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2018: A year of uncertainty for international intellectual property
9-Jan-2018 StarTribune
The US government’s role as a leader of the international intellectual property system is under self-imposed threat.
Duterte ratifies PH-EFTA FTA
8-Jan-2018 Manila Bulletin
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has submitted to the Senate for concurrence his ratification of the Free Trade Agreement between the Philippines and four of the world’s wealthiest states under EFTA (European Free Trade Association).
Rwanda: AU summit to discuss continental free trade area agreement - Official
8-Jan-2018 All Africa
The upcoming 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government from January 28 to 29 is expected to receive a progress report on the status of negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Europe and Mercosur scheduled to resume trade negotiations this month
8-Jan-2018 MercoPress
The European Commission and Mercosur are planning to resume negotiations to reach a new Association Agreement this January.
The Tory trade bill would usher in the worst bits of TTIP – it must be stopped
8-Jan-2018 The Guardian
This legislation for post-Brexit Britain is not just bad law, it’s dangerous, allowing for deals without parliamentary scrutiny.
EU trade in 2018: A preview
8-Jan-2018 Euractiv
The year 2018 will offer a very narrow window of opportunity to bring key EU trade policy files forward.
Europe reaps Canada’s wheat belt
8-Jan-2018 Maersk
A new trade agreement between the EU and Canada is expected to increase bilateral trade by USD 14 billion.
People and the planet before profit!
5-Jan-2018 RQIC
Montréal rally on NAFTA on January 27, 2018 at 12pm.
South Korea on alert for ’US bullying’ during trade talks
5-Jan-2018 CNBC
Seoul, wary of giving into US demands, will seek to limit the number of overall concessions.
US urges UK to cut EU rules after Brexit to boost trade
5-Jan-2018 Bloomberg
US trade official says it is ‘difficult’ to do business with EU and Brexit offers chance to press the ‘reset button’.
FTA with Turkey is Ukraine’s key priority for 2018: Ambassador
5-Jan-2018 MENAFN
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrii Sybiha considers the conclusion of the agreement on a free trade area (FTA) with Turkey as one of the key priorities of 2018.
Indonesia to start trade talks to boost exports
5-Jan-2018 Jakarta Post
Indonesia seeks to initiate negotiations on trade agreements under both bilateral and regional schemes this year to help jack up the country’s exports.
Free trade or women’s rights?
5-Jan-2018 Strategic Review
After 30 years of neoliberal globalization, it has been increasingly acknowledged that austerity, privatization, deregulation of finance, markets and corporations, and trade and investment liberalization have had a devastating and discriminatory impact on women.
UK leaving single market for TPP could hit workers’ rights, union warns
5-Jan-2018 The Guardian
TUC delivers stark warning about labour abuses after trade secretary Liam Fox refuses to rule out membership of TPP.
A declaration from North Africa: food sovereignty is a right
5-Jan-2018 CADTM
We stand against the plunder of peoples’ resources by multinationals and financial capital and against all forms of discrimination and racism.
TPP sows fear in Japan’s agriculture industry
5-Jan-2018 The Diplomat
As the resurrected TPP moves forward, Japanese consumer groups and farmers fear the effects.Many argue that seeds are likely to become more expensive by the proposed abolishment of the Seed Law.
Big Asean presence on R-Day will have ripple effect on mega trade pact talks
5-Jan-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
It is highly probable that the Asean countries will use the official visit to gain some political mileage and push India towards steeper commitments on dismantling tariffs and improve market access commitments to RCEP members.
Liam Fox’s Pacific plan is toxic. Post-Brexit trade policies need proper scrutiny
4-Jan-2018 The Guardian
Joining the dysfunctional Trans-Pacific Partnership would help only big business. There must be transparency and accountability over trade.
China announces it will begin “a greater push” to conquer trade in the hemisphere
4-Jan-2018 MercoPress
Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Yang Wanming urged Latin American nations to increase trade ties to China, promoting Beijing’s “One Belt One Road” project and warning Beijing will begin a “greater push” to conquer trade in the hemisphere.
Japan wheat market to tighten
4-Jan-2018 The Progressive Farmer
US wheat growers are likely to lose some market share in Japan in the coming years because of a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, and the newly constituted Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new USDA report warns.