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12-Aug-2017 Le Devoir
«Le moratoire de Québec était légitime», dit le Centre québécois en droit de l’environnement
Québec était en droit d’instituer un moratoire sur la fracturation hydraulique et Ottawa ne devrait pas compenser Lone Pine. -
12-Aug-2017 Global News
NAFTA, Trump and the cloud: What the negotiations mean for your personal data
Washington wants few restrictions on cross-border data transfers and has taken aim at rules in other countries that require certain digital information to be stored on computers located within their national borders. -
12-Aug-2017 Reuters
Africa-US AGOA trade talks end with no decision, waning enthusiasm
It is not clear whether the U.S. wants to change the AGOA deal before it expires in 2025 or extend it further - no decision was made on either count. -
11-Aug-2017 WBFO
Food is at the center of US-UK trade concerns
Since it has been a member of the European Union, Britain has ratcheted up its standards. There’s a Europeanization of culinary culture. And we’re going to see whether it becomes the McDonaldization of culture. -
11-Aug-2017 Ground Reality
RCEP will undo the gains of food self-sufficiency built so assiduously over the decades
International trade negotiations currently underway hold a big threat to the future of Indian agriculture -
11-Aug-2017 Myanmar Times
Investment promotion and protection agreement with Singapore under way
Negotiations over an agreement on investment promotion and protection between Myanmar and Singapore have started, according to Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) Director General U Aung Naing Oo. -
11-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Qatar dispute puts UK-Gulf trade talks on hold
Delay to prestigious London summit threatens UK plans for quick free-trade deal with rich Middle Eastern states after Brexit. -
11-Aug-2017 All Africa
East Africa: Cabinet approves the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
The Ugandan Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Area Agreement (FTA), paving way for the implementation of the Agreement. -
11-Aug-2017 Kathmandu Post
BIMSTEC underlines early finalisation of free trade area accord
The 18th session of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Senior Officials’ meeting has underlined the need of early finalisation of BIMSTEC free trade area agreement. -
10-Aug-2017 Politico
US reaches out to Cambodia under TIFA
The Trump administration is continuing its outreach to Asia-Pacific countries, with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel sitting down with Cambodian officials. -
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.