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25-Sep-2018 SonntagsZeitung
Palm oil lobbyist negotiates with Bern
The chief negotiator of Indonesia sits on the board of directors of the Indonesian company Astra Agro Lestari, one of the country’s largest palm oil producers. -
25-Sep-2018 Emerging Europe
Georgia looking for US free trade agreement
The Georgian government hopes that the US will start intensive talks regarding the free trade initiative soon. -
25-Sep-2018 New York Times
Trump signs revised Korean trade deal
There are few fundamental changes to the existing agreement, which Mr. Trump has blamed for hundreds of thousands of lost American jobs. -
24-Sep-2018 Reuters
Japan mulls bilateral trade deal with US: Nikkei
Japan is mulling a bilateral trade agreement with the United States that would lower tariffs on US agriculture imports in exchange for avoiding higher tariffs on Japanese autos. -
24-Sep-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
’New’ CETA tribunals - old undemocratic system
Our analysis of the leaked draft code of conduct of CETA tribunals reveals that the same people known as ISDS arbitrators and counsellors will now take over CETA tribunals. -
24-Sep-2018 Asharq Al-Awsat
Mauritania signs deal to pave way for EU-West African economic partnership
Mauritania on Friday became the 15th West African country to sign the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. -
24-Sep-2018 Swiss Info
Swiss want to restart free trade deal talks with the US
Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann believes that it is possible to negotiate a free trade agreement with the US. He wants to resume discussions that faltered over a decade ago. -
24-Sep-2018 The Independent
Most cabinet ministers ’want Canada-style free trade deal with EU’
However other cabinet minister are said to favour a Norway-style deal which involves continued membership of the European Economic Area. -
24-Sep-2018 ICIS
EU and Mercosur to re-initiate free-trade talks next week
EU and Mercosur negotiators will hold another round of negotiations in Uruguay with the aim of reaching a free trade agreement. -
21-Sep-2018 Unearthed
Liz Truss slams regulations in speech to US think tank backing environmental roll-back after Brexit
Treasury minister was speaking on the same day the Cato Institute called for softer environmental rules and NHS competition. -
21-Sep-2018 Asahi Shimbun
Abe, Trump to hold summit in New York on Sept. 26
Japan is hoping to avert any import curbs and potentially steeper US import tariffs on its cars, and fend off U.S. demands for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). -
21-Sep-2018 TeleSur
Costa Rica wins case against investors’ beach front property
ICSID tribunal rules Costa Rica was in its right to stop a tourist construction project on the Pacific coast that violated environmental laws. -
21-Sep-2018 Le Temps
Un accord de libre-échange Suisse-Indonésie serait à bout touchant
L’Indonésie n’exige plus l’abolition de droits de douane à l’importation de son huile de palme, produit contesté en Suisse, et accepte des règles strictes en matière de propriété intellectuelle. -
21-Sep-2018 Reuters
NAFTA deal not yet in sight, Canada stands firm on auto tariffs
Canada and the United States showed scant sign of closing a deal to revamp NAFTA, and Canadian officials made clear Washington needed to withdraw a threat of possible autos tariffs -
20-Sep-2018 ICTSD
Mercosur holds first negotiating round for Korea trade deal, looks to EU next steps
EU-Mercosur latest negotiation round remained complex as first round of Korea-Mercosur trade talks focused on goods, services, investment, public procurement, and e-commerce. -
20-Sep-2018 IGJ
Negotiation update: “ How is the progress of RCEP and IEU CEPA negotiations?”
Representatives from the Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice held a meeting with an Indonesian Trade Official and discussed the development of information on the RCEP and Indonesia EU CEPA negotiating rounds. -
20-Sep-2018 Fern
The EU-Japan free trade deal: a threat to the fight against illegal timber?
The deal’s impact on efforts to halt illegal logging and the tradein illegal timber remains an area of deep concern. -
20-Sep-2018 The Globe and Mail
US procurement demand on Canada, Mexico fading from NAFTA: sources
The United States has backed away from its contentious demands for lucrative procurement projects in the renegotiation of the North American free-trade agreement. -
20-Sep-2018 US Department of Agriculture
Indonesia concludes negotiations on FTA with Australia
The Indonesia-Australia agreement provides preferential access for a number of Australian agricultural products. It also provides a framework for addressing non-tariff measures. -
20-Sep-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Thailand sees shortcut to Belt and Road with Sri Lanka trade deal
Two nations to kick off bilateral FTA talks in Bangkok.