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13-Feb-2017 Korea Times
Thailand can be ’gateway for Korea to ASEAN’
Seoul advised to play key role in AEC integration through in-kind contribution. -
13-Feb-2017 Manila Bulletin
Expansion of ASEAN services accord pushed
The Philippines will push for the expansion and deepening of the ASEAN services agreement possibly over a 10-year transition period to allow the liberalization of more sectors. -
12-Feb-2017 Nikkei Asian Review
RCEP is more than TPP-lite
RCEP is neither China-led nor a rival to the TPP -
11-Feb-2017 European Commission
EU-Philippines FTA - EU text proposals (January 2017)
European Commission | 19 January 2017 -
11-Feb-2017 bilaterals.org
Interview with Guy Marius Sagna
The Coordinator of the National Coalition "No to EPAs" in Senegal discusses two free trade projects in Africa: Economic Partnership Agreements and the Continental Free Trade Area.
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10-Feb-2017 The Globe and Mail
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific -
10-Feb-2017 Daily Mirror.lk
Lanka worries about Indian ‘Trojan Horse’
Fear of economic domination by the ‘Big Brother’ has replaced the earlier fear of political and military dominance. -
10-Feb-2017 Reuters
China, New Zealand pledge support for free trade to counter global protectionism
New Zealand and China will soon hold a series of high-level meetings and work to promote free trade -
10-Feb-2017 Politico
Abe faces tough road with Trump on trade
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington to a word of caution from most experts: This is not the time to agree to bilateral trade negotiations with the United States. -
10-Feb-2017
International civil society asks Japanese Government for stakeholder engagement at 17th RCEP negotiations in Kobe
102 organizations submitted an international open letter to the Japanese Government asking for a stakeholders meeting during the 17th RCEP negotiations in Kobe. -
10-Feb-2017 Reuters
Kuwait’s Agility files $380 mln telecoms arbitration case vs Iraq
Kuwaiti logistics conglomerate Agility to settle by arbitration a $380 million dispute with Iraq’s government . -
10-Feb-2017 Benchmark Monitor
ConocoPhillips subsidiary, received award of $380 million from ICSID, for Ecuador’s unlawful expropriation
The Tribunal’s decision on damages sends a clear message that governments cannot expropriate investments without compensation -
10-Feb-2017 The Hindu
TPP is dead, but its legacy lives on
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead long before Donald Trump signed his executive order. But its damaging aspects, like stringent IP provisions, have just migrated to other agreements -
10-Feb-2017 ICTSD
Sri Lanka aiming for China trade deal in 2017, official says
Sri Lanka aims to finalise a free trade agreement (FTA) with China later this year, said the country’s ambassador to Beijing -
10-Feb-2017 European Commission
Commission publishes negotiating proposals for EU-Indonesia trade deal
The European Commission published nine initial European proposals for the trade agreement under negotiation with Indonesia. -
9-Feb-2017 Xinhua
Chinese FM calls for expediting RCEP talks
China is open to any regional trade arrangement conducive to regional economic integration and global free trade system, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a press conference after the fourth round of China-Australia diplomatic and strategic dialogue. -
9-Feb-2017 Business Desk
NZ: MFAT keeps ’24-hour watch’ on Trump, seeks US bilateral trade deal while TPP still on the table
New Zealand trade officials are hoping for a bilateral free trade deal with Washington, even while a Trans-Pacific Partnership deal excluding the US remains on the table. -
8-Feb-2017 Borneo Bulletin
EU keen on pursuing trade deal with Asean
A top European Union (EU) diplomat has hinted the possibility of reviving the Free Trade Agreement talks between the EU and Asean that were suspended almost a decade ago. -
8-Feb-2017 Financial Express
Peru free trade agreement could help India diversify in LatAm region
A proposed comprehensive free trade agreement between India and Peru covering goods, services and investments may not only raise India’s export volumes to the western South American nation -
8-Feb-2017 Global Research
Trump scraps The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for bilateral “free trade”
Trump wants even stronger, pro-U.S. business free trade deals to the benefit of U.S. multinational corporations and at the expense of the U.S. trading partners.