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22-Nov-2017 Office of the US Trade Representative
NAFTA: Summary of US objectives for the renegotiation (Nov 2017)
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22-Nov-2017 Stock Market Wire
Churchill update on award annulment application
The company is currently considering the Republic of Indonesia’s counter memorial on annulment, which was submitted on 20 Oct. -
22-Nov-2017 ABC
One Belt, One Road: ’Colonial power’ fears limiting Australia, Labor warns, as China signs PNG deals
Papua New Guinea has signed a series of infrastructure deals with China as part of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road initiative. -
21-Nov-2017 Tech Dirt
Top German judges slam EU plans to create global court to enforce corporate sovereignty
The MIC would be able to create what amount to global laws, without any democratic input or scrutiny. -
21-Nov-2017 Reuters
Mexico gold mine killings jolt NAFTA talks
The fatal shooting of two workers in an apparent clash between unions at a Canadian-owned mine in Mexico angered labor activists at NAFTA talks who said the violence was an example of poor labor conditions in the country. -
21-Nov-2017 Colombo Gazette
Next round of ETCA negotiations set for next month
The key objective of ETCA is to resolve the implementation issues on the existing free trade agreement with India. -
21-Nov-2017 Dawn
What can we expect from the JCC?
The two-day Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor sets the stage for the second phase of the multibillion-dollar cooperation between the two nations. -
21-Nov-2017 Tax-News
EFTA states, Turkey close to concluding free trade deal
Delegations from the European Free Trade Association states and Turkey met in Ankara for the sixth round of negotiations on the modernization and expansion of their existing free trade agreement. -
21-Nov-2017 Reuters
NAFTA nations lock horns on US auto demands as fifth round ends
Negotiators from the United States, Mexico and Canada square off for the last time in a fifth round of talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, with stalemate brewing on a contentious proposal to ramp up regional content for autos. -
20-Nov-2017 North Africa Post
Morocco negotiates FTA with Mercosur
Morocco and the Mercosur have recently started technical negotiations to pave the way for the conclusion of a free trade agreement. -
20-Nov-2017 Korea Herald
Samsung Engineering files ISDS suit over Saudi power plant
Samsung Engineering has filed an investor-state dispute settlement suit against Saudi Arabia over changes made to its power plant construction contracts for Yanbu Industrial City. -
20-Nov-2017 Malaysia Kini
TPP dream now a nightmare
The original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) had offered very little gain to Malaysia. -
20-Nov-2017 VOA
Unions take NAFTA wage fight to Mexican senate
The head of Canada’s biggest private-sector union headed to Mexico’s Senate, promising to fight at the NAFTA trade pact talks for improved Mexican wages and free collective bargaining as a way of benefiting workers across North America. -
20-Nov-2017 Al Jazeera
NAFTA: US-grown corn threatens Mexican crop heritage
Mexicans are concerned that cheap US imports are destroying Mexico’s cultural relationship with its traditional maize varieties.
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20-Nov-2017 TASS
Mexico wants to have strong relations with EAEU - foreign minister
Mexico considers a bilateral agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) or cooperation between EAEU and the Pacific Alliance. -
20-Nov-2017 National Post
Justin Trudeau set to head to China in December to open free trade talks
The belief that Canadian exporters need to have preferential access to growing Asian markets like China is considered worth the risk that launching negotiations may upset the Trump administration. -
19-Nov-2017 Yonhap
US auto parts to be key issue at bilateral FTA talks
US auto parts are expected to be a key issue in the upcoming renegotiation for the bilateral free trade pact between Seoul and Washington. -
19-Nov-2017 Japan News
Few signs of progress on tough US demands at NAFTA talks
Negotiations in Mexico to update NAFTA have not made much progress on tough US demands. -
19-Nov-2017 SOL
The EU28 dumping of cereals, dairy and meat to the ESA-4 in 2016
The ESA-4 EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement) was signed by four countries – Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe – in August 2009 and is provisionally applied since 14 May 2012. -
17-Nov-2017 New Straits Times
An upgraded TIFA paves the way for higher economic engagement between the US and Malaysia
An upgraded Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) version, to the level of a bilateral free trade agreement, will pave the way for higher economic engagement between the US and Malaysia, said official