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EU, South America: 7 European countries push Brussels to close Mercosur trade deal
27-Jun-2019 Stratfor
Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Latvia expressed their support of Brussels’ intention to close on a "balanced and reasonable" free trade agreement with the South American trade bloc.
Italian construction company in legal dispute with Morocco’s AABV
27-Jun-2019 Morocco World News
The Italian company claims that Morocco has breached the 1990 Italy-Morocco bilateral investment treaty provisions.
Vietnam et Afrique du Sud discutent d’un accord de libre-échange
27-Jun-2019 Le Courrier du Vietnam
Les deux parties ont échangé des solutions pour augmenter la valeur d’échanges commerciaux bilatéraux dans les temps à venir dont la diversification des produits à l’export, la possibilité pour élaborer un accord de libre-échange bilatéral.
Australia leads secret trade negotiations that will sideline US
27-Jun-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald
Trade representatives from more than a dozen countries have flown into Australia to conduct highly secretive negotiations on a mega deal that will sideline the US amid the ongoing economic fall-out from the US-China trade war.
Analysis: EU-Vietnam FTA opens up petchem trade options
27-Jun-2019 Argus
A landmark free-trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the EU will open up options for new petrochemical trade flows, but may not lead to a quick shift away from Hanoi’s main export markets in China and southeast Asia.
RCEP next steps: on India’s free trade agreement
27-Jun-2019 The Hindu
India cannot afford to fall out of the free trade agreement negotiations.
US Israel Free Trade Agreement damage assessment
26-Jun-2019 IRmep
Why has the Israel Free Trade Area Agreement (ILFTA) been so bad for America? Will Israel and its lobby advance even worse US-Israel initiatives?
Democrats to meet with US trade representative over USMCA
26-Jun-2019 CNN
House Democrats reiterated their demand on Tuesday afternoon that substantive changes to the deal must be made to the underlying agreement. It’s an idea administration officials have rejected.
New NAFTA limits labeling for food and workplace chemicals
26-Jun-2019 IATP
A major focus throughout the agreement is an obvious effort to limit information provided to consumers and workers about food ingredients and nutrition, as well as the chemicals used in agriculture, consumer products and workplaces.
Mexico becomes first country to ratify new North American trade deal
26-Jun-2019 Washington Post
Mexico became the first country to ratify the new North American free-trade agreement, as its Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the deal updating the rules for one of the world’s largest trade blocs.
Japan: G20 Leaders’ Summit to focus on free trade
25-Jun-2019 AA
Under Japan, G20 focuses on fixing current account imbalances with multilateral policy coordination not bilateral trade deals.
Thai CSOs’ proposition against IP enforcement in the RCEP negotiation
25-Jun-2019 FTA Watch
FTA Watch would like to urge the Thai negotiation team for the RCEP to have a strong position to reject proposals on Intellectual Property Enforcement chapter.
A Bad Free Trade Agreement Is Worse than Nothing
25-Jun-2019 IPS
With growing economic conflicts triggered by US President Donald Trump’s novel neo-mercantilist approach to overcoming his nation’s economic malaises, many voices now argue that bad free trade agreements are better than nothing.
EU-Vietnam trade deal a bad day for workers’ rights
25-Jun-2019 EU Observer
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.
Namibia and SACU review FTA
25-Jun-2019 NBC (Namibia)
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has called on trade experts to find innovative ways to contribute to the success of the review process of the Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement.
Building confidence, BIT by BIT
25-Jun-2019 The Hindu
Indian bilateral investment treaties need to strike a balance between foreign investor interests and those of the state
ASEAN to send envoys to break RCEP deadlocks
24-Jun-2019 Jakarta Post
ASEAN economic ministers have agreed to have representatives from Indonesia and Thailand, as well as ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi, engage with Indian officials over deadlocks in the negotiations of the bloc’s most strategic trade agreement.
Belarus, UK in talks over free trade agreement
24-Jun-2019 BelTA
Belarus and the United Kingdom are discussing a possibility to sign a free trade agreement, Minister of State for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom George Hollingbery told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.
Will India Join the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership?
24-Jun-2019 Business Standard
Thailand, the current chair of ASEAN, has urged participating countries to rapidly conclude negotiations on an agreement to the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership (RCEP).
US is targeting sub-Saharan Africa for first free-trade pact
24-Jun-2019 Gulf Times
The US plans to pursue its first free trade agreement with a country in sub-Saharan Africa as soon as it decides on the most suitable candidate, according to the US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa.