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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.
S. Korea’s FTA with 5 Central American nations partially takes effect on Oct. 1
2-Oct-2019 Pulse News
South Korea’s free trade agreement with five Central American countries becomes partially effective on 1 Oct, putting the country on path to enjoy near tariff-free access to markets across the Latin and South American map.
Hogan convinces MEPs by toughening up trade stance
1-Oct-2019 Euractiv
Phil Hogan obtained the MEPs’ preliminary approval to become the EU’s next Trade Commissioner, promising a tougher stance towards China to ensure the protection of European values, and environmental principles.
Iran to join EAEU in weeks: President Rouhani
1-Oct-2019 IFP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the country will officially join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on October 27.
Hogan: ’It takes two to tango’ to secure EU-US trade deal
1-Oct-2019 Irish Examiner
The EU’s likely next trade commissioner Phil Hogan has said he wants to secure a trade agreement with the US despite warning Washington "it takes two to tango" to secure any deal.
ACP-EU partnership: economic priorities determined
1-Oct-2019 Government Europa
Negotiators from the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries met at the United Nations to determine the future of the ACP-EU partnership.
S. Korea wins int’l arbitration against Korean-American in property dispute
1-Oct-2019 Yonhap
The South Korean government has won an international arbitration in a suit a Korean-American individual filed over expropriation of land in a redevelopment project.
ISDS victory: RCEP won’t allow corporations to sue governments
1-Oct-2019 AFTINET
After seven years of tireless campaigning in Australia and across the region, the Malaysian Trade Minister announced that foreign investor rights to sue governments (ISDS) has been dropped from the RCEP agreement negotiations.
Don’t trade our lives away in free trade negotiations
1-Oct-2019 Forum for Trade Justice
To sign the RCEP and start negotiations on a FTA with the US when the Indian economy is on the brink of economic downturn and needs strong domestic policies is a decision that is not in national or public interest.
Ricardo Salles to meet with European chemical and car giants
30-Sep-2019 Unearthed
Leaked agenda shows Brazil’s environment minister will meet with BASF, Bayer, VW and British fossil fuel and mining interests.
Civil society organizations call on Commission to ensure transparency in trade talks
30-Sep-2019 Lobby Control
European civil society organizations published an open letter to the Trade Commissioner-designate and the President of the European Commission regarding the lack of transparency in the ongoing EU-US trade talks.
Seoul, Moscow to hold 2nd round of FTA negotiations on service sector
30-Sep-2019 Yonhap News
South Korea’s trade ministry said Monday it plans to hold the second round of FTA negotiations with Russia in the service and investment segments, in line with the government’s efforts to deepen bilateral economic ties.