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3-Jul-2017 DND
Pakistan rejects proposal to ink 2nd free trade agreement with China
In order to reduce the fast-growing trade deficit, Pakistan has rejected the proposal to sign second Free Trade Agreement with China and asked Beijing to give concessions which it gives to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). -
3-Jul-2017 Reuters
Australia, New Zealand launch trade negotiations with Pacific Alliance
Australia and New Zealand each announced the start of free trade agreement negotiations with the Pacific Alliance trade bloc. -
3-Jul-2017 Japan News
Japan-EU EPA to hinge on leaders’ talks
The ministerial negotiations for an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the European Union that were held in Tokyo for two days failed to reach an accord. -
3-Jul-2017 Alburnus Maior
Gabriel: you can always ask but it doesn’t mean we will let you get it!
With Gabriel Resources seeking US$4.4 billion in damages, Alburnus Maior, a prospective amicus curiae in the arbitration case, announces that it aims to file its brief to the ICSID Tribunal until September 2018 at the latest. -
30-Jun-2017 Reuters
Pacific Alliance to admit new associate members to expand trade reach
The alliance, which comprises Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru, will admit Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Canada as associate members in a first step to broadening the reach of its trade flows and investments. -
30-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Japan could dump wine tariff to sweeten EU trade deal
Offering immediate removal aims for concessions as ministers meet. -
30-Jun-2017 Financial Post
NAFTA lawsuits target Canada most while U.S. hasn’t lost yet
When it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada can safely claim the title of biggest loser in terms of lawsuits. -
30-Jun-2017 Reuters
Canada’s Gabriel Resources to seek $4.4 bln in damages from Romania
Gabriel Resources Ltd will seek $4.4 billion in damages from Romania for losses related to its long-stalled Rosia Montana gold mine project in a claim that the Canadian miner plans to file with a World Bank Tribunal. -
30-Jun-2017 Undercurrent News
Spain ratifies Canada-EU trade deal after opposition backs away
The Spanish parliament has ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada. -
30-Jun-2017 RLS
TiSA troubles: Services, democracy and corporate rule in the Trump era
This study, co-published with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, examines the adverse impacts on public services and public interest regulation of the little-known Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), quietly being negotiated in Geneva by a group of 23 governments, including Canada -
29-Jun-2017 The Hindu
US junks Bilateral Investment Treaty talks
Talks deadlocked on investor dispute settlement. -
29-Jun-2017 Xinhua
Mainland, Hong Kong sign new deals on investment, Ecotech
According to the investment agreement, the mainland commits to providing the most favored treatment to Hong Kong. The agreement on Ecotech specially emphasizes mainland’s support to Hong Kong in participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. -
29-Jun-2017 Food Business News
U.S. grain groups testify at NAFTA hearings
US Grains Council outlined improvements suggestions for the agreement, including elements drawn from the TPP text as well as updated sanitary and phytosanitary, biotechnology synchronization and energy provisions. -
29-Jun-2017 Stock Market Wire
Churchill updates on ICSID arbitration
Churchill Mining has confirmed that the stay on enforcement of the East Kutai Coal Project Award will continue pending a decision on the Annulment Application. -
29-Jun-2017 bilaterals.org
Trade politics in flux: what social movement responses?
Instead of settling for more “inclusive” brands of capitalism, we ought to reclaim and build a clear and radical political and economic vision. -
29-Jun-2017 Reuters
China open to free-trade agreement with Mexico
China is open to negotiating a free-trade agreement with Mexico, said the Chinese ambassador to the country, a fillip for Mexico as it faces uncertainty over its trade deals with the United States. -
29-Jun-2017 In These Times
Trump is trying to make NAFTA even worse. It’s time to throw sand in the gears
While the people who gathered in Mexico City have long opposed NAFTA for its pro-corporate bent, a consensus emerged that President Trump and his team are cooking up something even worse. -
29-Jun-2017 CBC
More trouble for Canada-EU trade deal, as drug changes delay implementation
Goal of implementing most of CETA this summer slips farther from reach. -
28-Jun-2017 PTI
RCEP pact:700 officials from 16 nations to meet in Hyderabad
Officials from RCEP negotiating nations will meet in Hyderabad -
28-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
EU-Japan FTA - draft chapters (Jan 2016 - Jan 2017)
14 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace