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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.
US seeking control over UK’s trade sovereignty
11-May-2020 CGTN
Any potential trade deal will be more about what the US can take from Britain’s markets rather than what it will give, with big pushes to open up agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors to American businesses.
China’s purchases of US goods will fall way short of ‘phase one’ trade deal due to the coronavirus, says think tank
11-May-2020 CNBC
"The targets were never realistic; they were just gaudy numbers meant to impress. The pandemic made the unrealistic the impossible."
Britain, EU start penultimate round of talks before key deadline
11-May-2020 Reuters
Britain and the European Union start their penultimate scheduled round of trade talks with little progress on major sticking points before a June deadline to agree on any extension of negotiations.
KP businessmen for Pak-China style FTA with Afghanistan
11-May-2020 Business Recorder
The Khhyber Pakhtunkhwa business community on Tuesday called for signing of a Pak-Afghan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the pattern of FTA inked with China.
Indonesian FTA kicks in on July 5
11-May-2020 Farm Online National
Australia’s free trade agreement with Indonesia as its biggest neighbour will finally kick into gear on July 5.