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Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism
15-Aug-2017 Reuters
Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA, suggesting it could walk away if the United States pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal.
India to restart FTA talks with Mauritius
15-Aug-2017 Live Mint
The decision to restart negotiations on India-Mauritius free trade agreement (FTA) follows a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) signed last year.
Koya: Talks with PNG minister Pato fruitful
15-Aug-2017 Fiji Sun
The Minister for Industry, Trade, Tourism, Lands and Mineral Resources said the meeting involved discussions on the ‘way forward’ with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Trade Agreement.
Sri Lankan industrialists worry over China trade deal, cess removal
15-Aug-2017 Economy Next
Sri Lankan industrialists have voiced concern over a proposed free trade agreement with China and government plans to reduce import tariffs that protect them, saying they feared they might not be able to compete.
Freeland to press for new labour, environmental sections within NAFTA
14-Aug-2017 Ottawa Citizen
Chrystia Freeland will push for additional labour and environmental sections when she shares broad strokes of Canada’s goals for the upcoming NAFTA talks.
«Le moratoire de Québec était légitime», dit le Centre québécois en droit de l’environnement
12-Aug-2017 Le Devoir
Québec était en droit d’instituer un moratoire sur la fracturation hydraulique et Ottawa ne devrait pas compenser Lone Pine.
NAFTA, Trump and the cloud: What the negotiations mean for your personal data
12-Aug-2017 Global News
Washington wants few restrictions on cross-border data transfers and has taken aim at rules in other countries that require certain digital information to be stored on computers located within their national borders.
Africa-US AGOA trade talks end with no decision, waning enthusiasm
12-Aug-2017 Reuters
It is not clear whether the U.S. wants to change the AGOA deal before it expires in 2025 or extend it further - no decision was made on either count.
Food is at the center of US-UK trade concerns
11-Aug-2017 WBFO
Since it has been a member of the European Union, Britain has ratcheted up its standards. There’s a Europeanization of culinary culture. And we’re going to see whether it becomes the McDonaldization of culture.
RCEP will undo the gains of food self-sufficiency built so assiduously over the decades
11-Aug-2017 Ground Reality
International trade negotiations currently underway hold a big threat to the future of Indian agriculture
Investment promotion and protection agreement with Singapore under way
11-Aug-2017 Myanmar Times
Negotiations over an agreement on investment promotion and protection between Myanmar and Singapore have started, according to Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) Director General U Aung Naing Oo.
Qatar dispute puts UK-Gulf trade talks on hold
11-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Delay to prestigious London summit threatens UK plans for quick free-trade deal with rich Middle Eastern states after Brexit.
East Africa: Cabinet approves the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Area
11-Aug-2017 All Africa
The Ugandan Cabinet has approved the ratification of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite Free Area Agreement (FTA), paving way for the implementation of the Agreement.
BIMSTEC underlines early finalisation of free trade area accord
11-Aug-2017 Kathmandu Post
The 18th session of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Senior Officials’ meeting has underlined the need of early finalisation of BIMSTEC free trade area agreement.
US reaches out to Cambodia under TIFA
10-Aug-2017 Politico
The Trump administration is continuing its outreach to Asia-Pacific countries, with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel sitting down with Cambodian officials.
Lighthizer pushes for ‘greater reciprocity’ with AGOA nations
10-Aug-2017 Politico
A more balanced trading relationship is vital in order to maintain support in Congress for AGOA, which allows for duty-free treatment of goods from eligible Sub-Saharan African countries, Lighthizer said.
Business groups to the administration: Keep ISDS in NAFTA
10-Aug-2017 Politico
More than 100 U.S. business groups and associations are pushing the Trump administration to not only preserve investor-state dispute settlement and related provisions in an updated NAFTA agreement but to also strengthen them to further protect intellectual property and interests.
Australia ready to move forward on ’TPP 11’: trade minister
10-Aug-2017 Nikkei
Australia prefers the agreement stay as close as possible to the original treaty.
US push for freer NAFTA e-commerce meets growing resistance
10-Aug-2017 Reuters
A US proposal for Mexico and Canada to vastly raise the value of online purchases that can be imported duty-free from stores like Amazon.com and eBay is emerging as a flashpoint in an upcoming renegotiation of the NAFTA trade deal.
An issue for upcoming NAFTA talks: Getting Mexicans a pay raise
10-Aug-2017 CTV
The cost of Mexican labour will be an issue in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, participants acknowledged at an auto-industry conference, touching on one of the key sectors up for discussion.