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10-Aug-2017 Politico
Lighthizer pushes for ‘greater reciprocity’ with AGOA nations
A more balanced trading relationship is vital in order to maintain support in Congress for AGOA, which allows for duty-free treatment of goods from eligible Sub-Saharan African countries, Lighthizer said. -
10-Aug-2017 Politico
Business groups to the administration: Keep ISDS in NAFTA
More than 100 U.S. business groups and associations are pushing the Trump administration to not only preserve investor-state dispute settlement and related provisions in an updated NAFTA agreement but to also strengthen them to further protect intellectual property and interests. -
10-Aug-2017 Nikkei
Australia ready to move forward on ’TPP 11’: trade minister
Australia prefers the agreement stay as close as possible to the original treaty. -
10-Aug-2017 Reuters
US push for freer NAFTA e-commerce meets growing resistance
A US proposal for Mexico and Canada to vastly raise the value of online purchases that can be imported duty-free from stores like Amazon.com and eBay is emerging as a flashpoint in an upcoming renegotiation of the NAFTA trade deal. -
10-Aug-2017 CTV
An issue for upcoming NAFTA talks: Getting Mexicans a pay raise
The cost of Mexican labour will be an issue in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, participants acknowledged at an auto-industry conference, touching on one of the key sectors up for discussion. -
10-Aug-2017 Intrafish
Faroe Islands, Russia mull free-trade deal
A decision is expected for September. -
8-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
India: Hawkers will fight RCEP until the end
RCEP would destroy a whole part of the Indian economy and livelihoods, in favour of international markets.
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8-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Canada v Mexico: Trump seeks to divide and conquer in Nafta negotiations
Both countries are scrambling to best handle a president who ranks among the more unpredictable elements of the upcoming negotiations. -
8-Aug-2017 Reuters
Trump administration’s Africa policy in focus at AGOA trade talks
With the Trump administration’s trade agenda focused on reining in China and renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement, Africa has barely appeared on the radar screen. -
8-Aug-2017 India Today
India, Peru to start FTA negotiations this week
India and South American nation Peru would start formal negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) from this week. -
8-Aug-2017 Himalayan Times
15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting in Kathmandu on Aug 11
The 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting is going be held in Kathmandu on 11 August. -
8-Aug-2017 Lexology
NAFTA renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
ISDS reform is one of several “negotiating objectives” announced last month by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. -
8-Aug-2017 Press TV
Thousands of Mexicans hold protest against NAFTA
Mexican farmers and workers have staged a mass rally in the capital to voice their opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA, with the United States and Canada.
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7-Aug-2017 Lexology
BUCG v. Yemen decision clears jurisdictional hurdles for investment claims by Chinese state-owned enterprises under the ICSID Convention
The Tribunal dismissed Yemen’s allegations that state-owned enterprises in the PRC were precluded from bringing claims under the ICSID Convention. -
7-Aug-2017 NPR
NAFTA’s ’broken promises’: these farmers say they got the raw end of trade deal
The net effect of trade agreements like NAFTA is to put more power, more authority with the large multinational companies and by extension, take that power away from family farmers. -
7-Aug-2017 Financial Express
India-Thailand difference delaying FTA under BIMSTEC
Difference between India and Thailand over market access is one of the main reasons why the FTA under BIMSTEC remained stalled during last couple of years. -
7-Aug-2017 Xinhua
Official: African states to meet deadline to establish trading bloc
The Tripartite Free Trade Area will comprise 28 countries, cover approximately 18.3 million square kilometers and hold about 61 percent of the continent’s population. -
7-Aug-2017 The Express Tribune
Pakistan, GCC plan to start third round of FTA talks
Pakistan is committed to finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in a bid to step up trade volumes between the two sides -
7-Aug-2017 Yonhap
USTR seeks advisers’ opinions on amending trade pact with S. Korea by Aug. 15: report
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has asked a group of industry advisers to provide opinions on amending a bilateral trade pact with South Korea by Aug. 15. -
7-Aug-2017 Washington Post
‘This deal will make me look terrible’: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia
Transcripts of two conversations President Trump had with foreign leaders: one with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and another with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.