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The need to rethink free trade agreements
26-Jun-2018 The Island
Sri Lankan public has not heard of most of the FTAs that the country has entered into, let alone the harm or benefit they might get.
China and France reach beef agreement
26-Jun-2018 Global Meat News
The two nations reached a health and safety accord, which will give the green light to France to export chilled and frozen beef to China.
Lighthouse looks to use NAFTA talks to greenlight Millennium coal terminal
26-Jun-2018 TDN
Millennium Bulk Terminals’ parent company is ramping up lobbying spending related to trade talks with Canada and Mexico as part of a bold effort to get its blocked coal terminal in Longview approved.
Expanded free-trade agreement with Turkey attracts criticism
26-Jun-2018 Swiss Info
Eleven Swiss groups have called on parliament to refrain from ratifying a revised free-trade agreement with Turkey. They cited the country’s current political climate and human rights situation.
South African Customs Union, EU start talks on new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain
26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
The Southern African Customs Union, Mozambique and the European Union have started talks to conclude a new economic partnership agreement with post-Brexit Britain.
Legal review for Vietnam-EU FTA concludes
26-Jun-2018 Vietnam+
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have finished the legal review process for their free trade agreement (FTA) and reached agreement on the entire of the bilateral investment protection deal.
Tunisia, Indonesia sign preferential trade agreement
26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
Tunisia and Indonesia signed a preferential partnership agreement at the Tunisia-Indonesia Business Forum held in Tunis.
Revised Turkey-EFTA FTA to shed light on customs union with EU
25-Jun-2018 Daily Sabah
Turkey and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will sign a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at EFTA Trade Ministers Conference.
India, Australia trade ministers to discuss bilateral, regional trade pacts
25-Jun-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
India and Australia will discuss ways to re-start the long pending proposed bilateral free trade pact and iron out obstacles in the on-going negotiations for the ambitious Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at the Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in Canberra next week.
RCEP negotiations to start in Tokyo
25-Jun-2018 NHK World
16 members meg trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being held in Toyko, Japan. This is 23rd round of negotiations.
Should Canada reject NAFTA? Yes
24-Jun-2018 Toronto Star
NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement, not a free-trade agreement in the original sense.
EU Parliament critical of Commission’s Western Sahara approach
24-Jun-2018 WSRW
The EU Commission received heavy critique from the European Parliament for its suggestion to include occupied Western Sahara in a trade deal with Morocco.
Pakistan suffers setback in Karkey case as stay order vacated
24-Jun-2018 Express Tribune
Due to the failure of the caretaker government to deposit Rs15 billion security guarantee, a stay order in favour of Pakistan on the execution of the $846 million arbitration cost awarded to the Turkish firm, Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim has been vacated.
COMESA seeks solutions to digital free trade area
24-Jun-2018 KT Press
Implementation of the much anticipated Digital Free Trade Area (DFTA) in central-Eastern Africa bloc will have to wait until member states agree on harmonization of policies.
International trade pacts harming Kerala: Minister
23-Jun-2018 The Hindu
International trade agreements signed by the Centre without taking the States into confidence are posing a serious crisis to farmers in the state of Kerala, India Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar has said.
Seoul, Moscow to seek start of FTA negotiations for service, investment: Moon
22-Jun-2018 Yonhap
South Korea and Russia will soon launch negotiations for their first free trade agreement , South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.
TACD releases new policy resolution on the EU’s Multilateral Investment Court
22-Jun-2018 TACD
TACD’s resolution recommends that rather than pursuing procedural changes through a MIC at the global level, the EU and US should refrain from including investor-state dispute settlement in any form from any agreement.
Mercosur-Canada agreement includes women’s issue
22-Jun-2018 Prensa Latina
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa announced that the trade agreement between the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and Canada includes a chapter on the promotion of women in that area.
“Trade for all” in the EU NZ FTA offers no new direction
21-Jun-2018 Scoop
The trade rules that generate inequalities, favour the wealthiest transnational corporations, threaten jobs, consume fossil fuels and destroy the environment will remain unchanged.
Australia targets non-tariff measures in bid to secure FTA grain trade
21-Jun-2018 Agri Census
A range of non-tariff measures (NTM) that can prevent the FTA functioning as imagined, Grain Trade Australia’s CEO says.