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Indonesia-Chile CEPA negotiations resume after delay
15-Mar-2017 Jakarta Post
After being delayed for more than two years, negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement between Indonesia and Chile resumed.
Green light for Romania to terminate its intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
15-Mar-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
The Romanian Parliament sent to the Romanian President for promulgation the Law allowing for the termination of the Bilateral Investment Treaties between Romania and other Member States of the European Union.
Chileans protest bid to revive embattled TPP after Trump’s exit
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Activists have a message for trade ministers meeting in Chile: the TPP is dead.
EAEU working on free trade zone agreements with China, Iran
15-Mar-2017 TASS
About 40 countries are currently interested in establishing trade and economic relations with the EAEU
Asean members reaffirm 90 per cent tariff cuts under RCEP
14-Mar-2017 Bangkok Post
ASEAN members are holding to their vow to cut import tariffs on 90 per cent of products under RCEP
Vietnam to test Trump on signing solo trade pacts
13-Mar-2017 Voice of America
Vietnam will test U.S. President Donald Trump’s openness to one-on-one trade deals as it starts nudging Washington for an eventual agreement to replace its role in the defunct Trans Pacific Partnership.
Sugar breakthrough paves way for Indonesia-Australia trade deal
13-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalize exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly a decade.
Jordan, Kenya to sign FTA before year-end — minister
13-Mar-2017 Jordan Times
Jordan and Kenya are expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) before the end of the year, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said.
UK looks to supercharge EU trade deals post-Brexit
13-Mar-2017 The Telegraph
Britain is looking for ways to take on the EU’s free trade deals with countries around the world after Brexit - then use its new independence to cut taxes and regulatory barriers to trade, boosting the power of the deals.
China says Chile Pacific trade meeting not about TPP
13-Mar-2017 Reuters
China said that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact.
S. Korea tentatively signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
13-Mar-2017 KBS
South Korea and a group of Central American countries have tentatively signed a free trade agreement.
ASEAN economic ministers eye RCEP to shape trade and economic liberation in Asia
13-Mar-2017 Xinhua
ASEAN ministers agree to push to achieve considerable progress on the the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
EU capitalizing on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies
12-Mar-2017 Reuters
The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the bloc, which will make the most of uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. trade policy.
Japan hopes to leave farms out of U.S. economic talks: sources
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
Japan will push to leave agriculture out of its first economic talks with the Trump administration next month.
Mercosur trade bloc agrees common position ahead of EU talks
10-Mar-2017 EurActiv
Foreign ministers of the South American Mercosur trading bloc have reached a common position ahead of negotiations with the European Union on a potential trade deal.
Peru "prefers" FTA with Asia through Pacific Alliance
10-Mar-2017 Latin America Herald Tribune
Peru will try to expand its free trade agreements with countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but "preferably" through the Pacific Alliance
EU and ASEAN agree to put free trade pact back on agenda
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said the two blocs would try to revive plans for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them.
Open letter to trade ministers meeting in Chile, 14-15 March 2017
10-Mar-2017 Public Citizen
We believe it is not acceptable for TPP rules to be used as a model for future trade negotiations.
Venezuela lawyer says $1.4 billion Exxon damages award overturned
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
A World Bank tribunal’s order for Venezuela to pay $1.4 billion in damages to Exxon Mobil Corp over nationalizations has been annulled
Canada, China moving closer to potential trade talks
10-Mar-2017 ICTSD
Efforts to lay the groundwork for possible negotiations on a bilateral Canada-China trade deal continue underway, with Canadian officials launching a three-month domestic consultations period.