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27-Jun-2018 Red Pepper
Dodgy trade deals like CETA threaten UK workers
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement enshrines the right of corporations to make profit - whatever the cost to real people. -
27-Jun-2018 Reuters
Mercosur offers to halve import tariff on EU cars -paper
The Mercosur bloc of four South American nations has offered to cut import tariffs on European Union cars by 50 percent . -
27-Jun-2018 Focus Taiwan
Taiwan hopes to join CPTPP as soon as possible: top negotiator
Taiwan is hoping to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) as soon as possible, Taiwan’s top negotiator said in a recent interview. -
27-Jun-2018 Business Standard
States should be consulted before agreements are signed: CM
The Chief Minister of Kerela, state of India said in regard to ongoing RCEP trade negotiations that the union government should consult states before signing international agriculture trade agreement and free trade agreements. -
26-Jun-2018 The Island
The need to rethink free trade agreements
Sri Lankan public has not heard of most of the FTAs that the country has entered into, let alone the harm or benefit they might get. -
26-Jun-2018 Global Meat News
China and France reach beef agreement
The two nations reached a health and safety accord, which will give the green light to France to export chilled and frozen beef to China. -
26-Jun-2018 TDN
Lighthouse looks to use NAFTA talks to greenlight Millennium coal terminal
Millennium Bulk Terminals’ parent company is ramping up lobbying spending related to trade talks with Canada and Mexico as part of a bold effort to get its blocked coal terminal in Longview approved. -
26-Jun-2018 Swiss Info
Expanded free-trade agreement with Turkey attracts criticism
Eleven Swiss groups have called on parliament to refrain from ratifying a revised free-trade agreement with Turkey. They cited the country’s current political climate and human rights situation. -
26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
South African Customs Union, EU start talks on new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain
The Southern African Customs Union, Mozambique and the European Union have started talks to conclude a new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain. -
26-Jun-2018 Vietnam+
Legal review for Vietnam-EU FTA concludes
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have finished the legal review process for their free trade agreement (FTA) and reached agreement on the entire of the bilateral investment protection deal. -
26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
Tunisia, Indonesia sign preferential trade agreement
Tunisia and Indonesia signed a preferential partnership agreement at the Tunisia-Indonesia Business Forum held in Tunis. -
25-Jun-2018 Daily Sabah
Revised Turkey-EFTA FTA to shed light on customs union with EU
Turkey and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will sign a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at EFTA Trade Ministers Conference. -
25-Jun-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
India, Australia trade ministers to discuss bilateral, regional trade pacts
India and Australia will discuss ways to re-start the long pending proposed bilateral free trade pact and iron out obstacles in the on-going negotiations for the ambitious Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at the Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in Canberra next week. -
25-Jun-2018 NHK World
RCEP negotiations to start in Tokyo
16 members meg trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being held in Toyko, Japan. This is 23rd round of negotiations. -
24-Jun-2018 Toronto Star
Should Canada reject NAFTA? Yes
NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement, not a free-trade agreement in the original sense. -
24-Jun-2018 WSRW
EU Parliament critical of Commission’s Western Sahara approach
The EU Commission received heavy critique from the European Parliament for its suggestion to include occupied Western Sahara in a trade deal with Morocco. -
24-Jun-2018 Express Tribune
Pakistan suffers setback in Karkey case as stay order vacated
Due to the failure of the caretaker government to deposit Rs15 billion security guarantee, a stay order in favour of Pakistan on the execution of the $846 million arbitration cost awarded to the Turkish firm, Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim has been vacated. -
24-Jun-2018 KT Press
COMESA seeks solutions to digital free trade area
Implementation of the much anticipated Digital Free Trade Area (DFTA) in central-Eastern Africa bloc will have to wait until member states agree on harmonization of policies. -
23-Jun-2018 The Hindu
International trade pacts harming Kerala: Minister
International trade agreements signed by the Centre without taking the States into confidence are posing a serious crisis to farmers in the state of Kerala, India Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar has said. -
22-Jun-2018 Yonhap
Seoul, Moscow to seek start of FTA negotiations for service, investment: Moon
South Korea and Russia will soon launch negotiations for their first free trade agreement , South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.