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24 farmers injured as UT police use sticks, water cannons to break stir
15-May-2019 Times of India
Hundreds of farmers from Punjab, under the banner of the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh committee, were lathi-charged and faced water cannons by UT police.
Poland to hold high-level talks on Prairie Mining coal projects dispute -sources
14-May-2019 Reuters
Poland’s prime minister and other government officials will meet to discuss a threat by Australia’s Prairie Mining to sue Warsaw over difficulties it faced in developing coal projects
UK negotiates a post-Brexit EPA with Cameroon
14-May-2019 Business in Cameroon
The validation of a report on the trade impact of the bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cameroon and the United Kingdom is the first step before the actual start of negotiations.
PepsiCo controversy: Globally, India has always refused to give in on IPR on plant varieties
13-May-2019 The Wire
The struggle for farmers’ rights over their seeds and planting materials is not playing out only in India – it’s a global phenomena.
IMF deal, CPFTA-II may hit manufacturing sector
13-May-2019 Business Recorder
The new tax measures being agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) coupled with the negative impact of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement-II (CPFTA-II) are likely to hit the country’s already poorly performing manufacturing sector.
Mining companies use excessive legal powers to gamble with Latin American lives
13-May-2019 Inequality
In more than two-thirds of the mining-related lawsuits against governments in the region, communities have actively organizing against the mining activities.
Sharon Treat: Mainers right to be skeptical that USMCA will fix farmers’ woes
13-May-2019 Sun Journal
The new NAFTA checks in at nearly 2,000 pages, with corporate giveaways larded throughout that directly impinge on state and federal authority to protect the public.
Is Indonesia’s IPR Framework incompatible with RCEP?
12-May-2019 The Diplomat
On intellectual property rights, there’s a serious gap between domestic Indonesian law and the structures of the proposed RCEP
Vietnam, EU work to enhance comprehensive partnership and cooperation
12-May-2019 Nhan Dan
EU and Vietnam formed a Joint Committee for the implementation of the EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (PCA) and held its first meeting in Hanoi on May 10
EU needs unified stand to conclude BIT with China
12-May-2019 Global Times
China - EU were committed to achieving "decisive progress" for the conclusion of a China-EU Comprehensive Investment Agreement in 2020 - the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between China and the EU.
Malaysian minister: ‘Palm oil is a deal-braker for EU-ASEAN trade relations’
12-May-2019 Euractiv
Malaysian minister warned that Malaysia would adopt retaliatory measures to penalise European products if the ban goes ahead as planned. Furthermore, the ASEAN will not sign a partnership agreement with the EU unless palm oil is allowed again.
New trade agreement between Chile and Argentina enters into force
10-May-2019 Fresh Plaza
The Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Argentina entered into force on Wednesday, May 1.
Pressure mounts on EU to curb Brazilian deforestation, human rights abuses
10-May-2019 Mongabay
A new report by more than 20 NGOs is calling on the EU to include provisions in trade agreements now under negotiation, such as the EU/MERCOSOR agreement, that would fully protect forests and indigenous rights.
How US-China talks differ from any other trade deal
10-May-2019 Reuters
The Trump administration imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods to try to force changes in China’s trade, subsidy and intellectual property practices.
FTA between China’s Hong Kong, 3 ASEAN nations to take effect in June
9-May-2019 Xinhua Net
As part of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Hong Kong andASEAN, tariff reduction and services market access between Hong Kong and three ASEAN members will come into force in June
India’s FTAs have hurt its domestic petrochem sector, says FICCI report
9-May-2019 The Hindu Business Line
Most of the free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by India have not benefited the domestic chemicals and petrochemicals industry.
Canadian pork exports to Japan catching up to the United States under CPTPP
9-May-2019 Financial Post
Economists had warned that the preferential tariff treatment the bloc enjoyed would threaten the market share of American producers
FTAs will shield PHL from trade war
9-May-2019 Business Mirror
The Philippines is keen on forging more bilateral free- trade agreements (FTAs) with several countries amid the intensifying trade tensions between the United States and China.
Why the new US-EU trade talks may be doomed before they even start
9-May-2019 Fortune
That’s in part because of a long-running catch 22: the US won’t contemplate a deal that doesn’t include agricultural goods, and the EU, keen to protect its own farmers and maintain food standards, refuses to allow a deal that does include them.
EU, Mercosur to close deal defying global trade war, Brazil says
9-May-2019 Bloomberg
Accord in principle may be reached as soon as next week. France is no longer a stumbling block to Brazilian demands on farm goods, says Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary.