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Sacu, Mozambique fail to reach agreement to cushion Brexit impact
19-Mar-2019 Business Report
Issue with “cumulation,” which relates to certificates of origin required by exporters to both regions and differences in relation to timeframes for the continued recognition of sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements are not resolved.
Qatar seeks free trade deal with Iraq in meeting with PM
19-Mar-2019 Kurdistan24
Qatar would like to sign a free trade agreement with Iraq to exchange, encourage, and protect investments between the two countries.
UK reaches post-Brexit trade agreement with Iceland and Norway
19-Mar-2019 Reuters
Britain reached an a deal with Iceland and Norway to allow trade to continue unchanged if it leaves the European Union without a deal
Indonesia warns EU on palm oil draft, says ’examining’ relations
19-Mar-2019 The Edge Markets
Indonesia slammed the European Commission’s adoption of a draft regulation to phase out the use of palm oil in renewable transportation fuel and warned the move could hurt relations with EU members backing the proposal.
Ill-timed beef duty looms over Japan’s talks with Trump
18-Mar-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
Japanese imports of beef are nearing the point of triggering an automatic tariff increase, which would affect only the US, a nonmember of the TPP-11.
CPEC and Gwadar fishermen
18-Mar-2019 Daily Times
A component of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor would prevent fishermen from fishing on Gwadar’s eastern port, which had been the only source of income for centuries. The Fishermen Alliance has announced that its protests will continue.
US wheat and Brazilian fresh beef included in agriculture talks in Washington
18-Mar-2019 MercoPress
Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 metric tons of US wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions, according to Brazilian officials.
US launches first dispute with South Korea under free trade pact
18-Mar-2019 France24
The US government was launching the first dispute with South Korea under the free trade pact between the two countries over how Korea’s competition regulator treats American firms.
As India works on a strategy to spur Indo-African bilateral trade, Suresh Prabhu pitches for FTA
18-Mar-2019 Economic Times
India Government is working on a comprehensive strategy to boost India-Africa bilateral trade.
EU-US trade spat heats up over stalled talks
15-Mar-2019 France 24
The European Parliament failed to back trade talks between the EU and the US as President Donald Trump warned of severe consequences if Europe failed to deliver.
SACU, Mozambique make progress on impending Brexit
15-Mar-2019 Tralac
Substantial progress has made to conclude a Roll-Over Economic Partnership Agreement between SACU, Mozambique and the UK.
Venezuela’s Guaido to appeal $8.75 billion ConocoPhillips award
15-Mar-2019 Bloomberg
Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido plans to appeal a $8.75 billion award issued to ConocoPhillips by the World Bank’s arbitration tribunal last week.
US-EU trade talks unacceptable without agriculture, US House members say
15-Mar-2019 US House of Representatives
A bipartisan group of 114 US House members sent a letter to the US Trade Representative, urging him to “insist on the inclusion of agricultural products" in trade talks with the European Union.
Premier Li urges China-Japan-South Korea FTA talks
15-Mar-2019 CGTN
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged Japan and South Korea to speed up free-trade agreement (FTA) talks as the three parties mark the 20th anniversary of the launch of the China-Japan-South Korea cooperation mechanism this year.
Investment protection proposals under RCEP threaten India’s pharma industry
15-Mar-2019 The Wire
Free trade agreements like the RCEP will infringe on India’s intellectual property laws. India must stand its ground in the interest of public health.
Putrajaya hopes India lowers palm import tariff via RCEP
15-Mar-2019 The Edge Markets
Malaysian government hopes India would lower the import tariff for palm oil products further after concluding negotiations on the RCEP, a move that could increase demand for the commodity.
NextEra Energy wins dispute against Spain
15-Mar-2019 Renewables Now
The ICSID ruled against Spain in a case brought by NextEra Energy Inc regarding the US utility’s lost investments in two 49.9-MW concentrated solar power plants.
Farmer unions demand scrapping of RCEP pact
15-Mar-2019 Business Standard
About 40 farmer unions demanded the government walk out of the negotiations over the RCEP free trade agreement, saying it would be disastrous for the domestic agriculture sector if the pact comes through.
Korea’s agriculture deficit grows under FTAs
15-Mar-2019 Korea Herald
South Korea has actively promoted its agricultural products in overseas markets over the past few years by holding K-food fairs. Nonetheless, data show that Korea has yet to resolve its chronic trade deficit in farm products.
The globalisation of border control and peoples’ resistance
14-Mar-2019 TNI
A workshop aimed to promote a collective analysis of border control, focusing on the power and impunity of transnational corporations, militarization, the externalization of borders, and the link between free trade and migration.