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10-Oct-2019 Dawn
Australia uninterested in a free trade agreement with Pakistan
Australia has refused to offer preferential market access to Pakistan on the grounds that the country has a very limited basket of tradable goods and services. -
9-Oct-2019 Business Standard
US using trade deals to shield tech giants from foreign regulations
The US administration’s push is the latest salvo in a global fight over who sets the rules for the Internet. -
9-Oct-2019 Philippine News Agency
SoKor, PH to sign expanded free trade agreement next month
South Korea and the Philippines are expected to sign next month an expanded free trade agreement to further boost the two countries flourishing commercial trading. -
9-Oct-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia set to ratify controversial trade deal with Hong Kong
Australia will ratify a controversial trade deal with Hong Kong despite growing concern over Chinese government control of the city and the brutal treatment of protesters demanding universal suffrage for its people. -
8-Oct-2019 Open Democracy
Can an ‘open relationship’ work after a UK/EU divorce?
Three problems - excessive free trade focus, the specific risky features of FTAs, and a serious lack of trade democracy - would be a poor basis for a new open relationship with the EU. -
8-Oct-2019 BT
City of London representatives head to US to promote post-Brexit finance ties
Representatives from the City of London are to travel to the US in a bid to boost transatlantic ties for the finance sector post-Brexit. -
8-Oct-2019 The Hill
US, Japan sign trade deals
President Trump oversaw the signing of two limited trade deals with Japan, slashing tariffs on $7.2 billion worth of America’s agricultural exports, but avoiding thorny issues such as auto tariffs. -
8-Oct-2019 USTR
US-Japan trade agreement text (2019)
As published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative -
8-Oct-2019 USTR
US-Japan digital trade agreement text (2019)
As published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative -
8-Oct-2019 CBC
Canada-EU beef trade deal not working as well as hoped
European health standards too costly and complicated for Albertan beef exporters. -
8-Oct-2019 TNI
ISDS in numbers
Impacts of investment arbitration against African states. -
8-Oct-2019 Solomon Times
The EU and Solomon islands step up cooperation
EU official welcomed Solomon Islands’ interest in joining the existing Economic Partnership Agreement. -
8-Oct-2019 FarmingUK
Majority of Europeans against EU-Mercosur deal
A new poll shows that the vast majority of Europeans oppose the EU’s trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur. -
7-Oct-2019 Avas
Nasheed hints move to scrap China FTA
The Maldives government could pull out of the free trade agreement with China, former president and Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has hinted. -
7-Oct-2019 The Edge Markets
Without EU FTA, Malaysia to lose out — ambassador
While the Malaysia-European Union (EU) trade and investment flows have been stable thus far, Malaysia’s trade advantages could decrease in the future, as negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the bloc remain suspended. -
7-Oct-2019 Yonhap News
S. Korea, Indonesia to hold 10th round of trade talks
South Korea’s trade ministry said plans to hold another round of negotiations with Indonesia on a comprehensive trade agreement, as Asia’s No. 4 economy continues efforts to expand its export portfolio in the Southeast Asian market. -
7-Oct-2019 Live Mint
India grapples with ways to deal with China in RCEP
Beijing continues to decline New Delhi’s demands on issues relating to market access. And India is worried that a further liberalized tariffs regime to China could harm domestic industry -
7-Oct-2019 The Daily Herald
International arbitration for Banco del Orinoco
Bank of Orinoco has initiated an international arbitration against the Netherlands over alleged discriminatory and irrational measures by the government of Curaçao. -
7-Oct-2019 Bloomberg
China narrows scope for trade deal with US ahead of talks
Chinese officials suggest a broad pact is off the table. -
7-Oct-2019 Reuters
Where the US-Japan trade deal falls short of Trans-Pacific pact abandoned by Trump
The deal offers worse access to Japan for some US agricultural goods than the Trans-Pacific Partnership.