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17-Mar-2017 Business Mirror
RCEP to give Philippines better market access than existing trade deals
ADB advisor Ganeshan Wignaraja said the Philippines must implement domestic reforms to make it more competitive should the RCEP be signed. -
16-Mar-2017 China Briefing
China lays foundations for Eurasian free trade after TPP failure
The demise of the TPP and the recent politicizing of trade have made China rethink what it really wants from free trade agreements (FTAs). -
16-Mar-2017 IATP
Getting back to basics in Vina Del Mar
Countries should look to Fair Trade for guidance, and even further to their own domestic policies, for a sustainable way to build the global economy. -
15-Mar-2017 Live Mint
India, Russia to discuss free trade agreement, ways to bolster bilateral trade
Nirmala Sitharaman and Russia’s Denis Manturov will discuss possibility of a free trade agreement, or FTA, between India and Eurasian Economic Union. -
15-Mar-2017 Reuters
Trump’s USTR nominee pledges tough enforcement of U.S. trade laws
Lighthizer pledged to fight for strong protections for intellectual property rights and for digital trade access. -
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Anti-TPP protesters clash with riot police in Chile
Riot police clashed with protesters in Viña Del Mar, where representatives of the 11 remaining member states of the Trans Pacific Partnership together with China, Colombia and South Korea met. -
15-Mar-2017 The Star
Mustapa: RCEP is next best option to junked TPPA
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said Malaysia is not keen to salvage the TPPA with the other 10 nations after the United States pulled out of the trade pact. -
15-Mar-2017 Reuters
As ministers meet on scrapped Pacific trade deal, decisions elusive
Ministers and officials representing the 12 countries of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, plus China and South Korea, began talks in Chile, but any concrete decision on how a new trade pact might look seemed far off. -
15-Mar-2017 CIDSE
Ensuring the primacy of human rights in trade and investment policies
Model clauses for a UN Treaty on transnational corporations, other businesses and human rights. -
15-Mar-2017 The Hindu
India refuses Canada’s proposal of signing investment deal before free trade pact
New Delhi says it will not result in a balanced outcome. -
15-Mar-2017 Jakarta Post
Indonesia-Chile CEPA negotiations resume after delay
After being delayed for more than two years, negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement between Indonesia and Chile resumed. -
15-Mar-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Green light for Romania to terminate its intra-EU bilateral investment treaties
The Romanian Parliament sent to the Romanian President for promulgation the Law allowing for the termination of the Bilateral Investment Treaties between Romania and other Member States of the European Union. -
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Chileans protest bid to revive embattled TPP after Trump’s exit
Activists have a message for trade ministers meeting in Chile: the TPP is dead. -
15-Mar-2017 TASS
EAEU working on free trade zone agreements with China, Iran
About 40 countries are currently interested in establishing trade and economic relations with the EAEU -
14-Mar-2017 Bangkok Post
Asean members reaffirm 90 per cent tariff cuts under RCEP
ASEAN members are holding to their vow to cut import tariffs on 90 per cent of products under RCEP -
13-Mar-2017 Voice of America
Vietnam to test Trump on signing solo trade pacts
Vietnam will test U.S. President Donald Trump’s openness to one-on-one trade deals as it starts nudging Washington for an eventual agreement to replace its role in the defunct Trans Pacific Partnership. -
13-Mar-2017 Interfax
The Hague Arbitration Court recognizes Russia’s obligations to protect Ukrainian investors in Crimea after annexation
Russia must bear responsibility for protecting Ukrainian investors in Crimea after its annexation under the Russian-Ukrainian bilateral investment treaty. -
13-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
Sugar breakthrough paves way for Indonesia-Australia trade deal
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalize exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly a decade. -
13-Mar-2017 Jordan Times
Jordan, Kenya to sign FTA before year-end — minister
Jordan and Kenya are expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) before the end of the year, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said. -
13-Mar-2017 The Telegraph
UK looks to supercharge EU trade deals post-Brexit
Britain is looking for ways to take on the EU’s free trade deals with countries around the world after Brexit - then use its new independence to cut taxes and regulatory barriers to trade, boosting the power of the deals.