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EU open to free trade but not Chequers customs plan: document
26-Sep-2018 Reuters
EU negotiators are ready to offer Theresa May a free-trade area after Brexit but say that there must be a customs border.
What a free trade pact with the US means for India
26-Sep-2018 Live Mint
Entering into negotiations for a free trade agreement with the world’s largest economy is not going to be a walk in the woods, nor a fireside chat.
India, Mauritius to hold next round of FTA talks from Wednesday
26-Sep-2018 Deccan Herald
Mauritius is also holding negotiations for a similar pact with China, with which India has a huge trade deficit.
Palm oil to remain part of free trade talks despite opposition
26-Sep-2018 Swiss Info
The Swiss Senate has narrowly voted against proposals to exclude palm from any free trade agreement with Malaysia and Indonesia.
Trade policy and the case of TTIP
25-Sep-2018 Alter EU
New generation “trade” deals actually have less to do with trade than with who makes the rules, and who holds power over rule-makers.
Japan and Turkey seek early conclusion of free trade accord
25-Sep-2018 Japan Times
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to try to conclude negotiations for a free trade agreement “at an early date.”
Palm oil lobbyist negotiates with Bern
25-Sep-2018 SonntagsZeitung
The chief negotiator of Indonesia sits on the board of directors of the Indonesian company Astra Agro Lestari, one of the country’s largest palm oil producers.
Georgia looking for US free trade agreement
25-Sep-2018 Emerging Europe
The Georgian government hopes that the US will start intensive talks regarding the free trade initiative soon.
Trump signs revised Korean trade deal
25-Sep-2018 New York Times
There are few fundamental changes to the existing agreement, which Mr. Trump has blamed for hundreds of thousands of lost American jobs.
Japan mulls bilateral trade deal with US: Nikkei
24-Sep-2018 Reuters
Japan is mulling a bilateral trade agreement with the United States that would lower tariffs on US agriculture imports in exchange for avoiding higher tariffs on Japanese autos.
’New’ CETA tribunals - old undemocratic system
24-Sep-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
Our analysis of the leaked draft code of conduct of CETA tribunals reveals that the same people known as ISDS arbitrators and counsellors will now take over CETA tribunals.
Mauritania signs deal to pave way for EU-West African economic partnership
24-Sep-2018 Asharq Al-Awsat
Mauritania on Friday became the 15th West African country to sign the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
Swiss want to restart free trade deal talks with the US
24-Sep-2018 Swiss Info
Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann believes that it is possible to negotiate a free trade agreement with the US. He wants to resume discussions that faltered over a decade ago.
Most cabinet ministers ’want Canada-style free trade deal with EU’
24-Sep-2018 The Independent
However other cabinet minister are said to favour a Norway-style deal which involves continued membership of the European Economic Area.
EU and Mercosur to re-initiate free-trade talks next week
24-Sep-2018 ICIS
EU and Mercosur negotiators will hold another round of negotiations in Uruguay with the aim of reaching a free trade agreement.
Liz Truss slams regulations in speech to US think tank backing environmental roll-back after Brexit
21-Sep-2018 Unearthed
Treasury minister was speaking on the same day the Cato Institute called for softer environmental rules and NHS competition.
Abe, Trump to hold summit in New York on Sept. 26
21-Sep-2018 Asahi Shimbun
Japan is hoping to avert any import curbs and potentially steeper US import tariffs on its cars, and fend off U.S. demands for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
Costa Rica wins case against investors’ beach front property
21-Sep-2018 TeleSur
ICSID tribunal rules Costa Rica was in its right to stop a tourist construction project on the Pacific coast that violated environmental laws.
Un accord de libre-échange Suisse-Indonésie serait à bout touchant
21-Sep-2018 Le Temps
L’Indonésie n’exige plus l’abolition de droits de douane à l’importation de son huile de palme, produit contesté en Suisse, et accepte des règles strictes en matière de propriété intellectuelle.
NAFTA deal not yet in sight, Canada stands firm on auto tariffs
21-Sep-2018 Reuters
Canada and the United States showed scant sign of closing a deal to revamp NAFTA, and Canadian officials made clear Washington needed to withdraw a threat of possible autos tariffs