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Food retailers seek UK-EU free trade agreement
28-Mar-2017 Tax-news
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and other food industry representative bodies have called on the UK Government to secure two-way tariff-free trade with the EU in Brexit discussions.
A trade war is brewing inside the White House between rival camps
28-Mar-2017 Los Angeles Times
Soon after President Trump took office, an executive order was quietly drafted to suspend trade talks with China but the executive order never even got to the president’s desk.
Gulf Arab states push for UK free trade deal after Brexit: officials
28-Mar-2017 Reuters
Gulf Arab states are pressing for an early deal on free trade with Britain to secure preferential arrangements after Brexit, and could have a draft agreement ready within months.
How to understand globalization: not nations, but class
28-Mar-2017 The Real News Network
The question is often posed whether trade and investment is a zero sum game among nations. South Centre Chief Economist Yilmaz Akyuz says he does not think nations are the correct focus here.
Joint EU-Mercosur communique following the XXVIIth round of negotiations
27-Mar-2017 European Commission
Significant progress was achieved regarding the negotiating text in the three parts of the future Association Agreement between both regions: Trade Part, Political Dialogue and Bi-Regional Cooperation.
New Zealand and China plan to expand free-trade deal
27-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
New Zealand and China announced they would open talks soon to expand a successful free-trade deal in place for nearly a decade.
Nigeria pushes for investment treaty with Japan
27-Mar-2017 Nikkei
Government eager for expertise and capital from electronics and machinery makers.
India offering ’far deeper’ proposals in RCEP: Commerce Secretary
27-Mar-2017 Press Trust of India
Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia also said India will give more concessions in RCEP than any other country will do.
SOL comments to the EU delegation to SA’ press release of 16 March 2017
25-Mar-2017 SOL
South African poultry producers are fully justified to accuse the EU of dumping.
S’pore watching how TPP develops, will continue talks with other partners: PM Lee
24-Mar-2017 Today Online
Despite the uncertainty hanging over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the United States’ formal withdrawal, Singapore will continue its preparations to ratify the trade pact.
TransCanada Keystone XL rejection lawsuit dropped - arbitrator
24-Mar-2017 Reuters
Transcanada Corp’s legal challenge against the United States over its past rejection of Keystone XL pipeline has been dropped.
China FTA review should ditch controversial clause
24-Mar-2017 Scoop
China FTA review should ditch controversial temporary worker clause, says AFTINET.
Romania - the end of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
24-Mar-2017 Lexology
The law approving the termination of agreements on mutual promotion and protection of investments concluded by Romania with other Member States (Intra-EU BITs) was published in the Official Gazette.
FTA brightens prospects of Vietnamese footwear products
24-Mar-2017 Vietnamnet Bridge
Prospects are bright for Vietnam’s footwear exports after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement comes into force in 2018.
The subsidies to the EU exports of cereal products to West Africa in 2015 and 2016
24-Mar-2017 SOL
The EU-West Africa’s Economic Partnership Agreement has planned to reduce to 0 the import duty on non-rice cereal imports from the European Union at the beginning of the liberalization period.
Japanese ambassador cautions versus haste in concluding RCEP
24-Mar-2017 Manila Bulletin
Japan cautioned against haste in the conclusion of the proposed RCEP stressing “substance is more important than timing.”
The EU28 subsidies on its exports of poultry meat and eggs to SADC in 2016
24-Mar-2017 SOL
The SADC poultry producers are suffering heavily from the competition of imports given that poultry is the first agricultural sector and that per capita consumption is one of the highest in the world.
What to watch out for in the EU-Mercosur FTA negotiations: consequences for access to medicines
24-Mar-2017 IP Watch
Some of the main TRIPS-plus measures historically pushed for by countries such as the United States or the EU are being again proposed at the EU-Mercosur FTA.
EU deeply divided over Western Sahara policy
23-Mar-2017 Al Monitor
The ECJ has ruled that EU trade agreements can only apply to Western Sahara if the legitimate representatives of its people agree to it. In practice, the EU’s 2017 list of approved exporters from Morocco still includes entities based in Western Sahara.
Australia, China to boost trade with beef making the cut
23-Mar-2017 Reuters
Australia and China are expected to sign new bilateral agreements on beef exports, energy and security.