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UK preparing for post-Brexit FTA with Japan
23-Sep-2019 NHK
Britain’s international trade secretary Liz Truss says the UK has started preparations to conclude a free trade agreement with Japan after leaving the European Union.
Mixed reviews on Pacific Trade deal, Pacer Plus
23-Sep-2019 NZ Herald
Pacer Plus has been promoted as a hybrid development and trade deal, with the primary benefits going to the nine Pacific countries that have signed the deal.
Honduras-Korea free trade deal to take effect in October
23-Sep-2019 Korea Times
A free trade agreement (FTA) between Honduras and Korea will take effect on Oct. 1 — the latest in gradual yet consistent developments in bilateral relations after they were established in 1962.
People’s resistance to RCEP intensifies, amplifying #NotoRCEP call!
23-Sep-2019 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum 2019
As governments scramble to save RCEP, peoples from Southeast Asia have consolidated their strong opposition to this ambitious and unjust trade and investment agreement.
Indonesia, South Korea link up amid ‘turbulent’ economic pressures
23-Sep-2019 The Jakarta Post
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s aggressive efforts to lure more foreign direct investment (FDI) ahead has been warmly met by South Korea.
India seeks mechanism under RCEP to increase levies once imports exceed set limit
23-Sep-2019 Business Today
In the recent round of negotiations for RCEP, India pushed to include the Automatic Trigger Safeguard Mechanism, or ATSM, which will automatically increase levies once imports cross a given threshold
Time for China to consider joining the CPTPP
23-Sep-2019
After the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) made substantive progress, it is now time for China to consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
In yet another solar energy incentives case against Italy, ECT tribunal applying proportionality test finds breach of legitimate expectations
20-Sep-2019 IISD
This claim to the long series of cases arising out of Italy’s reform of its scheme of incentive tariffs for solar energy.
EU–China investment negotiations: Advances on national treatment, financial services
20-Sep-2019 IISD
National treatment is a sensitive issue and also featured in a dedicated study commissioned by Brussels.
UK and Lebanon sign trade continuity agreement
20-Sep-2019 Government of the United Kingdom
The new UK-Lebanon Association Agreement provides, among other trade benefits, tariff-free trade of industrial products together with liberalisation of trade in agricultural, agri-food and fisheries products.
Explainer: Abe, Trump head for trade deal; auto tariffs a sticking point
20-Sep-2019 Reuters
Japan is expected to agree to cut tariffs on imports of US beef and pork to around levels granted to signatories of the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Pres. Weah signs several acts into law
20-Sep-2019 Liberian Observer
The President signed the act ratifying the Economic Partnership Agreement between West African States, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union and its members.
US files illegal fishing complaint against S.Korea under free trade pact
20-Sep-2019 Manila Bulletin
US authorities for the first time filed a complaint against South Korea under environmental rules of the free trade pact between Seoul and Washington, over illegal fishing.
Intra-EU arbitral award enforced in the US - Achmea objection dismissed by DC District Court for the first time
19-Sep-2019 Lexology
A federal court in Washington, DC has recognized and enforced a US$331 million arbitral award against Romania under an intra-EU BIT—notwithstanding the objection of the European Commission that the award is incompatible with EU law.
Japan, New Zealand to jointly aim for expanded TPP
19-Sep-2019 The Mainichi
Japan and New Zealand to work toward expanding the existing 11-member trans-Pacific partnership free trade pact as they seek further economic and regional integration in the Indo-Pacific.
Trade and investment treaties aggravate the climate crisis
19-Sep-2019 Press Enza
The campaign ‘No to trade and investment treaties’ has called on citizens to join the mobilizations planned for next September 27 in the different cities of Spain.
Austria rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal over Amazon fires
19-Sep-2019 Bloomberg
In a decision that’s binding for the government, almost all parties on the parliament’s EU subcommittee voted against the deal with the Mercosur free-trade zone.
Why race against clock on trade pact ‘shrouded with secrecy’, asks NGO group
18-Sep-2019 Free Malaysia Today
A coalition of 61 NGOs has asked the government the reason for racing against the clock in concluding the world’s largest trade pact — the RCEP — with details “shrouded in secrecy”.
US, India keen to wrap up trade deal
18-Sep-2019 The Hindu
Both countries are frantically working on ways to resolve long-disputed trade issues, especially relating to medical devices, agriculture, and e-commerce.
RCEP countries aim to strike a balance on e-commerce ahead of trade deal conclusion
18-Sep-2019 The Jakarta Post
The different levels of digital trade development and readiness among the 16 countries currently negotiating the RCEP have placed e-commerce in a list of top major issues to be finalized in the coming months.