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23-May-2017 Andina
Peru, Indonesia to start meetings towards trade agreement
Peru and Indonesia will soon begin a series of bilateral meetings to reach a free trade agreement. -
23-May-2017 Today
Differences over ‘TPP minus 1’ between NZ, Malaysia highlight obstacles to pact
Some nations such as New Zealand, Australia and Japan have been pushing for the deal to continue, but Malaysia’s Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed said his country was less keen to proceed. -
23-May-2017 Matangi
PACER Plus signing on 14 June
The PACER Plus Trade Agreement will be signed by 14 Pacific Island countries including Australia and New Zealand on June 14 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. -
22-May-2017 The Hindu Businessline
RCEP talks: Heat on India to scrap import duty on 90 per cent of goods
New Delhi is wary of giving access to China to its market -
22-May-2017 CAP
Avoid changing TPP-related laws that damage the health of Malaysians
The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls on the Malaysian government not to make changes to the law relating to intellectual property rights to comply with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. -
22-May-2017 Mining Weekly
Australia to benefit from ‘TPP minus one’ free trade deal – MCA
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has welcomed the revival of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying Australia would stand to gain significant economic benefits from the regional trade agreement. -
22-May-2017 Xinhua
EAC not to force members to sign EU trade deal
Leaders of the East African Community (EAC) agreed not to force member states to sign the EAC-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). -
22-May-2017 CNBC
Pacific Alliance looks to Asia as NAFTA, TPP face uncertainty
Pacific Alliance countries are in talks to expand the trade bloc outside Latin America and into high-growth Asia as the future of established deals, such as NAFTA and the evolving Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), hang in the balance. -
22-May-2017 Revista Chacra
US to ask Argentina to expedite approval for patenting of seeds
The opening of the US market to Argentine beef exports and its continued openness to biodiesel from this country will be made conditional on a demand that Argentina change its legislation to expedite the approval of patents on seeds waiting in the pipeline. -
22-May-2017 Nikkei
’TPP 11’ make show of unity, but members remain far apart
Negotiators will reconvene in Japan, continue push to win back US. -
22-May-2017 European Law Blog
Opinion 2/15 and the future of mixity and ISDS
The Court’s Opinion has consequences for future EU trade deals such as CETA and potentially a future UK-EU FTA. -
22-May-2017 Financial Express
Two major cooperatives ask government to keep dairy sector outside FTA negotiations purview
The country’s two major dairy cooperatives have urged the government to keep dairy products outside the ongoing trade negotiations with various blocs including hugely milk surplus regions. -
19-May-2017 EJIL: Talk!
A turning of the tide against ISDS?
The Court of Justice for the European Union fired a significant shot at investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), and the result is likely to be much more than just a flesh wound. -
19-May-2017 PACS
BRICS in Africa: more of the same? Pacs’ study compares investment treaties between the BRICS and African countries
The BRICS Group was born in the century XXI with renewed expectations of changes in the world order through greater participation of the Global South. However, what we have witnessed so far is the consolidation of a new/old unequal world order. -
18-May-2017 Bloomberg
U.S. seeks to shift trade tides as it starts Nafta overhaul
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer gave official notice to Congress of the government’s intention to renegotiate the 23-year-old accord with Mexico and Canada. -
18-May-2017 Business Day
SA and UK start making plans for post-Brexit trade
Nations agree in principle to implement interim arrangement based on existing EU partnership deal. -
18-May-2017 Politico
Harmony in the private sector on NAFTA priorities
US lobby groups to team up with their Mexican counterparts to establish a common agenda before talks begin -
18-May-2017 Inquirer.net
Why RCEP is the problem, not the solution
RCEP negotiations have been highly conspiratorial and undemocratic, with all 18 rounds of trade discussions held in secret and no reports shared with the public -
17-May-2017 Reuters
Trade pact dumped by Trump could be revived at Asia-Pacific meeting
Japan and other remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership will decide at the APEC meeting in Vietnam how to revive the trade agreement ditched by U.S. President Donald Trump. -
17-May-2017 NZ Herald
EU ruling could complicate new trade deals - including UK’s
If all parliaments in member states have to approve international trade deals, future trade deals may take even longer than they already do to come to fruition.