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EU and Kyrgyzstan launch negotiations for new agreement

20-Dec-2017 Trend

It is expected that the new agreement will focus on political cooperation, trade and investment relations, economic cooperation in support of sustainable development, and other aspects of bilateral relations.

EFTA and Ecuador progress free trade talks

20-Dec-2017 Tax-News

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland – and Ecuador have concluded the fifth round of talks towards an agreement that will reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to bilateral trade.

The urgent clarification of import duties applied in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana related to their interim EPAs

19-Dec-2017 SOL

What will happen if the regional EPA of West Africa is never finalized?

KORUS FTA negotiations likely to be partial revision rather than complete overhaul

19-Dec-2017 Hankyoreh

South Korean Trade Minister expects the US to ask for liberalization of the agriculture and livestock sectors.

China forces Maldives to sign ’Beijing-driven’ Free Trade Agreement

19-Dec-2017 Deccan Chronicle

The Maldives prez rushed into the agreement without following legal norms which created considerable anti-China sentiments among his people.

S. Korea, India to hold talks on trade deal improvement

19-Dec-2017 Yonhap

South Korea and India will hold a new round of talks on the improvement of a bilateral trade deal.

Ross: US still open to TTIP

19-Dec-2017 Global Trade

Several hurdles ahead before agreement can be reached.

EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate

19-Dec-2017 Mongabay

The emphasis on production and international consumption could greatly increase the need for agricultural land in Latin America, and result in a major increase in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and Argentine Chaco.

Malaysia and Sri Lanka to speed up FTA talks

19-Dec-2017 Hiru

President Maithripala Sirisena and the visiting Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak agreed to expand trade relations between the 2 countries further.

Two new CEPA agreements inked

19-Dec-2017 Macau News

The “Investment Agreement” and the “Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation” under the framework of the China and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement have been signed.

NAFTA, no NAFTA, or worse: TPP via NAFTA?

19-Dec-2017 IATP

NAFTA has failed family farmers, as well as workers and our environments, in all three NAFTA countries. Why the rush to complete negotiations in a matter of months for a NAFTA 2.0 based on the same failed policies?

Intellectual property rights in trade – to be rethought?

19-Dec-2017 IP Watch

After two decades of intellectual property regimes in trade agreements, one could have some second thoughts.

Korea to protect agro products in FTA renegotiation

18-Dec-2017 Korea Times

The government will protect sensitive industries such as agriculture in the upcoming negotiation with the United States over revision of the bilateral trade pact.

NAFTA: In new phase of talks, search starts for solutions to break impasse

18-Dec-2017 Nanaimo

Negotiators gathered at an informal session in Washington are considering ways to work around a main impasse of the talks so far, a US demand on auto parts deemed unfeasible by Canada, Mexico and the industry.

China, Britain pledge co-operation as UK leaves EU

18-Dec-2017 Financial Post

The British export finance agency will support up to 25 billion pounds ($33 billion) of new business along the “Belt and Road” in Asia.

UNCITRAL looks narrowly at the problems with investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)

18-Dec-2017 CIEL

More than 40 governments met as part of a working group of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to discuss reforms to the investor-state dispute settlement system.

Against secrecy: The social cost of international dispute settlement

15-Dec-2017 SSRN

Secrecy in the outcomes of investment arbitration remains high in part because parties have found ways to use settlements to hide relevant information.

AK EUROPA: Even economically, TiSA does not deliver what it promises

15-Dec-2017 AK Europa

Even though the official negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) are currently on hold, the questionable foundations of the economic impact assessments on TiSA have increasingly become the focus of attention.