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19-Apr-2017 Reuters
Mexico says TPP might still be implemented without U.S.
The sweeping trade deal for the Pacific region known as the TPP might still be implemented by making adjustments to its text even though the United States has withdrawn. -
19-Apr-2017 Reuters
El Salvador freezes OceanaGold bank accounts, assets over $8 mln payment
El Salvador froze bank accounts and assets belonging to OceanaGold Corp after the mining company refused to pay the country $8 million as mandated by an international court. -
19-Apr-2017 TNI
TiSA and state-owned enterprises
Lessons from Uruguay’s withdrawal for other countries in the South. -
18-Apr-2017 Philippine News Agency
Philippines Department of Trade and Industry says RCEP will boost growth in the region
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the conclusion of the ASEAN-led free trade agreement RCEP is expected to further strengthen trade in the region. -
18-Apr-2017 Meat Import Council of America
US beef producers laud Korea-US FTA
Five years into implementation, the US-Korea free trade agreement has led to an 82 percent jump in annual US beef sales to the Asian nation. -
18-Apr-2017 Korea Herald
Pence calls for ‘reform’ of KORUS FTA
US Vice President Mike Pence said the Donald Trump administration is to “review and reform” the free trade pact with South Korea, citing growing trade deficits and “too many barriers” for American firms. -
18-Apr-2017 Business Standard
Having a good look at proposed FTA with India: Australia
Australian trade minister said India’s asking goes well beyond anything that Australia has done, in terms of any FTAs put in place, and Australia is not willing to go to that extent. -
18-Apr-2017 KBS
S. Korea, Israel to hold 4th round of FTA talks Wednesday
The upcoming talks will focus on products, services, rules of origin, technical barriers to trade(TBT), sanitary and phytosanitary measures(SPS), intellectual property rights, the environment and dispute settlement. -
18-Apr-2017 Kathmandu Post
Nepal-US trade talks to focus on boosting output
The bilateral meeting will focus on looking for ways to expand production of the 66 products to which the US has been providing duty-free access through the Trade Preferences Act (TPA). -
17-Apr-2017 Financial Express
Australia and India keen on timely conclusion of RCEP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Malcom Turnbull, the two countries expressed their keenness to secure a timely conclusion of a high-quality RCEP -
17-Apr-2017 Global Risk Insights
Under the radar: Are Sri Lanka’s ports the next great game for China, India and Japan?
Sri Lanka expects to deepen existing FTA with India and to sign a FTA with Singapore and another with China. Sri Lanka also hopes to talk to Japan, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries with regards to FTAs. -
17-Apr-2017 Straits Times
Japan seeks to revive TPP without United States
The ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact that seemed dead in the water after the United States’ withdrawal could get a second wind, with Japan prepared to take the lead in an 11-country agreement sans the US. -
17-Apr-2017 The Hindu
EU foreign policy chief coming to India this week
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini likely to strongly push for resumption of talks for the India-EU free trade agreement. -
17-Apr-2017 Tax-news
EFTA and Turkey progress FTA update talks
Delegations from the European Free Trade Association member states met with counterparts from Turkey to discuss updating the existing EFTA-Turkey free trade agreement. -
14-Apr-2017 The Telegraph
Britain puts banks at front of queue for US trade deal
British banks could be able to access the US markets in future as freely as they trade with the EU now, under a trade deal -
14-Apr-2017 CIGI
Is it time to redesign or terminate investor-state arbitration?
A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met. -
14-Apr-2017 The Whig
Ontario coughs up $28M to wind power company
The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium. -
14-Apr-2017 Reuters
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan: source
Japan wants to avoid kicking off bilateral FTA talks for fear of being pressured into opening up highly protected areas like agriculture. -
14-Apr-2017 Xinhua
China, Japan, ROK hold 12th round of free trade talks
Top negotiators from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on pushing forward trade in goods and services as well as investment at the 12th round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement -
14-Apr-2017 DND
Negotiations initiated with Iran for signing FTA: Khurram
Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan informed the Senate that negotiations were being initiated with Iran for signing the Free Trade Agreement.