climate.
Dairy industry likely to get more aid after EPA deal with EU
7-Jul-2017 Japan Times
Japan is expected to boost subsidies and other assistance to dairy farmers after reaching a broad accord on its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
Japan sacrificed cheese tariffs to get EPA done with EU
7-Jul-2017 The Mainichi
Japan and the European Union have reached a broad consensus on an Economic Partnership Agreement. How will tariffs change under the agreement?
Bilateral agreements: Where’s the US?
7-Jul-2017 Farm Journal’s Pork
National Pork Producers have let the administration know that the U.S. should focus on the Asian-Pacific area, starting with Japan.