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Could Kenya FTA open new biotech potential in Africa?
15-May-2020 Agri Pulse
Anti-biotech activists and sentiment are entrenched throughout Africa, but US farm groups and businesses are hoping a free-trade agreement with Kenya will help the country break through its GMO barriers
EU investment deal with China likely to hinge on three key elements, says European trade official
15-May-2020 South China Morning Post
Crucial European demands include subsidies to state-owned enterprises, access to the Chinese market and environmental issues, according to top official.
Divisions open over ‘lower agriculture standards’ in future US-UK pact
15-May-2020 Euractiv
The UK government is preparing to offer increased access to the UK market for US agriculture exports and possibly lower the bar on environmental and health standards.
The African Union should halt African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Negotiations and launch of trading on 1st July 2020
15-May-2020
Civil society organisations statement.
Differences among members, India-Mercosur PTA talks stalled
15-May-2020 Financial Express
The ongoing differences between Brazil and Argentina are expected to have important implications for the future course of action within MERCOSUR and its engagements with other trade and economic partners including India.
Cambodia pushes hard on free-trade agreements
15-May-2020 Khmer Times
Cambodia’s government is pushing for free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with potential partners while seeking Russian’s help for a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement.
Ag issues central in US-UK trade talks
14-May-2020 Agri Pulse
US farm groups are looking for big wins as US negotiators push the UK to abandon European barriers to agricultural trade in the countries’ first round of trade talks, according to officials aware of the proceedings.
Pompeo presses Israel to distance from China
14-May-2020 Globes
A China-Israel agreement could strengthen the Chinese influence in the management of the new port at Haifa. This is a scenario that keeps the Americans awake at night.
Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. v. Algeria’s arbitration
14-May-2020 Global Legal Chronicle
Spanish contractor Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. lost an investment treaty arbitration against Algeria brought before ICSID.
UK-Japan FTA: UK’s negotiating directives (May 2020)
14-May-2020 UK Government
UK puts banking at heart of objectives for Japan trade deal
13-May-2020 Bloomberg
The UK has put financial services access at the center of its objectives for a trade deal with Japan.
EU seeks trade truce with US amid virus crisis
13-May-2020 Euractiv
The EU’s top trade official hopes the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic will spur efforts to heal US trade ties, bogged down in a tit-for-tat tariff feud.
UK to start trade talks with Japan, with US and EU talks ongoing
13-May-2020 Al Jazeera
Securing multiple trade deals simultaneously is not impossible, say experts, but the UK will have to make concessions.
US-UK trade talks have begun – here’s what each side wants and what to expect
13-May-2020 The Conversation
Trade talks between the UK and US have officially begun. There are some things we know about what each side is looking to get out of a deal.
Union calls for equal recognition for healthcare workers
12-May-2020 Bangkok Post
The union and its allies also asked the government not to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as they view that the restriction of rights to access medicine under the deal would put the country’s public health system in danger.
Calls rise in China to rework deal with US: sources
12-May-2020 Global Times
More hawkish voices have emerged within China on the phase one trade deal with Washington, with some calling for new negotiations and a tit-for-tat approach on spiraling trade issues.
EU still pursuing FTAs with Asean
12-May-2020 The Malaysian Reserve
The European Union (EU) continues to push for more trade deals with major Asean economies despite making slow progress following its consecutive successes with Singapore and Vietnam last year.
What global trade deals are really about (hint: it’s not trade)
11-May-2020 TEDx Talks
Haley Edwards breaks down the history of trade and explains how the idea of global trade has transformed in the past decades.
The termination of bilateral investment treaties in the EU – one agreement to end them all?
11-May-2020 TaylorWessing
On 5 May 2020, 23 Member States of the EU entered into an Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union.
Norway and Britain negotiators in Brexit talks Thursday: Norway Foreign Ministry
11-May-2020 Reuters
EFTA countries and the UK met for the first time since Britain’s exit from the European Union to discuss their future relationship.