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9-Sep-2019 The Age
HK unrest shouldn’t halt free trade agreement: Foreign Minister
Australian Foreign Minister has urged the Hong Kong government to show a "commitment to negotiation" to end months of protests, as she welcomed its decision to withdraw an extradition bill that mobilised millions of opponents. -
6-Sep-2019 Reuters
UK health service not on the table in US trade talks: Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told visiting US Vice President that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) would not be included in negotiations with the United States for a trade deal. -
6-Sep-2019 JDSupra
United States and Japan reach "agreement in principle," but questions and obstacles remain
This report provides an overview of the announced agreement and the prospects and timing for its completion and entry into force. -
6-Sep-2019 Global Legal Chronicle
AS Tallinna Vesi and United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. v. Republic of Estonia
Squire Patton Boggs has successfully defended the Republic of Estonia against a US$100 million investment treaty claim brought by Estonian water provider AS Tallinna Vesi and its Dutch shareholder United Utilities. -
6-Sep-2019 ASEAN Briefing
ASEAN countries want free trade agreements to develop Russian trade
Numerous ASEAN member states called for improvements in the region’s free trade status with Russia at this week’s Far East Economic Forum in Vladivostok. -
6-Sep-2019 AFTINET
AFTINET joins Unions to rally against ratification of Hong Kong agreement
AFTINET has joined with the ACTU, APHEDA and other Union and community groups to stand in solidarity with workers and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. -
6-Sep-2019 The Diplomat
Is Southeast Asia winning the US-China trade war? not so fast
If the U.S.-China trade war continues or worsens ASEAN countries will also experience a bumpy ride. -
6-Sep-2019 The Economic Times
India readies list of products for sops as crucial RCEP meet nears
India has begun drawing up a list of products on which it can offer duty concessions to the 15 other Asia Pacific member countries, including China. -
6-Sep-2019 Inquirer.Net
The other trade war—Japan vs South Korea
Japan imposed export restrictions on three key chemical materials upon which South Korea is highly dependent for the production of semiconductors. With other actions, that were viewed by South Korea as a “declaration of economic war”. -
5-Sep-2019 Euractiv
Ambassador: ‘We should be more creative’ in finalising Azerbaijan-EU trade deal
It took 20 years for the EU and Mercosur to sign a trade agreement. “We don’t want to wait that much,” says the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the EU, urging the European Commission to drop its “bureaucratic matrix” thinking. -
4-Sep-2019 Euractiv
Luxembourg leads EU push to climate-proof Energy Charter Treaty
Critics say the Energy Charter provides excessive legal protection for oil and gas companies, which can claim uncapped reparations from governments who frustrate investments in fossil fuel projects. -
4-Sep-2019 Fresh Plaza
Modernized free trade agreement lifts duties on Israeli imports of Canadian foodstuffs
The expanded Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement took effect, eliminating or reducing tariffs on the import into Israel of a wide range of foods from Canada. -
4-Sep-2019 Sydney Morning Herald
’Key demand’: EU wants Australia to dump taxes on European cars
A key demand from the EU in the negotiation of a new free trade agreement will be that Australia ditches both its 5 per cent duty on imported European cars and the luxury car tax. -
4-Sep-2019 BNE Intellinews
KPMG says Moldovan investor falsified financial statements to claim $500mn from Kazakhstan
The audit company claims its reports used in the lawsuits launched by companies controlled by Moldovan businessman Anatol Stati were based on “ knowingly false representations by Stati to KPMG” -
4-Sep-2019 Reuters
US Democrats concerned about USMCA enforcement, Pelosi tells Canada’s Trudeau
Democrats’ key concerns are labor standards, prescription drug prices, environmental protections and concrete enforcement mechanisms. -
4-Sep-2019 Xinhua
Africa’s tripartite free trade area to be operational in early 2020: COMESA
The TFTA will also be a building bloc for the African Continental Free Trade Area, COMESA official said. -
3-Sep-2019 La Via Campesina
USMCA pits rural people in each country against one another: Via Campesina North America
We see the revision of NAFTA – rebranded as the USMCA (or T-MEC) – as another failure to respect the dignity of farmworkers, family farmers, Indigenous people, and the communities and territories in which we live. -
3-Sep-2019 The Guardian
EU to push Australia to clean up petrol standards as part of free trade deal
The European Union wants Australia’s Paris climate commitments enshrined in new FTA. -
3-Sep-2019 Jerusalem Post
Modernized Israel-Canada free trade agreement enters into force
A modernized and expanded Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) entered into force following ratification by both governments, widening the sectors of trade cooperation between the countries. -
3-Sep-2019 Via Campesina
La Via Campesina issues call to mobilise against WTO and Free Trade Agreements
La Via Campesina is calling upon its members and allies to not be misled by the smokescreen of a ‘weakening WTO’ and be aware of the new age mega and bilateral free trade agreements are equally if not more harmful.