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6-Mar-2018 Leadership
Turkey seeks free trade agreement with ECOWAS
Turkish Economy Minister has suggested that a free trade agreement will be a key step to boost business ties between Ankara and the Economic Community of West African States. -
6-Mar-2018 Court of Justice of the European Union
The arbitration clause in the Agreement between the Netherlands and Slovakia on the protection of investments is not compatible with EU law
That clause removes from the mechanism of judicial review of EU law disputes which may relate to the application or interpretation of that law. -
6-Mar-2018 The Globe and Mail
US says time running short for NAFTA talks, floats bilateral deals
"We are prepared to move on a bilateral basis," Lighthizer said. Trump added that tariffs on steel and aluminum will only come off if "fair NAFTA agreement is signed." -
6-Mar-2018 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The post-TPP future of digital trade in Asia
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. -
6-Mar-2018 The Hindu
India, China step up engagement
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 . -
6-Mar-2018 The Mainichi
Japan approves signing of TPP free trade pact without US
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. -
5-Mar-2018 Singapore Business
Singapore-EU to push ratification of free trade deal this year
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. -
5-Mar-2018 Oxfam
Following mining and oil tax payments down the rabbit hole
How poor countries like Mongolia may be losing millions because of corporate tax practices and legal loopholes. -
5-Mar-2018 IP Watch
Protecting and promoting copyright balance in NAFTA
The ongoing NAFTA renegotiation presents a prime opportunity to move the ball on protecting and promoting general public interest copyright exceptions. -
5-Mar-2018 Gulf News
Philippines, EU rekindle ties on ‘equal footing’
Move seen as part of President Duterte’s push for an independent foreign policy. -
5-Mar-2018 Latin America Herald Tribune
US federal court registers $1.2 billion judgment for Rusoro against Venezuela
US Federal District Court Judge Richard J. Leon has ordered Rusoro’s $1.2 billion ICSID Expropriation award against Venezuela registered in the US. -
5-Mar-2018 Reuters
As Western banks leave, China adds Brunei to new silk road
Total Chinese investment in Brunei is now estimated at $4.1 billion. -
5-Mar-2018 Reuters
NAFTA talks on autos eyed for next week: Mexico negotiator
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, -
5-Mar-2018 The Nation
Jakarta told to step up talks with EFTA
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. -
5-Mar-2018 Singapore Business Review
Singapore-EU to push ratification of free trade deal this year
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. -
5-Mar-2018 Japan Times
RCEP negotiators make progress in Singapore as Japan pushes for year-end deal on trade pact
Ministers from 16 East Asian countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership made progress at a meeting in Singapore Saturday but many gaps remain. -
5-Mar-2018 Cadena Agramonte
Workers reject terms of Mercosur-EU agreement
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. -
5-Mar-2018 Scoop
Nationwide action against the TPPA
It’s Our Future is hosting events throughout New Zealand in opposition to the signing of the TPPA. -
5-Mar-2018 Feedstuffs
USDA trade undersecretary bullish on Central America
Trade mission to Guatemala yields fruitful meetings with conservative estimates of $30 million in new sales. -
5-Mar-2018 Yahoo
EU and South American bloc extend trade talks
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.