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Indonesia, South Korea calling for acceleration of RCEP negotiation
21-Aug-2018 Xinhua Net
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Prime Minister of South Korea Lee Nak-yeon met at the State Palace on Monday, calling for acceleration of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Chile - Civil society organizations: "Without impact studies, Congress cannot vote free trade agreements"
21-Aug-2018 Resumen
The Chamber of Deputies approved the request that the Government has to review in detail each and every treaty signed by Chile, as well as future agreements.
United for a strong movement against JEFTA
21-Aug-2018 Lobby Control
Let’s build a movement against the EU-Japan trade agrement together.
China says it’s ’always ready’ to restart free trade talks with Canada
21-Aug-2018 Financial Post
Canada and China — currently locked in separate trade disputes with the U.S. – are both seeking to diversify their export markets.
Tourist trap: Is tourism’s explosive growth hurting countries?
20-Aug-2018 IISD
Foreign investors in tourism have a long and successful history of using investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) under investment treaties.
Why CETA is no better
20-Aug-2018 New Internationalist
CETA is not ‘just’ a trade deal. It is about empowering corporations, undermining sensible regulations and locking in privatization.
US drops agriculture demand from NAFTA talks: Mexico farm lobby
20-Aug-2018 Reuters
The United States has dropped a contentious demand from the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement to impose restrictions on Mexican agricultural exports.
In secret
20-Aug-2018 Real World Radio
Organizations denounce that RCEP is moving forward without respecting minimum transparency and public participation standards.
Turkey crisis rattles Asian nations with rising Belt and Road debts
20-Aug-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Turkey’s currency crisis is adding to the financial troubles of emerging Asian economies that have taken big loans for infrastructure projects under China’s Belt and Road initiative.
Japan to accept more caregivers from three Southeastern Asian countries
20-Aug-2018 Bangkok Post
Japan is planning to accept a greater number of caregivers from three Southeastern Asian countries having bilateral free trade agreements with Tokyo as part of efforts to address a labour shortage in the country.
RCEP and beyond
20-Aug-2018 The Hindu
The Centre does not appear to be comfortable with the general drift of negotiations in the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Ukraine, Israel close to signing a free trade agreement
20-Aug-2018 Ukrinform
Ukraine and Israel officials discussed practical steps to accelerate the signing of a free trade agreement between the two countries.
Tell federal MPs and Senators: vote NO to TPP-11
20-Aug-2018 AFTINET
The TPP-11 implementing legislation is now being reviewed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee on which the government has a majority.
Exports to China drop 27 per cent
18-Aug-2018 The Daily Star
Given the situation of bilateral trade, the Bangladesh government initiated the process for signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.
Pakistan to evaluate trade policy on modern lines
18-Aug-2018 The News
Pakistan would evaluate its trade policy according to modern trends, and implement the strategic policy framework 2015/19 in letter and spirit to boost the country’s exports.
South Korea decides to join CPTPP
18-Aug-2018 Business Korea
The South Korean government has decided to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It is now mulling over when to sign it.
CPTPP nothing but a rebranding exercise
17-Aug-2018 Free Malaysia Today
There is nothing progressive about the CPTPP except its name.
Beef industry wants trade agreements like TPP, not tariffs, as meat sits in storage
17-Aug-2018 Parker City News
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association would much prefer the use of trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and benefit from having rules-based, science-based trade from those free trade agreements.
The 2018 draft Dutch model BIT: A critical assessment
17-Aug-2018 IISD
The revised Dutch model BIT seems a missed opportunity to achieve a better balance between the rights and obligations of foreign investors.
Japan asks Colombia to join TPP
17-Aug-2018 NHK
Japan’s foreign minister has met his new Colombian counterpart and asked the South American country to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.