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Disagreements surface over China-backed Asia trade deal
23-May-2017 Reuters
There are disagreements over targets for countries negotiating the RCEP
Peru, Indonesia to start meetings towards trade agreement
23-May-2017 Andina
Peru and Indonesia will soon begin a series of bilateral meetings to reach a free trade agreement.
Differences over ‘TPP minus 1’ between NZ, Malaysia highlight obstacles to pact
23-May-2017 Today
Some nations such as New Zealand, Australia and Japan have been pushing for the deal to continue, but Malaysia’s Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed said his country was less keen to proceed.
PACER Plus signing on 14 June
23-May-2017 Matangi
The PACER Plus Trade Agreement will be signed by 14 Pacific Island countries including Australia and New Zealand on June 14 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
RCEP talks: Heat on India to scrap import duty on 90 per cent of goods
22-May-2017 The Hindu Businessline
New Delhi is wary of giving access to China to its market
Avoid changing TPP-related laws that damage the health of Malaysians
22-May-2017 CAP
The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls on the Malaysian government not to make changes to the law relating to intellectual property rights to comply with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Australia to benefit from ‘TPP minus one’ free trade deal – MCA
22-May-2017 Mining Weekly
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has welcomed the revival of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying Australia would stand to gain significant economic benefits from the regional trade agreement.
EAC not to force members to sign EU trade deal
22-May-2017 Xinhua
Leaders of the East African Community (EAC) agreed not to force member states to sign the EAC-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Pacific Alliance looks to Asia as NAFTA, TPP face uncertainty
22-May-2017 CNBC
Pacific Alliance countries are in talks to expand the trade bloc outside Latin America and into high-growth Asia as the future of established deals, such as NAFTA and the evolving Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), hang in the balance.
US to ask Argentina to expedite approval for patenting of seeds
22-May-2017 Revista Chacra
The opening of the US market to Argentine beef exports and its continued openness to biodiesel from this country will be made conditional on a demand that Argentina change its legislation to expedite the approval of patents on seeds waiting in the pipeline.
’TPP 11’ make show of unity, but members remain far apart
22-May-2017 Nikkei
Negotiators will reconvene in Japan, continue push to win back US.
Opinion 2/15 and the future of mixity and ISDS
22-May-2017 European Law Blog
The Court’s Opinion has consequences for future EU trade deals such as CETA and potentially a future UK-EU FTA.
Two major cooperatives ask government to keep dairy sector outside FTA negotiations purview
22-May-2017 Financial Express
The country’s two major dairy cooperatives have urged the government to keep dairy products outside the ongoing trade negotiations with various blocs including hugely milk surplus regions.
A turning of the tide against ISDS?
19-May-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The Court of Justice for the European Union fired a significant shot at investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), and the result is likely to be much more than just a flesh wound.
BRICS in Africa: more of the same? Pacs’ study compares investment treaties between the BRICS and African countries
19-May-2017 PACS
The BRICS Group was born in the century XXI with renewed expectations of changes in the world order through greater participation of the Global South. However, what we have witnessed so far is the consolidation of a new/old unequal world order.
U.S. seeks to shift trade tides as it starts Nafta overhaul
18-May-2017 Bloomberg
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer gave official notice to Congress of the government’s intention to renegotiate the 23-year-old accord with Mexico and Canada.
SA and UK start making plans for post-Brexit trade
18-May-2017 Business Day
Nations agree in principle to implement interim arrangement based on existing EU partnership deal.
Harmony in the private sector on NAFTA priorities
18-May-2017 Politico
US lobby groups to team up with their Mexican counterparts to establish a common agenda before talks begin
Why RCEP is the problem, not the solution
18-May-2017 Inquirer.net
RCEP negotiations have been highly conspiratorial and undemocratic, with all 18 rounds of trade discussions held in secret and no reports shared with the public
Trade pact dumped by Trump could be revived at Asia-Pacific meeting
17-May-2017 Reuters
Japan and other remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership will decide at the APEC meeting in Vietnam how to revive the trade agreement ditched by U.S. President Donald Trump.