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4-Jan-2018 The Guardian
Liam Fox’s Pacific plan is toxic. Post-Brexit trade policies need proper scrutiny
Joining the dysfunctional Trans-Pacific Partnership would help only big business. There must be transparency and accountability over trade. -
4-Jan-2018 MercoPress
China announces it will begin “a greater push” to conquer trade in the hemisphere
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. -
4-Jan-2018 The Progressive Farmer
Japan wheat market to tighten
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. -
4-Jan-2018 Daily Mirror
SL-Singapore FTA first draft forwarded for Cabinet approval
Unlike trade negotiations with behemoths such as India and China, politically-backed protests have not taken place against the Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA negotiations. -
4-Jan-2018 Yonhap News Agency
S. Korea to hold hearing on follow-up FTA talks with China
In December 2017, the trade and industry ministers of South Korea agreed to expedite negotiations to expand the two countries’ two-year-old free trade agreement to include the service and investment sectors. -
3-Jan-2018 Economic Times
India to oppose international jurisdiction in Tamil Nadu-Nissan row
Since the auto major has approached the Madras High Court, remedy under a treaty would now be barred, the Government said. -
3-Jan-2018 Global Trade
US and Australia meet to review bilateral FTA
Officials from the United States and Australia held a meeting of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee to review the implementation of the FTA. -
3-Jan-2018 The Hindu
India-UK trade meet to focus on visa restrictions, trade barriers
While the UK can engage in free trade agreement (FTA) talks with other countries including India only after the process of full disengagement from the EU is complete, talks are already happening unofficially on the potential of such a pact. -
3-Jan-2018 The Guardian
Britain exploring membership of the TPP to boost trade after Brexit
Department for International Trade believed to be working on proposals to enter the troubled Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
2-Jan-2018 Petro Barometer
Leaked documents reveal how Shell blackmailed Nigeria in Malabu deal
Shell used an arbitration case it filed with the International Centre for the Settlement of International Disputes to railroad the government into brokering truce between it and Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd, its estranged erstwhile partner and the original licensee. -
2-Jan-2018 Korea Herald
Seoul, Washington to kick off FTA talks next week
South Korea and the United States are to start the first round of negotiations to amend their bilateral Free Trade Agreement on Jan. 5 in Washington. -
2-Jan-2018 Express Tribune
Pakistan spends over Rs2b on legal expenses in Progas case
The government has spent over Rs2 billion to win a case in the international court over the acquisition of assets of Progas Pakistan Limited company – worth Rs2.3 billion. -
2-Jan-2018 The News
China invites Pakistan for FTA-II talks in February
China wants no more damage to Pakistan in bilateral trade which is why the former has offered to re-initiate the stalled talks on Free Trade Agreement-II in February 2018. -
2-Jan-2018 Emerging Europe
China eyes Moldovan trade agreement
China and Moldova have formally agreed to begin talks on the establishment of a free-trade deal. -
2-Jan-2018 Ecns
China-Georgia FTA takes effect
The deal is the first FTA that China has signed with a country along the Silk Road Economic Belt. -
2-Jan-2018 Papua New Guinea Today
PNG eyeing economic partnership with India
The Papua New Guinea government’s fact-finding mission to India has resulted in the drafting of a Papua New Guinea-India economic partnership agreement. -
2-Jan-2018 Economic Times
India, South Korea may hold joint IPRs through trade pact
South Korean and India plan to jointly hold intellectual property rights (IPRs) in areas of manufacturing, energy and healthcare, as part of the negotiations for the bilateral trade agreement that the two countries recently reviewed -
2-Jan-2018 The Hindu
RCEP: India hardens stand ahead of summit with ASEAN
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has taken a strong stand that the country should restrain itself from concluding free trade agreement from which it would not gain in the medium term. -
2-Jan-2018 Xinhua
China makes strides in expanding FTA network
In 2018, there will be negotiations on 10 new FTAs and a joint feasibility study of another 10 FTAs, says Chinese Ministry of Commerce official -
2-Jan-2018 Nikkei
Japan pushes for March signing of TPP 11
Tokyo’s point man travelling to Vietnam, Mexico to seek consensus on outstanding issues.