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FTA talks with EU expected in early 2017
15-Dec-2016 Business World
The Second round of talks for a free trade agreement between the European Union and the Philippines has been moved to early next year, delayed by “logistical” concerns.
Primer on EPAs
15-Dec-2016 People Over Profit
Under the EPAs, African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries will implement commitments way beyond what they already have agreed to in the WTO.
Donald Trump’s vow to end TPP affects India’s trade talks
14-Dec-2016 The Economic Times
The members common to two agreements (TPP and RCEP), especially developed countries such as Australia, Japan and New Zealand, want talks at the RCEP trade bloc to move ahead full steam
Don’t cry over dead trade agreements
14-Dec-2016 Live Mint
If we can manage our own economies well, new trade pacts will become largely redundant.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, intellectual property protection and access to medicines
14-Dec-2016 SSRN
This paper identifies TRIPS-Plus provisions in leaked RCEP negotiating texts and examines their implications for low and middle-income countries.
Post-Brexit dreams of empire: arms, free trade and corporate conquest
14-Dec-2016 The Ecologist
A new era of corporate ’free trade’ colonialism looms, spearheaded by aid spending, with ramped-up arms exports to the world’s most corrupt and repressive regimes
China refuses to give Pakistan more concessions on FTA
14-Dec-2016 Daily Times
Official says Pakistan wanted deeper market access for 35 to 40 tariff lines.
India awaits mandate from EEU to launch talks on free trade deal – Ambassador
14-Dec-2016 Sputnik
According to the Indian ambassador to Russia, New Delhi was ready to start the negotiation process on a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.
Longer monopolies and single legal proceedings vs. generics - the gift of CETA to Canadian drug patentees
13-Dec-2016 Lexology
Canadian pharmaceutical patent owners can expect two substantive changes in the next year following implementation of the Canada–European Union trade agreement
APC claims RCEP will intensify landgrabbing and militarization
13-Dec-2016 Asian Peasant Coalition
Groups vow not to pass RCEP
RCEP to consolidate Asian integration
13-Dec-2016 Jakarta Post
The RCEP is part of the efforts of Asian countries to explore avenues of collaborative regional governance. It should be seen as the extension of an integrated ASEAN community
Taiwan to seek US support for investment, trade agreements
13-Dec-2016 Economy Lead
Taiwan will seek the support of the United States for signing bilateral and multilateral investment and free trade agreements, the Taiwanese President has said.
Can Russia ride China’s trade lead in Southeast Asia?
13-Dec-2016 PortNews
Current political unity masks divergent economic interests as Russia attempts to shift its economic interests east to Eurasian and Asian markets.
Regional trade meet should not pave way for monopoly in drugs: Doctors without Borders
12-Dec-2016 The Times of India
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and other health groups have reiterated concerns about harmful intellectual property provisions in the RCEP
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (November 2016)
12-Dec-2016 European Commission
As published by the European Commission
S. Korea starts 2nd round of FTA talks with Israel
12-Dec-2016 Yonhap
South Korea has started the second round of free trade talks to discuss ways to boost bilateral economic exchanges and investment.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte could scupper EU-Ukraine trade deal
12-Dec-2016 Newsweek
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte could scupper an EU-Ukraine agreement if he does not secure key concessions following battles with Euroskeptics at home.
Why did Japan’s Parliament ratify ’dead’ TPP agreement?
12-Dec-2016 The Business Times
A curious thing happened when the Japanese Parliament voted to ratify Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even though the agreement has been widely proclaimed to be "dead"
Southeast Asia advances in talks to dismantle trade barriers
12-Dec-2016 Bloomberg
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is making progress on reducing non-tariff barriers as threats to global trade rise,
New endocrine disruptor rules address your trade concerns, EU tells US, Canada
12-Dec-2016 EurActiv
The European Commission told the US and Canada that draft EU pesticides laws would “address the concerns” they had over possible trade restrictions on goods exposed to endocrine disruptors.