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US, Canada and Mexico sign agreement - again - to replace NAFTA
11-Dec-2019 Reuters
Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact.
Upgrade the Australia-China FTA and share the prosperity of the Chinese fintech industry
11-Dec-2019 Australian Institute of International Affairs
Can the Australia-China trade deal facilitate Australian businesses and share the prosperity of Chinese FinTech industry? Answering this question requires looking into the chapters of investment, trade in services (especially financial service) and e-commerce.
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement text (2019)
11-Dec-2019 Office of the US Trade Representative
As published by the Office of the US Trade Representative
RCEP did not adequately address India’s concerns, will review trade deal with ASEAN: Govt in Rajya Sabha
11-Dec-2019 Financial Express
The RCEP did not "adequately" address India’s concerns over issues like non-tariff barriers to trade and opaqueness in subsidy regime in some countries, which forced it to back out from the trade deal, the Indian government informed.
‘Proposed India-EU FTA has to address labour, government procurement, sustainability issues’
11-Dec-2019 The Hindu Business Line
India and the EU need to sort out complex issues such as government procurement, labour standards and sustainability as part of the bilateral free trade talks that have been stuck for more than half a decade.
How India-Korea CEPA impacted domestic markets
11-Dec-2019 Money Control
Among the FTAs which have affected Indian domestic industry adversely, the India-Korea CEPA, signed in 2009, has been significant.
Cabinet approves ratification of Comesa-EAC-Sadc free trade
11-Dec-2019 ZBC
Cabinet in Zimbabwe has approved the ratification of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).
US banned climate from UK trade talks
11-Dec-2019 The Ecologist
The US has banned any mention of climate change in US-UK trade talks.
I helped negotiate a trade deal with the US – I know they will demand an NHS sell off
11-Dec-2019 The Independent
Behind the bluster about “getting Brexit done” is an ambitious long term agenda: to realign our economy and our standards with the interests of American business.
Tariff concessions under CPFTA from Jan 1
11-Dec-2019 DAWN
The Pakistan government has announced that tariff concessions on goods under the revised FTA with China will come into effect from Jan 1, 2020 after seven years of negotiations.
Leading environmental groups urge Congress to oppose a pro-polluter NAFTA 2.0
10-Dec-2019 Sierra Club
The renegotiated NAFTA fails to meet the baseline standards for environmental and climate protection that the environmental community has consistently called for.
Biologic exclusivity provision stripped from revised USMCA deal
10-Dec-2019 Modern Health Care
A provision of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade that would have guaranteed 10 years of market exclusivity for biologic drugs was removed.
Korean company starts arbitration against India
10-Dec-2019 Economic Times
South Korean state owned power utility Kowepo has begun international arbitration proceedings against India in Singapore for not honouring a fuel supply commitment to its Maharashtra power plant.
EU governments under pressure to quit Energy Charter Treaty
10-Dec-2019 Forbes
Climate campaigners are demanding that European Union countries pull out of the treaty unless they can negotiate an end to the pact’s investor-state dispute mechanism.
US, Canadian officials converge on Mexico City to seal final changes to trade deal
10-Dec-2019 Reuters
Senior US and Canadian officials were set to fly to Mexico City to work on the final changes to a languishing North American trade pact.
‘With or without India’: 15 member countries decide to sign RCEP on 13 March
10-Dec-2019 The Print
Nearly a month after India decided against joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the remaining 15 member countries Monday decided to sign the proposed free trade pact by 13 March.
Japan, Australia still hopeful of India’s rethink on RCEP
10-Dec-2019 The Hindu
Despite India’s decision to walk out of the ASEAN-led 15-nation RCEP Free Trade Agreement last month, officials from India’s Indo-Pacific partners Australia and Japan are still discussing the issue in the hope that the government will rethink the decision.
A less than satisfactory trade agreement
10-Dec-2019 The Japan Times
The Japanese government will also be worried about a sluggish economy and there will be no appetite for liberalization measures that impose pain on Japanese businesses.
India, US will conclude trade talks soon, says USISPF chief
10-Dec-2019 The Hindu
Outstanding trade issues between India and the U.S. are moving towards resolution, and the first quarter of 2020 will see both countries conclude ongoing talks.
Pakistan, Qatar to sign trade pacts soon
10-Dec-2019 The Express Tribune
Pakistan and Qatar have agreed in principle on a preferential trade agreement (PTA) and a free trade agreement (FTA) to enhance bilateral trade. The agreements will soon be signed after necessary formalities.