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29-Jan-2018 Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA comes with govt’s ‘Look East’ policy: What does it mean?
So what does the government mean by ‘Looking East?’ Is it simply a buzz-word thrown in for good measure, in the process of marketing the Singapore FTA to the public? Does it point to some confusion at a policy level? Or is it terminology advised by external forces guiding policy? -
29-Jan-2018 The Economic Times
Talks on Asean gold import ban today
The ban was effected over complaints by bullion traders. Unscrupulous traders were misusing the FTA to import bullion in the guise of jewellery. The trade bodies are willing to promote trade and manufacturing through FTA or similar agreements, but not at the cost of local manufacturers and workers prospects. -
29-Jan-2018 The Hindu
From Tokyo with love for global trade
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, is going ahead in the absence of the US is a testament to Japan’s role in shepherding the tough negotiations through some tumultuous times. -
29-Jan-2018 The Hindu
‘Trans-pacific pact could hurt India’
The book titled “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: A framework for future trade rules?” has analyzed 5,544 pages of the TPP text says that if India joins TPP, norms may hit agriculture and manufacturing. -
29-Jan-2018 The Daily Star
Asean pushes for liberalised trade pact with India
The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have mounted pressure on India for clinching a liberalised pact in goods and services also involving six other countries, including China, by this year. -
26-Jan-2018 Sky
UK ’front of the line’ for free-trade deal, says US treasury secretary
Steven Mnuchin said the US was "very supportive of the UK over the Brexit issue" and wanted to see a successful transition. -
26-Jan-2018 Arbitration Blog
A new Micula-type case on the horizon?
The EC claimed intra-EU investment treaty arbitration is in breach of EU law. If the CJEU were to confirm the decision of the EC, the application of the ICSID Convention within the EU would be seriously endangered. -
26-Jan-2018 The Hindu
RCEP negotiations: Officials to meet in Jakarta in February
The member countries would deliberate on finalising the maximum number of goods on which duties will either be eliminated or reduced drastically. Matters pertaining to services sector are also expected to figure in the meeting. -
26-Jan-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
How about showing us the TPP deal we’re about to sign?
There’s no way to tell what’s in the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership deal until we’ve seen the text, and we won’t see it until after it’s signed, in Chile on March 8. -
26-Jan-2018 The Tribune
China to establish int’l courts to deal with Belt and Road Initiative cases
China has decided to set up three international courts to deal with disputes related to its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), under which it is making massive investments. -
26-Jan-2018 Yonhap
Korea, US to hold 2nd round of FTA renegotiation talks next week
The two-day talks come days after US President Donald Trump again denounced the free trade deal as "a disaster" for the US, claiming the deal cost 200,000 American jobs. -
26-Jan-2018 EU Observer
Free trade pact would break EU-Turkey deadlock
Turkish President Erdogan’s visit to Paris earlier this month was beset with bitter messages from French president Emmanuel Macron on Turkey’s EU journey, as he openly remarked that political developments in Turkey were blocking its EU accession bid and the idea of a new partnership instead of full membership needs to be entertained. -
26-Jan-2018 The Wire
What would a India-US free trade agreement look like?
While an FTA is a long shot, the starting steps include India and US being more flexible on the domestic and international front. -
26-Jan-2018 CNBC
Trump: I would reconsider a massive Pacific trade deal if it were ’substantially better’
President Trump says he would reconsider the Trans-Pacific Partnership if the United States got a "substantially better deal." -
25-Jan-2018 Cision
Swedish court upholds $100 million asset freeze on Kazakh shares held in Sweden
Stockholm District Court issued a judgment clearing the way for the Stati parties to collect the US$520 million arbitration award against the Republic of Kazakhstan. -
25-Jan-2018 Economic Next
Sri Lanka eyes FTA with Indonesia, in continued engagement with ASEAN
Sri Lanka and Indonesia had agreed to study a free trade agreement during a state visit of President Joko Widodo to Colombo. -
25-Jan-2018 Xinhua
China willing to negotiate signing of free trade agreements with Uruguay
China is willing to negotiate step by step free trade agreements with Uruguay and other countries in South America. -
25-Jan-2018 Reuters
US, Mexican unions to file NAFTA complaint over labor bill
US and Mexican unions will formally complain to the US Labor Department on Thursday that Mexico continues to violate NAFTA’s weak labor standards -
25-Jan-2018 Pakistan Observer
OBOR’s connect deters US-India hegemony
The impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on regional trade integration should also be seen in light of trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. -
25-Jan-2018 Bloomberg
China piles up free trade deals as Trump abandons them
China is hoping to have a ‘bumper year’ for new trade deals. 11 nations are planning to save the Trans-Pacific Partnership.