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China narrows scope for trade deal with US ahead of talks
7-Oct-2019 Bloomberg
Chinese officials suggest a broad pact is off the table.
Where the US-Japan trade deal falls short of Trans-Pacific pact abandoned by Trump
7-Oct-2019 Reuters
The deal offers worse access to Japan for some US agricultural goods than the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Sustainability impact assessment in support of the association agreement negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur
7-Oct-2019 LSE
The report presents the quantitative and qualitative results of the economic analysis, environmental, social, and human rights analyses.
UK and Tunisia sign continuity agreement
7-Oct-2019 Government of the United Kingdom
Agreement will ensure British businesses and consumers benefit from continued access to the Tunisian market after we leave the EU.
Trade spat will not affect RCEP: Asean
7-Oct-2019 Bangkok Post
The secretary-general of Asean, expressed his confidence that the long-awaited RCEP will be completed in principle before Thailand’s chairmanship ends at the end of this year.
India’s trade with its FTA partners: experiences, challenges and way forward
7-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India has viewed FTAs as an important tool to enhance its trade and investment, and signed a number of trade agreements with various countries or groups. And India’s experience intrade with its major FTA partners has not been very encouraging.
China, US seen to have good reasons to reach interim trade deal next week, but agreement far from assured
4-Oct-2019 South China Morning Post
Negotiators from China and the United States will meet for the 13th round of high-level trade negotiations in Washington.
Tidal threatens legal action against Norway over stat fiddling investigation
3-Oct-2019 CMU
Tidal is threatening legal action against the whole country of Norway, which is certainly one way to deal with allegations that you fiddled the figures on a Beyonce record.
EU launches talks on new African trade pact
3-Oct-2019 Euractiv
The new agreement will hopefully cover ‘trade-related areas, such as services, investment, technical barriers to trade, intellectual property rights as well as trade and sustainable development,’ says EU Commission.
Open letter to the European Parliament: Human rights before free trade with Vietnam
3-Oct-2019 ACAT
ACAT and 47 Vietnamese and international organizations urge members of the European Parliament to delay consideration of the free trade agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Trade ministers of RCEP to hold key meet next week
3-Oct-2019 The Financial Express
Trade ministers of the 16-nation RCEP grouping will meet in Bangkok on October 10-12, in what could be the last ministerial before a potential deal is sealed in November.
Steel industry frets as Govt inches close to signing RCEP
3-Oct-2019 The Hindu Business Line
The steel industry has expressed serious concern with Government inching close to signing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership which will open duty-free imports into the country from China.
Ag leaders react to US - Japan trade deal
3-Oct-2019 The Coal Field Progress
Ag leaders believe a new free trade agreement with Japan should put billions of dollars back in the pockets of American farmers.
Mercosur and South Korea fourth round of trade talks, this time in Busan
2-Oct-2019 MercoPress
South Korea plans to hold the fourth round of trade talks with Mercosur as Seoul aims to expand its trade network with emerging countries and revitalize its ailing exports.
EAEU-Singapore free trade agreement signed in Yerevan
2-Oct-2019 Kazinform
Prime ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Singapore signed a Free Trade Agreement and a Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the EAEU Member States and Singapore.
Reducing duty on dairy products would cause major unrest among rural India: SJM
2-Oct-2019 India Today
New Zealand and Australia were negotiating "very hard" with India at RCEP-FTA to reduce duty on dairy products so that they can get access to the world’s largest market of dairy products.
India, US to continue efforts to link investment with trade
2-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India’s bilateral trade talks with the US will continue when commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal meets US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit later this week.
China, Japan and S.Korea agree to push FTA, RCEP talks and pay joint efforts on peninsula issue
2-Oct-2019 Beloit Bulletin
China, Japan and South Korea agreed to push forward and speed up negotiations on the free trade area (FTA) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), as the three countries‘ foreign ministers met in Beijing on Wednesday.
Indonesia gets Rp 232 billion grant from EU to ease trade negotiations
2-Oct-2019 The Jakarta Post
The European Union has granted Indonesia Rp 232 billion (US$16.37 million) through a program dubbed ARISE+ Indonesia to improve trade conditions and capacity between 2019 and 2023.
India may cut duties on 80% of Chinese imports under RCEP
2-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India may cut or eliminate tariffs on 80% of products imported from China under a 16-country free trade agreement, the last round of negotiations for which is underway in Vietnam.