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China-led Asia Pacific trade deal nears completion
8-Nov-2016 The Philippine Star
Once approved, RCEP will promote free flow of goods and services among countries accounting for 30 percent of the global economy and half the world’s population.
Negotiators question EU commitment to services deal
8-Nov-2016 Bloomberg
Negotiators working to increase market access for services are beginning to question whether the European Union is capable of forging a multi-trillion dollar services agreement.
Ruling bloc further delays lower house TPP vote amid strong opposition
8-Nov-2016 Japan Today
The Japanese government’s plan to rapidly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement hit another setback
East Africa: team faults EAC-EU EPA deal
8-Nov-2016 All Africa
The Economic Partnership Agreement between East African Community and European Union is ’a raw deal’, an independent team tasked to examine the trade deal has warned.
Wisconsin dairy farmers oppose TPP
8-Nov-2016 AgNet West
In a poll by the Wisconsin Farmers Union, nearly 80 percent of the 1,000 farmers surveyed favored Congress rejecting or placing a moratorium on TPP.
Canada legislates to implement Ukraine FTA
7-Nov-2016 Tax News
The Canadian Government has introduced legislation to implement a free trade agreement with Ukraine.
China firms eye ’Made in Vietnam’ windfall - if Obama’s TPP survives
7-Nov-2016 Reuters
Vietnam’s Free Trade Agreement with the European Union and the Trans Pacific Partnership would collectively give China access to markets worth $44 trillion in combined gross domestic product.
U.S., China rushing investment treaty at end of Obama term
7-Nov-2016 Forbes
Negotiations on the proposed bilateral investment treaty, BIT as it is commonly known, are continuing at an accelerated pace, with new rounds only two weeks apart.
EU’s EPA strategy detrimental to Africa – ECOWAS farmers
7-Nov-2016 Vanguard
The Economic Community of West Africa States ECOWAS,’ farmers have called on African leaders to resist the pressure being put on them by the European Union to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement.
Latin American nations set import records for U.S. corn
7-Nov-2016 Crop Protection News
The U.S. Grains Council recently announced new grain import records set by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Trading away health: the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
7-Nov-2016 MSF
A leaked draft of RCEP has revealed some proposed provisions that could undermine access to price-lowering, generic medicines, and thus, life-saving treatment to millions of people in the developing world
Australia, Indonesia continue push for trade deal, after President skips visit
7-Nov-2016 Reuters
Trade ministers from Australia and Indonesia continued negotiations to seal a trade deal between the two neighbours
In the battle to win the TPP, has Obama forgotten the lessons of the Vietnam War?
7-Nov-2016 IATP
The most important and defining factor for the fate of the TPP is that social pressure against the agreement within in the TPP negotiating countries grows.
Ruling bloc rams TPP bill through committee
7-Nov-2016 The Japan Times
Brushing off vocal protests by opposition lawmakers, Prime Minister Abe’s ruling coalition passed a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement at a special Lower House committee, sparking criticism that it resorted to a steamroll vote.
RCEP: A devastating blow to the Philippine economy and its peoples
5-Nov-2016 APRN
APRN statement on the RCEP Ministerial meeting in Cebu, Philippines on 3-4 November 2016
Armenia initiated EAEU-Iran talks on free trade agreement
4-Nov-2016 Armen Press
The Eurasian Economic Union began discussions on having a privileged trade agreement with Iran at the initiation of Armenia
Commission 2017 Work Programme: What’s in it for trade?
4-Nov-2016 Vieuws
The negotiations towards a “reasonable and balanced free trade agreement with the US” part of the trade-related section of the Commission Work Programme for 2017.
‘FTA between India, Eurasian Economic Union soon’
4-Nov-2016 The Hindu
Discussions on a free trade agreement between India and the Eurasian Economic Union are at an advanced stage and an agreement could be reached as early as the end of the year.
Dutch referendum petition launched to oppose CETA ratification
4-Nov-2016 EurActiv
Dutch group very similar to the one which organised the referendum that blocked the EU-Ukraine association agreement has already collected over 190,000 signatures for blocking the ratification of CETA, the EU-Canada trade deal.
EU member states divided in face of Commission crackdown on intra-EU ISDS
3-Nov-2016 Bordelex
Once a desirable form of European international relations endorsed by the Commission, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) became a problematic issue after the accession of former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union, and with the emergence of the first intra-EU investment arbitration – ISDS – cases.