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European Union - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Outline of ambition and scope of future negotiations
20-Jun-2017 New Zealand Foreign Affairs & Trade
The scoping discussions covered, at a high level, the shared ambition for some key issues often addressed in trade negotiations.
How RCEP affects food and farmers
19-Jun-2017 GRAIN
The many ways in which RCEP will affect our lives
Cairn tax dispute: I-T dept confiscates dividend, refund
19-Jun-2017 PTI
The Income Tax Department has ordered coercive action against Cairn Energy of UK, including taking away over Rs 2,000 crore dividend and tax refund, to recover part of the Rs 10,247 crore retrospective tax.
E-commerce, border technology top NAFTA wish list
19-Jun-2017 Fleet Owner
U.S. flooded wth comments ahead of renegotiation of trade deal.
Trade agreements a good deal for US feed grains
19-Jun-2017 High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal
Trade equals huge success for exports of U.S. feed grains in all forms, particularly to the 20 countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement.
Japan working to eliminate tariffs on wine from European Union
19-Jun-2017 Japan News
The government is making arrangements to eliminate import tariffs on wine produced in European Union countries, including France and Italy, in the Japan-EU economic partnership agreement negotiations.
Japan set to slash tariffs on EU pasta
19-Jun-2017 Japan News
The government is making arrangements to accept a substantial tariff cut on pasta made in the European Union, such as spaghetti, in Japan-EU economic partnership agreement negotiations.
Govt mulls opening railway market to EU
19-Jun-2017 Japan News
The government is considering opening part of Japan’s railway market to overseas companies based in Europe in the negotiations for an economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
US and Indonesia agree to step up work to expand trade
19-Jun-2017 Global Trade
Officials from the United States and Indonesia met under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), agreeing on next steps for expeditiously resolving bilateral issues and further building their trade relations.
Venezuela pays Gold Reserve $40 million on $800 million ICSID expropriation judgment
19-Jun-2017 Latin America Herald Tribune
Gold Reserve Inc. reports that it has received a $40 million payment on its $800 million judgment that it won at the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 2014.
After AGOA: SA must prepare for two-way free trade agreements with US
19-Jun-2017 Daily Maverick
The Trump Administration has signalled its impatience to replace the AGOA preferential trade deal with Africa with normal two-way free trade agreements.
Iran, EAEU finalize accord on free trade zone
19-Jun-2017 Trend
Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have finalized an agreement to create a free trade zone.
Interview with Yvonne Takang
16-Jun-2017 bilaterals.org
Yvonne Takang has been campaigning and lobbying against Economic Partnership Agreements in Cameroon at the Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collectifs
RCEP: A disaster for India and its people
16-Jun-2017 Newsclick
An eminent Indian trade economist speaks about the problems of RCEP
Indian farmers’ debt wipe demands show why free trade deal with Australia is unlikely
16-Jun-2017 ABC
When Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited India two months ago, he made much of reviving stalled free trade talks — but developments in India this week show the prospects of eventual success are remote at best.
FAFTA braces for battle against Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
16-Jun-2017 Hans India
A coalition of farmers unions, trade unions and civil society fights against RCEP in India
Community perspectives in investor-state arbitration
16-Jun-2017 IIED
This report examines whether and how investor-state arbitral tribunals consider community perspectives, interests and rights in their settlement of investment disputes.
EU leans toward big concession on autoparts trade with Japan
16-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Brussels wants Japanese farm products on the chopping board in return.
Ross: African countries face ‘critical question’
16-Jun-2017 Politico
US Commerce Secretary delivered a tough message to African countries, urging them to strike bilateral trade deals with the United States and warning that the Trump administration would closely monitor their compliance with eligibility rules under the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Canada may not celebrate CETA provisional implementation on July 1, 2017
15-Jun-2017 Mondaq
Canada has passed a statute but still must implement the necessary regulations and establish governmental processes required to implement the Canada-EU CETA.