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Mercosur holds first negotiating round for Korea trade deal, looks to EU next steps
20-Sep-2018 ICTSD
EU-Mercosur latest negotiation round remained complex as first round of Korea-Mercosur trade talks focused on goods, services, investment, public procurement, and e-commerce.
Negotiation update: “ How is the progress of RCEP and IEU CEPA negotiations?”
20-Sep-2018 IGJ
Representatives from the Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice held a meeting with an Indonesian Trade Official and discussed the development of information on the RCEP and Indonesia EU CEPA negotiating rounds.
The EU-Japan free trade deal: a threat to the fight against illegal timber?
20-Sep-2018 Fern
The deal’s impact on efforts to halt illegal logging and the tradein illegal timber remains an area of deep concern.
US procurement demand on Canada, Mexico fading from NAFTA: sources
20-Sep-2018 The Globe and Mail
The United States has backed away from its contentious demands for lucrative procurement projects in the renegotiation of the North American free-trade agreement.
Indonesia concludes negotiations on FTA with Australia
20-Sep-2018 US Department of Agriculture
The Indonesia-Australia agreement provides preferential access for a number of Australian agricultural products. It also provides a framework for addressing non-tariff measures.
Thailand sees shortcut to Belt and Road with Sri Lanka trade deal
20-Sep-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Two nations to kick off bilateral FTA talks in Bangkok.
China-Korea FTA
19-Sep-2018 Ministry of Commerce, China
As released by the Ministry of Commerce, China
Rightwing thinktanks unveil radical plan for US-UK Brexit trade deal
19-Sep-2018 The Guardian
Groups linked to Trump and Fox want foreign competition in NHS and regulations bonfire.
Indian farmers reject RCEP trade agreement, plan major national level agitations
19-Sep-2018 La Via Campesina South Asia
Two major farmers protests are planned in New Delhi on 2 October and 30 November and RCEP will be high on the agenda.
US business groups lay out priorities to ensure their support for NAFTA
19-Sep-2018 The Hill
Leaders of three of the nation’s most powerful business groups detailed six priorities they say need to be fulfilled to earn their support for an update of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to get through Congress.
Tribunal awards India first BIT case win, dismissing claims of French investor
19-Sep-2018 Herbert Smith Freehills
An UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal has reportedly dismissed a US$36 million claim by a French investor, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS (“LDA“), against India under the 1997 France-India bilateral investment treaty.
Rethinking international investment governance: Principles for the 21st century
19-Sep-2018 CCSI
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment is hosting a two-day conference on rethinking international investment governance, which seeks to elaborate principles for a progressive investment agenda.
Jordan, Turkey mull new free trade pact
19-Sep-2018 Ammon
Jordan and Turkey on Tuesday discussed prospects for sealing a new free trade agreement (FTA) following the Kingdom’s suspension of the previous agreement.
Canada-EU trade, one year on: Canada’s imports are rising faster than exports
18-Sep-2018 CBC
The fastest-growing exports include inorganic chemicals, mineral fuels and oil (including crude oil) and pharmaceuticals.
Tanzania cites bias as it changes laws governing arbitration
18-Sep-2018 The East African
Tanzania has moved to ensure that investor disputes are resolved locally after Attorney General Adelardus Kilangi pushed through parliament the Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Why Canada should get out of NAFTA – while it still can
18-Sep-2018 People’s World
Instead of NAFTA, we need a trade policy that is multi-lateral and mutually-beneficial with countries around the world.
Pakistan, Turkey agreed to revive dialogue on Free Trade Agreement: FM Qureshi
18-Sep-2018 Radio Pakistan
Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to further bolster their trade, economic, investment and defense relations.
It’s crunch week (again) for Nafta with US and Canada at odds
17-Sep-2018 Bloomberg
Deal likely needed Thursday for Sept. 30 trilateral deadline. Dispute panels, culture and dairy said to be sticking points.
Time for EU to stop being bystander in Western Sahara
17-Sep-2018 EU Observer
The EU has sadly afforded preferential treatment to Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara including by knowingly excluding from the trade talks the thousands of Saharawis forced to live in exile in refugee camps as a result of the occupation.
India in a catch-22 situation on free trade pact with the US
17-Sep-2018 BusinessLine
While many officials are against a pact as they believe it will hurt domestic industry and agriculture, there is a small but influential group in the government that favours an FTA.