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Tidal threatens legal action against Norway over stat fiddling investigation
3-Oct-2019 CMU
Tidal is threatening legal action against the whole country of Norway, which is certainly one way to deal with allegations that you fiddled the figures on a Beyonce record.
EU launches talks on new African trade pact
3-Oct-2019 Euractiv
The new agreement will hopefully cover ‘trade-related areas, such as services, investment, technical barriers to trade, intellectual property rights as well as trade and sustainable development,’ says EU Commission.
Open letter to the European Parliament: Human rights before free trade with Vietnam
3-Oct-2019 ACAT
ACAT and 47 Vietnamese and international organizations urge members of the European Parliament to delay consideration of the free trade agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Trade ministers of RCEP to hold key meet next week
3-Oct-2019 The Financial Express
Trade ministers of the 16-nation RCEP grouping will meet in Bangkok on October 10-12, in what could be the last ministerial before a potential deal is sealed in November.
Steel industry frets as Govt inches close to signing RCEP
3-Oct-2019 The Hindu Business Line
The steel industry has expressed serious concern with Government inching close to signing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership which will open duty-free imports into the country from China.
Ag leaders react to US - Japan trade deal
3-Oct-2019 The Coal Field Progress
Ag leaders believe a new free trade agreement with Japan should put billions of dollars back in the pockets of American farmers.
The African Continental Free Trade Area and investor-state arbitration: What can investors expect and why?
2-Oct-2019 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Should AfCFTA member states opt for an ISDS mechanism, a reformed mechanism should be expected.
Mercosur and South Korea fourth round of trade talks, this time in Busan
2-Oct-2019 MercoPress
South Korea plans to hold the fourth round of trade talks with Mercosur as Seoul aims to expand its trade network with emerging countries and revitalize its ailing exports.
EAEU-Singapore free trade agreement signed in Yerevan
2-Oct-2019 Kazinform
Prime ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Singapore signed a Free Trade Agreement and a Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the EAEU Member States and Singapore.
Reducing duty on dairy products would cause major unrest among rural India: SJM
2-Oct-2019 India Today
New Zealand and Australia were negotiating "very hard" with India at RCEP-FTA to reduce duty on dairy products so that they can get access to the world’s largest market of dairy products.
India, US to continue efforts to link investment with trade
2-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India’s bilateral trade talks with the US will continue when commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal meets US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit later this week.
China, Japan and S.Korea agree to push FTA, RCEP talks and pay joint efforts on peninsula issue
2-Oct-2019 Beloit Bulletin
China, Japan and South Korea agreed to push forward and speed up negotiations on the free trade area (FTA) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), as the three countries‘ foreign ministers met in Beijing on Wednesday.
Indonesia gets Rp 232 billion grant from EU to ease trade negotiations
2-Oct-2019 The Jakarta Post
The European Union has granted Indonesia Rp 232 billion (US$16.37 million) through a program dubbed ARISE+ Indonesia to improve trade conditions and capacity between 2019 and 2023.
India may cut duties on 80% of Chinese imports under RCEP
2-Oct-2019 The Economic Times
India may cut or eliminate tariffs on 80% of products imported from China under a 16-country free trade agreement, the last round of negotiations for which is underway in Vietnam.
S. Korea’s FTA with 5 Central American nations partially takes effect on Oct. 1
2-Oct-2019 Pulse News
South Korea’s free trade agreement with five Central American countries becomes partially effective on 1 Oct, putting the country on path to enjoy near tariff-free access to markets across the Latin and South American map.
Hogan convinces MEPs by toughening up trade stance
1-Oct-2019 Euractiv
Phil Hogan obtained the MEPs’ preliminary approval to become the EU’s next Trade Commissioner, promising a tougher stance towards China to ensure the protection of European values, and environmental principles.
Iran to join EAEU in weeks: President Rouhani
1-Oct-2019 IFP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the country will officially join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on October 27.
Hogan: ’It takes two to tango’ to secure EU-US trade deal
1-Oct-2019 Irish Examiner
The EU’s likely next trade commissioner Phil Hogan has said he wants to secure a trade agreement with the US despite warning Washington "it takes two to tango" to secure any deal.
ACP-EU partnership: economic priorities determined
1-Oct-2019 Government Europa
Negotiators from the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries met at the United Nations to determine the future of the ACP-EU partnership.
S. Korea wins int’l arbitration against Korean-American in property dispute
1-Oct-2019 Yonhap
The South Korean government has won an international arbitration in a suit a Korean-American individual filed over expropriation of land in a redevelopment project.