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19-Jul-2018 Reuters
Trump says EU officials want to negotiate trade deal in Washington visit
US President Donald Trump said that European leaders were coming to Washington next week to try to hammer out a deal focused largely on car tariffs. -
19-Jul-2018 Education International
Educators in the EU and Japan demand education be left out of trade agreement
The agreement poses direct threats to the provision of high-quality public services, such as education, in particular through restricting governments’ capacity to regulate in the public interest, encouraging further liberalisation of services and expanding the rights of multinational corporations. -
18-Jul-2018
RCEP events in Bangkok, 20-24 July 2018
RCEP events in Bangkok, 20-24 July 2018 Actions and events are happening during the 23rd negotiations round. More info -
18-Jul-2018 Food Navigator
‘Huge growth opportunities for agri-food exports’: How the EU-Japan trade deal will benefit EU food
The European Union and Japan signed a landmark agreement that is expected to boost trade in agri-food products. -
18-Jul-2018 AFL-CIO
US trade deals mean justice for some, not justice for all
Those with the means to become international wheeler-dealers can access ISDS. The rest of us have to rely on public courts—the same ones that investors say are “inadequate” to handle their needs. That’s not fair, and that’s not right. -
18-Jul-2018 The Asset
China boosts Belt and Road cooperation with Arab countries
China seeks deeper synergy between its Belt Road initiative and Saudi’s 2030 vision. -
17-Jul-2018
RCEP events in Bangkok, 20-24 July 2018
RCEP events in Bangkok, 20-24 July 2018 – 20 July, 9am-5pm: Thailand national workshop on RCEP @ Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Building 1, Room 103. Contact – 20 July 1pm-2pm: Press conference @ The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT), Maneeya Center, Penthouse, Ploenchit Road 518/5, Patumwan More info – 21-22 July, 9am-6pm: Civil society meeting on RCEP @ Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Building 1, Room 103. Contact (...) -
17-Jul-2018
Spotlight on negotiations of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in Bangkok
Civil society organisations from the RCEP negotiating countries will hold a press briefing at the FCCT on 20th July, Friday, 1.00 - 2.00 P.M. to highlight concerns regarding RCEP negotiations on human rights, intellectual property and investment rules. -
17-Jul-2018 APRN
Briefer: Mega-FTAs and its implications on Asian Workers
Cross-regional mega-FTAs are now being preferred over bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements as imperialist powers compete for cheap labor, sources of raw materials, and markets. -
17-Jul-2018 Reuters
Japan, EU sign free trade pact amid worries about Trump
The deal removes EU tariffs of 10 percent on Japanese cars and 3 percent on most car parts. It would also scrap Japanese duties of some 30 percent or more on EU cheese and 15 percent on wines, and secure access to large public tenders in Japan. -
17-Jul-2018 The Edge Markets
Chamber hopes for revival of EU-Malaysia free trade deal
The EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hopeful that the new government will resume talks on the EU-Malaysia free trade agreement. -
17-Jul-2018 WSRW
Caught fishing illegally in occupied Western Sahara
Several EU-flagged vessels have blatantly ignored and violated the EU Court judgment invalidating the EU-Morocco fish agreement in Western Sahara. -
17-Jul-2018 Stuff
First round of talks for EU-NZ free trade deal underway
Following an official launch in Wellington, the first formal round of negotiations for a deal between New Zealand and the European Union got underway in Brussels. -
17-Jul-2018 Globe Newswire
Notice of arbitration filed against State of Kuwait
Russian businesswoman Marsha Lazareva has filed a notice of international arbitration with the State of Kuwait for breaching a bilateral investment treaty. -
17-Jul-2018 Kazinform
Uzbekistan, EU to open negotiations on new comprehensive agrt
The Council of the European Union has adopted today negotiating directives to negotiate an enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement with Uzbekistan. -
17-Jul-2018 WSRW
Polisario condemns Council’s approval of Western Sahara trade deal
The Western Sahara liberation movement, Frente Polisario, has issued a statement condemning today’s EU Council decision to include Western Sahara in the Morocco trade agreement. -
16-Jul-2018 The Hindu
With eye on African market, India readies offers for free trade pact with Mauritius
India is hopeful that a bilateral trade agreement with the country could open the doors wider to the entire continent. -
16-Jul-2018 Samoa Observer
Samoa, P.N.G. get the nod
Samoa and Papua New Guinea will represent the Pacific at the Ministerial level central negotiating for the post-Cotonou agreement. -
16-Jul-2018 Daily Post
Buhari gives condition to sign Africa free trade agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will only be signatory to the Continental Free Trade Agreement if the nation’s national interests as well as regional and international obligations are balanced. -
16-Jul-2018 Channel News Asia
EU and ASEAN to restart FTA process: PM Lee
The European Union and ASEAN have agreed to restart the process of establishing a Free Trade Agreement between them, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong