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New Indonesian-Japanese deal to be signed in late 2019
10-Jul-2019 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian and Japanese governments are now working to complete the countries’ new economic partnership agreement, which is expected to be signed late this year.
The free trade myth
10-Jul-2019 New Internationalist
ISDSs, legal mechanisms designed to favour corporate interests will be integral to any post-Brexit US-UK trade deal.
Civil society criticizes secretive Asia-Pacific free trade negotiations
9-Jul-2019 Devex
CSOs and other observers of the trade agreement have needed to rely on leaked 2015 documents to get a picture of what was on the table for discussion and whether there were protections offered to vulnerable communities and the environment.
Beyond NAFTA 2.0: A trade agenda for people and planet
9-Jul-2019 CCPA
The report critically analyzes the USMCA and sets out alternatives that would give priority to human rights and the rights of nature over corporate rights.
S. Korea to become global test case in its trade dispute with the EU
9-Jul-2019 Hankyoreh
The European Commission’s request to convene a panel of experts in its dispute with South Korea over labor issues means that South Korea is becoming a major global test case.
Iranian president orders to start implementing free trade zone agreement with EAEU
9-Jul-2019 TASS
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has tasked the country’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade to start implementing the free trade zone agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.
The EU’s human rights and free trade conundrum
9-Jul-2019 Asia Times
Today the EU looks to be perfectly happy to expand trade with authoritarian regimes with appalling human rights records when the economic gains are sufficiently large.
Govt attempts fresh focus on FTAs, talks with US, EU and ASEAN negotiators next week
9-Jul-2019 The Hindu
Re-elected Indian government will engage in three sets of important trade talks: with the EU, the US and ASEAN negotiators this week.
South Korea stopped discussing its CPTPP membership
9-Jul-2019 Business Korea
The South Korean government has stopped its discussion on joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Corporations have ’hijacked justice’
9-Jul-2019 The Ecologist
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal would undermine environmental protections in Asia.
Korean govt to enter 3rd trade talks with Mercosur nations this week
9-Jul-2019 Pulse News
The South Korean government will initiate the third trade agreement (TA) talks with four member nations of South American trade bloc Mercosur on Friday (local time) in Montevideo, Uruguay, to seek ways to increase exports to the countries.
Human rights concerns stall PH free trade talks with EU
9-Jul-2019 Inquirer Net
The European Union has suspended negotiations for a free trade deal with the Philippines partly due to concerns over human rights protection as the government wages war against illegal drugs.
Civil society dialogue on Africa’s meeting of 28 June 2019
8-Jul-2019 SOL
The preparation of the AfCFTA represents a waste of time and resources for the African States that will reduce the resources which should be concentrated on economic and political strengthening of the Regional Economic Communities.
Egypt, US to promote greater reciprocal market access for agricultural, industrial goods
8-Jul-2019 MENAFN
Egypt and the United States are seeking ways to promote a greater reciprocal market access for agricultural and industrial goods following the latest talks of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement .
S. Korea to launch task force to handle lawsuits by global investors
8-Jul-2019 The Investor
South Korea’s financial regulator said it will launch a task force later this month to handle lawsuits filed by global investors, such as US private equity fund Lone Star.
Economic ’game changer’? African leaders launch free-trade zone
8-Jul-2019 Al Jazeera
African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone that, if successful, would unite 1.3 billion people and create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc.
The European Union - MERCOSUR Agreement: still an avoidable tragedy
5-Jul-2019 REBRIP
The signing of the Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and the European Union represents a major blow for Brazil and other Mercosur countries in national sovereignty, social rights and inclusive and sustainable development projects
House Democrats call for revival of meat labeling law
5-Jul-2019 Press Herald
A meat labeling law repealed three years ago may be making a comeback as some lawmakers call for it to be added to the proposed trade pact designed to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
Argentina’s Macri flags free trade deal talks with United States, China
5-Jul-2019 Reuters
Argentina is talking with Brazil about free trade deals with the United States and China, Macri said, also underlining progress on trade deals with Canada, South Korea and Europe.
EU-Mercosur FTA: The agreement in principle (Jul 2019)
4-Jul-2019 European Commission