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30-Mar-2018 Manila Bulletin
USTR sees FTA with PH first step in As-Pac strategy
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has looked that having a free trade agreement with the Philippines is a reasonable first step in their strategy in the Asia Pacific region. -
30-Mar-2018 Taipei Times
Taipei mulls renewing Jakarta deal
The agreement was designed to protect investment in each other’s territory. Taiwanese firms last year invested US$397 million in Indonesia, up 166% from 2016 -
30-Mar-2018 Yonhap
Trump says could ’hold up’ Korea trade deal for N.K. issue
US President Donald Trump threatened to "hold up" a renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea until he gets the results he wants with North Korea. -
30-Mar-2018 NHK
Thailand seeks to join TPP
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said it is important to prepare for being a member of the free trade agreement. -
30-Mar-2018 Asia Times
Pakistan’s duty concessions to China threaten local industry
Local manufacturers, who were not consulted on the plans, are up in arms as their government proposes major cuts to concessions on imports of Chinese goods. -
30-Mar-2018 BNN
Higher auto wages the centrepiece of major US NAFTA proposal
Mexican workers’ wages are at the heart of a major proposal from the United States aimed at breaking through an impasse on automobiles and securing a new North American Free Trade Agreement.
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30-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
Trump willing to reopen TTIP amid EU-US trade spat, Ross says
President Donald Trump is willing to reopen negotiations with the European Union over the stalled Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which stalled following his election. -
29-Mar-2018 Public Citizen
Renegotiating NAFTA: Threats to affordable medicines
NAFTA was the first “trade” agreement that included new monopoly powers for Big Pharma companies. -
29-Mar-2018 Daily Nation
African free trade, China’s ‘Silk Road’ big window for continent
China, being Africa’s largest trading partner, is a key factor and beneficiary of the continent’s development. -
29-Mar-2018 Business Line
China keen to negotiate bilateral investment treaty, set up industrial parks
China has expressed its interest in negotiating a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with India following the termination of its earlier treaty. -
29-Mar-2018 Radio NZ
Tonga withdraws from PACER Plus
Tonga’s prime minister says his country is no longer a signatory to the regional trade deal known as PACER Plus. -
29-Mar-2018 Reuters
Japan’s Aso rules out bilateral trade deal with US
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso ruled out the chance of opening up talks for a bilateral trade deal with the United States, stressing that such a deal would do no good to his country. -
29-Mar-2018 Tele Trader
Canada rejects US food packaging proposals in NAFTA talks
Canada’s chief representative stated that the proposals regarding food packaging brought up by the United States are not acceptable to his country, which wants to retain the ability to put warning labels on junk food to combat obesity. -
29-Mar-2018
EU-Mercosur FTA: 27 draft chapters (Feb 2018)
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29-Mar-2018 Black Sea Grain
Ukraine, Israel ready to sign FTA agreement – PM Groysman
There will be a joint statement of the Governments and Ministries of Israel and Ukraine that the free trade area agreement between the two countries reached the final stage. -
29-Mar-2018 Business Insider
Why Trump’s ’predatory’ plan to exploit Brexit makes a US-UK trade deal almost impossible
The Trump administration will seek to exploit the UK’s weakness after Brexit, making a quick and beneficial trade deal almost impossible for Theresa May to achieve. -
29-Mar-2018 Medium
CETA: Secret committee on pesticides meets in Ottawa on March 26–27
Leaked EU documents reveal a secret committee will begin discussions on how to weaken norms on pesticides and food quality standards. -
28-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
Sri Lanka to "redouble" efforts on China, India free trade deals
Sri Lanka will “redouble” efforts to strike a free trade deal with China and conclude and expanded trade pact with India as part of the island nation’s strategy of becoming an Indian Ocean hub for investors and multinationals, the country’s top diplomat says. -
28-Mar-2018 The Asset
Belt Road-strain on Pakistan’s finances exposes flaws in the grand scheme
Pakistan’s public finances and currency are in a state of disarray, with part of the blame being laid at the door of the country’s engagement with China’s Belt Road project -
28-Mar-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Is China’s Belt and Road working? A progress report from eight countries
Project delays after initial fanfare, projects sometimes experience serious delays. In Indonesia, construction on a $6 billion rail line is behind schedule and costs are escalating. Similar problems have plagued projects in Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.