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TiSA and state-owned enterprises
19-Apr-2017 TNI
Lessons from Uruguay’s withdrawal for other countries in the South.
Philippines Department of Trade and Industry says RCEP will boost growth in the region
18-Apr-2017 Philippine News Agency
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the conclusion of the ASEAN-led free trade agreement RCEP is expected to further strengthen trade in the region.
US beef producers laud Korea-US FTA
18-Apr-2017 Meat Import Council of America
Five years into implementation, the US-Korea free trade agreement has led to an 82 percent jump in annual US beef sales to the Asian nation.
Pence calls for ‘reform’ of KORUS FTA
18-Apr-2017 Korea Herald
US Vice President Mike Pence said the Donald Trump administration is to “review and reform” the free trade pact with South Korea, citing growing trade deficits and “too many barriers” for American firms.
Having a good look at proposed FTA with India: Australia
18-Apr-2017 Business Standard
Australian trade minister said India’s asking goes well beyond anything that Australia has done, in terms of any FTAs put in place, and Australia is not willing to go to that extent.
S. Korea, Israel to hold 4th round of FTA talks Wednesday
18-Apr-2017 KBS
The upcoming talks will focus on products, services, rules of origin, technical barriers to trade(TBT), sanitary and phytosanitary measures(SPS), intellectual property rights, the environment and dispute settlement.
Nepal-US trade talks to focus on boosting output
18-Apr-2017 Kathmandu Post
The bilateral meeting will focus on looking for ways to expand production of the 66 products to which the US has been providing duty-free access through the Trade Preferences Act (TPA).
Australia and India keen on timely conclusion of RCEP
17-Apr-2017 Financial Express
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Malcom Turnbull, the two countries expressed their keenness to secure a timely conclusion of a high-quality RCEP
Under the radar: Are Sri Lanka’s ports the next great game for China, India and Japan?
17-Apr-2017 Global Risk Insights
Sri Lanka expects to deepen existing FTA with India and to sign a FTA with Singapore and another with China. Sri Lanka also hopes to talk to Japan, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries with regards to FTAs.
Japan seeks to revive TPP without United States
17-Apr-2017 Straits Times
The ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact that seemed dead in the water after the United States’ withdrawal could get a second wind, with Japan prepared to take the lead in an 11-country agreement sans the US.
EU foreign policy chief coming to India this week
17-Apr-2017 The Hindu
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini likely to strongly push for resumption of talks for the India-EU free trade agreement.
EFTA and Turkey progress FTA update talks
17-Apr-2017 Tax-news
Delegations from the European Free Trade Association member states met with counterparts from Turkey to discuss updating the existing EFTA-Turkey free trade agreement.
Britain puts banks at front of queue for US trade deal
14-Apr-2017 The Telegraph
British banks could be able to access the US markets in future as freely as they trade with the EU now, under a trade deal
Is it time to redesign or terminate investor-state arbitration?
14-Apr-2017 CIGI
A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met.
Ontario coughs up $28M to wind power company
14-Apr-2017 The Whig
The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium.
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan: source
14-Apr-2017 Reuters
Japan wants to avoid kicking off bilateral FTA talks for fear of being pressured into opening up highly protected areas like agriculture.
China, Japan, ROK hold 12th round of free trade talks
14-Apr-2017 Xinhua
Top negotiators from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on pushing forward trade in goods and services as well as investment at the 12th round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement
Negotiations initiated with Iran for signing FTA: Khurram
14-Apr-2017 DND
Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan informed the Senate that negotiations were being initiated with Iran for signing the Free Trade Agreement.
India pushes Cairn to settle tax with fresh interest demand
13-Apr-2017 Bloomberg BNA
The Indian government nudges Cairn to accept the terms of its tax dispute settlement scheme instead of pursuing the international arbitration route.
ACP countries to negotiate as a unified entity with EU
12-Apr-2017 ACP Secretariat
Seventy-nine countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are preparing to negotiate a major partnership framework with the European Union which will set directions for trade relations.