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Turkey ratifies free trade agreement with Serbia
14-Jan-2019 Serbian Monitor
The Turkish Parliament has ratified the new Free Trade Agreement with Serbia which creates prerequisites for more Serbian goods to be included in the duty-free regime in trade between the two countries.
We can’t afford to let the new NAFTA drive up drug prices
14-Jan-2019 Chicago Tribune
NAFTA 2.0 would effectively tie the US Congress’ hands in the struggle against rising drug prices.
US to seek comprehensive agriculture access in EU trade talks
14-Jan-2019 Reuters
The United States signalled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of planned US-EU trade talks.
MEP seeks signatures against Morocco-EU agriculture agreement
11-Jan-2019 Morocco World News
As the European Parliament prepares to deliver its final vote on the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement, some pro-Polisario forces from within the European body are again challenging the validity of the agreement.
France to keep European audiovisual sector out of post-Brexit UK-EU free trade agreement
11-Jan-2019 Screen Daily
French president Emmanuel Macron has confirmed France will ensure the European audiovisual sector is excluded from any all-encompassing UK-EU free trade agreement (FTA) post Brexit.
The IP implications of the USMCA: Who needs to do what
11-Jan-2019 Lexology
The USMCA most closely reflects US IP laws, subjecting the US to almost no revisions of its current domestic intellectual property laws.
EU: Postpone vote on Vietnam free trade agreement
10-Jan-2019 Human Rights Watch
The European Parliament and the European Council should postpone the ratification of the proposed EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement until the Vietnamese government takes concrete steps to improve its increasingly abusive human rights record.
An historic opportunity to transform trade when we stop NAFTA II
10-Jan-2019 Nation of Change
We can stop NAFTA II and replace corporate trade with a new model that raises working conditions and protects the environment.
EU trade chief says US talks will not include agriculture
10-Jan-2019 Reuters
The European Commission is preparing two mandates: one to cover removal of tariffs on industrial goods and another on areas of possible regulatory cooperation in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cyber security.
A no-go for the US: What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership and why did it fail?
9-Jan-2019 IQS Directory
With the US as the centerpiece, the TPP would have given the country a more significant stake in Asia and the Pacific in much the same way as NAFTA did in America.
After NAFTA fight, Trump threatens another trade battle with Central America
9-Jan-2019 McClatchy
Now that the Trump administration has revamped the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is taking a look at kicking key countries out of its sister pact, the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
Call to make FTA beneficial for both Pakistan, Sri Lanka: HC
9-Jan-2019 Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka and Pakistan have signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) but some certain issues need to be resolved
Boosting bilateral trade with Norway, India to sign agreement on Tuesday
9-Jan-2019 The Wire
India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries are working on the nuts and bolts of their free trade agreement
China call for Korea’s role on One Belt, One Road project
9-Jan-2019 The Korea Times
China call for Korea to linking the bilateral FTA with the One Belt One Road initiative
Asia trade pact RCEP aims for fall signing, after India elections
9-Jan-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
India asked other RCEP members to enter final negotiations after India’s elections.
NAFTA renewed. Now what?
8-Jan-2019 Canadian Dimension
The outcome of the “Trump moment” is likely, for all its protectionist rhetoric, to end up further legitimating free trade.
Misleading and false INTA report as basis for Parliamentary vote
8-Jan-2019 WSRW
The report of the Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA) that serves as a basis for the vote on the extension of the EU-Morocco trade deal into occupied Western Sahara contains highly misleading and false claims.
What the US-Africa strategy means for SA and the continent
8-Jan-2019 Moneyweb
The US-Africa Strategy seeks to re-position the US and bring it to par with China and Russia.
Sri Lanka to review feasibility studies of all proposed FTAs
7-Jan-2019 Mirror Business
Following criticism levelled at the Sri Lanka – Singapore FTA, Sri Lanka has decided to review all feasibility studies of all proposed FTAs
India to hold bilateral meetings with some RCEP members; next round of talks in Feb
7-Jan-2019 The Economic Times
Indian officials will hold bilateral meetings with a few countries, including China to iron out issues hindering negotiations of RCEP mega trade deal