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16-Feb-2017 Business Mirror
PHL to South Korea: Slash pineapple tariff to zero
Manila has asked Seoul to bring down to zero the tariff it slaps on Philippine pineapple exports to South Korea. -
16-Feb-2017 New Europe
EU-Israel Association Agreement under threat following new settlements announcement
A series of MEPs condemned Israel’s continued settlement construction in the occupied West Bank during a plenum debate. -
16-Feb-2017 Sacramento Bee
No: No wall could hurt Mexico as much as NAFTA has
NAFTA marked a continuation of policies that began in the 1980s under pressure from Washington and the International Monetary Fund. -
16-Feb-2017 The Hindu
Thailand seeks early decision from India on proposed free trade pact
With US, EU gripped by uncertainty, Bangkok looks towards Asian partners -
15-Feb-2017 RT
EU approves contentious free trade pact with Canada despite protests
The European Parliament has approved a landmark free trade deal between the EU and Canada. Hundreds gathered in Strasbourg, France to protest the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). -
15-Feb-2017 Bangkok Post
Asia globalisation not going astray
RCEP aims, among other goals, to ease obstacles to trade by solving the so-called "spaghetti bowl" effect, the confusion caused by the proliferation of free trade deals. Trading partners are sometimes both members of more than one deal and the question arises — which rules apply? -
15-Feb-2017 CEO
Gold-digging with investor-state lawsuits
Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources is using an investor-state lawsuit to push through its illegal toxic gold and silver mine in the historical Romanian village of Roşia Montană. -
15-Feb-2017 Yonhap
S. Korea to speed up upgrade of FTA with ASEAN
South Korea and Southeast Asian countries agreed to speed up negotiations to upgrade their free trade agreement -
15-Feb-2017 Hungary Today
Hungary supports EU-Japan free trade agreement, foreign minister said on visit to Tokyo
Japan has now become Hungary’s leading Asian investor, the Hungarian foreign minister told news agency MTI on the first day of his official visit to Japan. -
15-Feb-2017 EurActiv
A vote against CETA would reset Europe’s trade agenda
With global inequalities spiralling and the climate crisis on our doorstep, the last thing we need is a trade deal that would worsen both. -
15-Feb-2017 Inquirer.net
PH seeks review of economic agreement with Japan
The Filipino Department of Trade and Industry will soon review the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, aiming to request its counterpart in Japan to lower the seasonal tariff on pineapples and bananas. -
14-Feb-2017 Malaya Business Insight
Philippines to push for RCEP deal while ASEAN chair
The Philippines while chair of Asean this year, will push for the conclusion of an agreement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to pave the way for a mega regional free trade agreement (FTA) next year. -
14-Feb-2017 Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia, EEC put free trade on agenda
Officials from Cambodia and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) meeting in Phnom Penh yesterday issued a statement affirming commitments to increasing bilateral trade made last year, and agreed to work toward a possible free trade agreement. -
14-Feb-2017 Reuters
Trump expects only ’tweaking’ of trade relationship with Canada
President Donald Trump said the United States would be "tweaking" its trade relationship with Canada. -
14-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft sanitary and phytosanitary measures chapter (December 2016)
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14-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft state-owned enterprises chapter (December 2016)
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14-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft small and medium-sized enterprises chapter (December 2016)
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14-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft rules of origin chapter (December 2016)
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14-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft public procurement chapter (December 2016)
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14-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft trade remedies chapter (December 2016)
As published by the European Commission