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Faroe Islands, Russia mull free-trade deal
10-Aug-2017 Intrafish
A decision is expected for September.
India: Hawkers will fight RCEP until the end
8-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
RCEP would destroy a whole part of the Indian economy and livelihoods, in favour of international markets.
Canada v Mexico: Trump seeks to divide and conquer in Nafta negotiations
8-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Both countries are scrambling to best handle a president who ranks among the more unpredictable elements of the upcoming negotiations.
Trump administration’s Africa policy in focus at AGOA trade talks
8-Aug-2017 Reuters
With the Trump administration’s trade agenda focused on reining in China and renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement, Africa has barely appeared on the radar screen.
India, Peru to start FTA negotiations this week
8-Aug-2017 India Today
India and South American nation Peru would start formal negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) from this week.
15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting in Kathmandu on Aug 11
8-Aug-2017 Himalayan Times
The 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting is going be held in Kathmandu on 11 August.
NAFTA renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
8-Aug-2017 Lexology
ISDS reform is one of several “negotiating objectives” announced last month by the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
Thousands of Mexicans hold protest against NAFTA
8-Aug-2017 Press TV
Mexican farmers and workers have staged a mass rally in the capital to voice their opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA, with the United States and Canada.
BUCG v. Yemen decision clears jurisdictional hurdles for investment claims by Chinese state-owned enterprises under the ICSID Convention
7-Aug-2017 Lexology
The Tribunal dismissed Yemen’s allegations that state-owned enterprises in the PRC were precluded from bringing claims under the ICSID Convention.
NAFTA’s ’broken promises’: these farmers say they got the raw end of trade deal
7-Aug-2017 NPR
The net effect of trade agreements like NAFTA is to put more power, more authority with the large multinational companies and by extension, take that power away from family farmers.
India-Thailand difference delaying FTA under BIMSTEC
7-Aug-2017 Financial Express
Difference between India and Thailand over market access is one of the main reasons why the FTA under BIMSTEC remained stalled during last couple of years.
Official: African states to meet deadline to establish trading bloc
7-Aug-2017 Xinhua
The Tripartite Free Trade Area will comprise 28 countries, cover approximately 18.3 million square kilometers and hold about 61 percent of the continent’s population.
Pakistan, GCC plan to start third round of FTA talks
7-Aug-2017 The Express Tribune
Pakistan is committed to finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in a bid to step up trade volumes between the two sides
USTR seeks advisers’ opinions on amending trade pact with S. Korea by Aug. 15: report
7-Aug-2017 Yonhap
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has asked a group of industry advisers to provide opinions on amending a bilateral trade pact with South Korea by Aug. 15.
‘This deal will make me look terrible’: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia
7-Aug-2017 Washington Post
Transcripts of two conversations President Trump had with foreign leaders: one with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and another with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Why state governments must engage with RCEP
7-Aug-2017 Madhyam
RCEP negotiations warrant a deeper engagement of state governments in India
PM urges India to join regional trade pact
7-Aug-2017 Bangkok Post
Thailand urges India to join RCEP
The Bilcon NAFTA tribunal: a clash of investor protection and sustainability-based environmental assessments
4-Aug-2017 SSRN
The Bilcon tribunal ruling raises a number of concerns about the ability of investor protection tribunals to properly assess whether a foreign investor has been treated fairly under a domestic environmental assessment process.
E-commerce RCEP chapter: Have big tech’s demands fizzled?
4-Aug-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The latest information is that the e-commerce chapter of RCEP will be far less ambitious, dealing mostly with familiar and uncontentious issues such as standards for electronic payments and signatures.
NAFTA schedule: A cabinet dinner to launch seven rounds of trade talks
4-Aug-2017 National Post
A high-level dinner of cabinet members from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will mark the start of NAFTA negotiations, followed by a seven-course diet of negotiating rounds crammed in rapid succession.