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The post-TPP future of digital trade in Asia
6-Mar-2018 Electronic Frontier Foundation
On March 8, trade representatives from eleven Pacific rim countries including Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Australia are expected to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The agreement has been slimmed down both in its content—22 items in the text have been suspended, including the bulk of the intellectual property chapter—and also in its membership, with the exclusion of the United States which had been the driver of those suspended provisions.
India, China step up engagement
6-Mar-2018 The Hindu
India and China are seeking to step up the pace in improving ties, with two high-level ministerial meetings this month leading to a summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and a slew of engagements through the year, officials in Delhi and Beijing confirmed to The Hindu .
Japan approves signing of TPP free trade pact without US
6-Mar-2018 The Mainichi
The Japanese government on Tuesday approved the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact without the United States. Ministers from 11 participating countries are scheduled to gather in Chile on Thursday to sign the deal, paving the way for it to take effect in early 2019. Japan’s TPP minister Toshimitsu Motegi is expected to attend the signing ceremony.
Singapore-EU to push ratification of free trade deal this year
5-Mar-2018 Singapore Business
The negotiations on EUSFTA were concluded in October 2014. When ratified, it will be the first trade deal implemented by EU and an ASEAN member state.
Following mining and oil tax payments down the rabbit hole
5-Mar-2018 Oxfam
How poor countries like Mongolia may be losing millions because of corporate tax practices and legal loopholes.
Protecting and promoting copyright balance in NAFTA
5-Mar-2018 IP Watch
The ongoing NAFTA renegotiation presents a prime opportunity to move the ball on protecting and promoting general public interest copyright exceptions.
Philippines, EU rekindle ties on ‘equal footing’
5-Mar-2018 Gulf News
Move seen as part of President Duterte’s push for an independent foreign policy.
As Western banks leave, China adds Brunei to new silk road
5-Mar-2018 Reuters
Total Chinese investment in Brunei is now estimated at $4.1 billion.
NAFTA talks on autos eyed for next week: Mexico negotiator
5-Mar-2018 Reuters
US, Mexican and Canadian trade experts leading efforts to draft new rules for auto content under a revised NAFTA trade deal aim to meet next week,
Jakarta told to step up talks with EFTA
5-Mar-2018 The Nation
THE Indonesian government has been advised to accelerate its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which consists of four countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland — in order to boost investment and trade.
Singapore-EU to push ratification of free trade deal this year
5-Mar-2018 Singapore Business Review
Singapore and European Union (EU) have committed to facilitate the ratification of their trade and investment deal by the end of 2018 and push its entry into force soon thereafter.
RCEP negotiators make progress in Singapore as Japan pushes for year-end deal on trade pact
5-Mar-2018 Japan Times
Ministers from 16 East Asian countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership made progress at a meeting in Singapore Saturday but many gaps remain.
Workers reject terms of Mercosur-EU agreement
5-Mar-2018 Cadena Agramonte
The Coordination of Trade Unions of the Southern Cone and the European Trade Union Confederation expressed their disagreement with the terms on which the possible agreement between Mercosur and the European Union is proposed.
Nationwide action against the TPPA
5-Mar-2018 Scoop
It’s Our Future is hosting events throughout New Zealand in opposition to the signing of the TPPA.
USDA trade undersecretary bullish on Central America
5-Mar-2018 Feedstuffs
Trade mission to Guatemala yields fruitful meetings with conservative estimates of $30 million in new sales.
EU and South American bloc extend trade talks
5-Mar-2018 Yahoo
The European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur are extending talks on a free trade deal by a couple of weeks to resolve "four or five" outstanding issues.
Careful what you wish for: China is “quietly reshaping the world”
5-Mar-2018 Global Research
Canadian business wants a notch in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. In Asia, as in Canada, there are domestic and foreign policy risks to consider
No free trade agreement if EU bans palm oil: Mah
5-Mar-2018 The Straits Times
Malaysia’s free trade agreement talks with the European Union (EU) must address trade barriers that discriminate palm oil because this is a priority, a Cabinet minister said.
Can Labour bring labour rights to RCEP?
2-Mar-2018 Newsroom
With RCEP trade deal negotiations resuming in Singapore this week, Edward Miller says the Labour-led coalition will face an early test of its so-called "new approach on trade".
China expanding its military, political influence in Latin America
2-Mar-2018 ANI
New report has warned that Beijing is likely to increase its power through military and political means.