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No easy answers as Japan, US head for new round of trade talks
9-Aug-2018 Reuters
Japan will try to avert steep tariffs on its car exports and fend off US demands for a bilateral free trade agreement at talks in Washington, but a quick fix for the trade imbalance between the two countries appears elusive.
US and Mexico target Nafta cars deal by end of week
9-Aug-2018 Bloomberg
Canada is said to prepare to rejoin talks as soon as next week. Mexican ministers are in Washington for third week in a row.
Secrecy shrouds cost to Australian taxpayer in controversial trade dispute
8-Aug-2018 The Guardian
US energy company is seeking $350m in compensation in so-called ISDS case over gas turbines in Pilbara.
Trade for All is a lie
8-Aug-2018 Daily Blog
New Zealand Labour-led government’s ‘Trade for All agenda’ is somehow meant to re-engender confidence without addressing any issues.
EU hopes to use prior trade negotiations in new talks with US
8-Aug-2018 BNA
The EU’s reasoning is that it wouldn’t make sense to throw out all the previous work done on regulatory cooperation and start anew, EU sources said.
Trade negotiations: Geo-economics and geopolitics
8-Aug-2018 International Affairs
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool.
Conflicts between Latin American countries and transnational corporations: The challenges of the region in the face of asymmetrical investment treaties
8-Aug-2018 IISD
Facing multimillion dollar claims, many Latin American states have become critical of investment arbitration. A group of researchers building a database of legal and policy tools aims to change this.
WSJ: Revised KORUS FTA jeopardized by auto tariff dispute
8-Aug-2018 KBS
A revised free trade agreement between South Korea and the US is reportedly in jeopardy after President Donald Trump threatened to impose heavy tariffs on auto and auto parts imports.
China-Eurasian Economic Union agreement text (2018)
7-Aug-2018 Eurasian Economic Union
China-Georgia FTA
7-Aug-2018 Ministry of Commerce, China
Morocco agrees to accept US poultry: USTR, USDA
7-Aug-2018 Reuters
Morocco has agreed to accept imports of American poultry products for the first time, the US Trade Representative’s office and the US Department of Agriculture said, estimating initial annual shipments at about $10 million.
EU-Eastern and Southern Africa EPA faces collapse
7-Aug-2018 The Southern Times
Although ESA says it is committed to the full EPA process with EU, the bloc accuses the EU of dragging its feet and rather preferring to enter into EPAs with individual African states outside the collective economic integration framework.
EU-New Zealand FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Australia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Tunisia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Five red flags for food, farming and fair trade under the UK’s new Brexit plan
6-Aug-2018 IATP
“Brexit” presents a number of significant risks to the future of sustainable food and agriculture in both the UK and the EU.
Mexico touts progress in NAFTA talks with US, but toughest issues remain
6-Aug-2018 Reuters
Negotiators for Mexico and the United States have reached agreement on about 20 topics during talks to revamp NAFTA, Mexico’s economy minister said, although he conceded that some of the thorniest issues remained unresolved.
“Trade For All” consultation lacks credibility
6-Aug-2018 Scoop
“Trade For All” consultation lacks credibility while negotiations on old model continue.
Samoa cautioned in critical trade decisions
6-Aug-2018 Samoa Observer
PACER-Plus is a highly problematic FTA containing far too many concessions by Forum Island Countries to Australia and New Zealand, reshaping Pacific Island economies.
Expropriation without compensation? Ask the British.
4-Aug-2018 Africa is a country
Zimbabwe is still seeking to have annulled two Awards issued by a tribunal of the ICSID. The disputes concern the government’s expropriation of timber plantations which were first established by Rhodes’ BSAC.