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EU and ASEAN to restart FTA process: PM Lee
16-Jul-2018 Channel News Asia
The European Union and ASEAN have agreed to restart the process of establishing a Free Trade Agreement between them, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
TPP chief negotiators to meet in Japan
16-Jul-2018 NHK
Chief negotiators from the 11 countries that signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement will hold talks in Japan
Rwanda faces suit over cancelled mining concession
16-Jul-2018 The East African
Rwanda faces an international arbitration suit filed by two American firms contesting the cancellation of their mining concession.
Kerala pushes for consensus with other States on FTAs
16-Jul-2018 The Hindu
The Kerala government is reaching out to other south Indian States in a bid to create lobbying power to influence the Central government policy on international trade treaties and to cushion the impact of Free Trade Agreements on various domestic sectors.
Investor vs state interests debate heats up
16-Jul-2018 Bangkok Post
Ahead of the 23rd round of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership there has been growing concern over its investment chapters that will let foreign investors’ benefits overrride public interests.
The Commission’s proposals to correct EU-Morocco relations and the EU’s obligation not to recognise as lawful the ‘illegal situation’ in Western Sahara
14-Jul-2018 EJIL: Talk!
The proposals violate the EU and its Member States’ obligation of non-recognition of Morocco’s breaches: the right to self-determination of people, the prohibition on aggression, and some of the ‘intransgressible rules’ of international humanitarian law.
Hard cheese: Italy vows to scupper EU free trade deal with Canada
14-Jul-2018 The Guardian
Italy will not ratify the EU’s free trade agreement with Canada, the Italian deputy prime minister has said, potentially scuppering the bloc’s biggest deal in years.
Elliott starts ISD suit against Korea, claiming $770m in damage
13-Jul-2018 Korea Herald
US-based hedge fund Elliott Associates has officially filed for an investor-state dispute settlement against the South Korean government seeking $770 million in compensation for the merger between two Samsung Group affiliates.
Philippines, US to start free trade talks in September
13-Jul-2018 Reuters
The Philippines will begin negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States in September, its ambassador to Washington said.
Africa: Statement of USTR Robert Lighthizer at the opening plenary of the 2018 US-sub-Saharan Africa trade and cconomic Cooperation forum (AGOA forum)
13-Jul-2018 All Africa
USTR Robert Lighthizer believes the time is right to pursue free trade agreement negotiations with AGOA eligible countries.
Donald Trump says free trade deal with UK won’t happen if it proceeds with current Brexit plans
13-Jul-2018 Global News
US President Donald Trump said a free trade deal with Britain might be impossible if it went ahead with Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposals for post-Brexit ties with the European Union
UK-India trade review calls for flexibility on food standards and chemical rules
12-Jul-2018 Unearthed
Confidential document details complaints over EU rules on imports such as rice and paneer ahead of prospective post-Brexit trade talks.
Kenya eyes bigger pie of US trade plan Agoa to increase exports
12-Jul-2018 The East African
Kenya’s trade officials have said they will be taking steps to expand exports and raise the country’s share of new investments during the second edition of Trade Week at the end of this month.
Turkish government taken to international tribunal
12-Jul-2018 The Guardian
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime accused of illegally seizing company assets and breaching investment treaties involving Britain and other EU states.
Mexico’s landslide election: A labor perspective
12-Jul-2018 The Action Network
Trade justice alliance webinar on Sunday 15 July
EU Parliament questions US compliance with data privacy shield, calls for suspension
12-Jul-2018 ICTSD
The European Parliament adopted a resolution to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, saying the US’ compliance efforts to date “fail to provide enough data protection for EU citizens.”
Nigeria’s President Buhari says will soon sign up to African free-trade agreement
12-Jul-2018 Reuters
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said the country will sign up soon to a $3 trillion African free-trade agreement.
The separation of migrant families: cruelty as a migration policy
12-Jul-2018 Alainet
In an accentuated anti-immigrant context of clear criminalization of Central Americans and Mexicans without migratory documents in their attempt to enter the US, measures on the separation of thousands of families (most of them from Central America) are the new face of the racist nationalism of the American government and its current president.
RCEP: India must uphold peoples’ rights and welfare
11-Jul-2018 APRN
Joining the RCEP would definitely have economic, social and environmental costs for India. Threats to the livelihoods of millions of farmers and workers due to cheaper imports are real and present danger.
Should Canada scrap its supply management system? No
11-Jul-2018 Toronto Star
In the current talks to renegotiate NAFTA, the US is demanding a significant increase in access to Canadian agricultural markets and the phasing out of tariffs. Effectively, this would mean the end of supply management.