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26-Feb-2018 LiveMint
Justin Trudeau’s visit reflects uneasy state of Indo-Canada trade ties
India’s decision to raise duties on pulses from Canada, elusive progress on bilateral investment treaty and free trade pact major hurdles in improving trade relations. -
26-Feb-2018 Taiwan News
The ’Indo-Pacific Strategy’ emerges as a counter to China’s ’One Belt, One Road’
A Japanese official speaking in Washington discussed conditions for Japan’s participation in China’s BRI project, while also suggesting China seek a partner role in the emerging ’Indo-Pacific Strategy’. -
26-Feb-2018 The Express Tribune
Pakistan-China: ‘FTA to be signed by mid-March’
The second phase of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China would be signed by mid-March to increase bilateral trade. -
26-Feb-2018 Mongabay
Activists: Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks
Environmental activists have called for the issue of palm oil to be excluded from discussions taking place this week between the Indonesian government and a European Union trade delegation. -
26-Feb-2018 The Ecologist
Everything you need to know about the CEPA trade deal but were afraid to ask
A total of 60 civil society organisations from Indonesia and Europe have signed a joint statement laying out serious concerns with the EU-Indonesia trade agreement. These behind-closed-doors trade negotiations - like CETA and TTIP - jeopardise an equitable and just future. -
23-Feb-2018 Oxford Business Group
Indonesia turns to Latin America to diversify trade portfolio
After achieving a foreign trade surplus last year on the back of strong demand for minerals and agricultural products, Indonesia is looking to sustain growth by building ties with new markets, as well as deepening relationships with existing partners. -
23-Feb-2018 Digital Journal
Washington wheat growers warn Trump TPP withdrawal could prove catastrophic
The wheat growers’ leadership and staff continue to stress the importance of maintaining and strengthening free trade agreements, such as TPP, NAFTA and the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement. -
23-Feb-2018 Sierra Club
Canadian corporation uses NAFTA to threaten proposed protection for Puget Sound
The proposed policy follows the escape of over 200,000 Atlantic salmon from the company’s fish farms, sparking outcry from Indigenous groups, environmentalists, and fishing communities. -
23-Feb-2018 The Guardian
Red tape in the meat industry? It’s the difference between life and death
Without regulations that scrutinise food standards and trade deals, we cannot trust the safety of the food on our plates. -
23-Feb-2018 Telecompaper
Telefonica files complaint to ICSID over Colombia fine
Telefonica has filed an arbitration complaint with the World Bank’s ICSID against the Colombian arbitration fine for breaching a government contract for mobile services. -
23-Feb-2018 Cooke Aquaculture
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific urges lawmakers to consider jobs, science-based policy, fair and equitable treatment
Will seek NAFTA arbitration if ban on Atlantic salmon farming is approved. -
23-Feb-2018 Outlook India
Kant bats for early ratification of India-EU FTA
NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of India’s CEO Amitabh Kant today said it is "extremely important" for the India-EU free trade pact to be ratified at the earliest as countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam already enjoy preferential access to European markets. -
22-Feb-2018 The Guardian
’Dirty meat’: Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants
Previously unseen government records detail ‘deeply worrying’ incidents in pork and poultry plants, raising fears of ‘dirty meat’ entering the UK under a post-Brexit trade deal. -
22-Feb-2018 Oil and Gas Online
API supports NAFTA modernization that retains strong protections for US investors
Ongoing negotiations to modernize NAFTA must advance our role as a global energy leader by retaining US access to Mexico’s newly-opened oil and natural gas market and providing strong protections, including Investor-State Dispute Settlement. -
22-Feb-2018 Trend
Georgia and Turkey boost trade by widening free trade agreement
Georgian producers will soon be able to increase export volume to Turkey by 20 percent as Georgia and Turkey have agreed to widen an existing free trade agreement -
22-Feb-2018 Georgia Today
Switzerland ratifies EFTA-Georgia free trade deal
The new Georgia-Swiss trade relations will come into effect on May 1st 2018. -
22-Feb-2018 Interactive Investor
Argentina: Japan wants to invest in energy and mining sector, says secretary
Argentina and Japan are moving ahead with a bilateral investment treaty. -
22-Feb-2018 WSRW
Sweden to vote against new EU-Morocco fish talks
"Sweden considers that the proposed mandate does not meet the requirements of international law", the official government statement reads. -
22-Feb-2018 Scoop
US and Canada to drop ISDS from NAFTA. NZ should for TPPA
Canada and the US are set to agree on withdrawing the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico. -
22-Feb-2018 Reuters
French farmers hold tractor protests in Mercosur warning to Macron
French farmers drove tractors through town centres and blocked highways to oppose extra agricultural imports from South America, raising pressure on President Emmanuel Macron in the run-up to a politically sensitive Paris farm show.