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8-Oct-2018 Dhaka Tribune

The signing of FTA will open a new avenue for Bangladeshi goods in the Latin American country.

US farm chief wants ‘TPP-plus trade deal’

8-Oct-2018 Japan News

US Agriculture Secretary indicated his desire to demand Japan open its markets more than the extent agreed under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.

Vietnam to approve TPP-11 by November, prime minister says

8-Oct-2018 Nikkei Asian Review

Hanoi’s ratification would be fourth of six needed for trade deal to take effect.

NAFTA by any other name is still NAFTA

8-Oct-2018 Idaho State Journal

Is USMCA “brand new”? Or is it simply Reagan/Bush/Clinton’s NAFTA with a heavy dose of President Obama’s TPP thrown in the mix, just a rose by another name?

Tanzania ends investment treaty with Netherlands

8-Oct-2018 The East African

Tanzania has terminated its Bilateral Investment Agreement with the Netherlands that East African and Dutch civil society had said was biased against the country.

Canada ’caved’ on intellectual property provisions in USMCA trade deal, experts say

5-Oct-2018 Financial Post

Experts are fuming, saying USMCA will hamper Canada’s innovation economy and hike costs to the health care system over patented drugs.

Why Europeans may not want a US trade deal

5-Oct-2018 Washington Post

The opposition to TTIP suggests that a simple choice between “protectionism” and “free trade” fails to capture the nuances of the European debate on trade.

Big oil and gas companies are winners in Trump’s new trade deal

4-Oct-2018 Washington Post

The oil business persuaded the White House to keep a number of features of the old NAFTA, including provisions that help protect US oil companies’ investments abroad and allow for tax-free transport of raw and refined products across borders.

How the USMCA falls short on digital trade, data protection and privacy

4-Oct-2018 Washington Post

The digital trade chapter restricts data localization policies and bans restrictions on data transfers across borders.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to negotiate FTA

4-Oct-2018 Express Tribune

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed to negotiate a free trade agreement for trade liberalisation and increasing the volume between the two countries.

Petition against Singapore FTA postponed to next year

4-Oct-2018 Adaderana

The petition filed seeking a court order pronouncing that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement is against the Constitution, will be taken up for consideration on January 09, the Supreme Court has decided.

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deal with Canada, Mexico

3-Oct-2018 Reuters

China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries.

’New NAFTA’ falls flat for farmers, food advocates

3-Oct-2018 IATP

The reworked agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada neglects the demands of farm groups.

Converting resistance to TPPA into a new agenda for change

3-Oct-2018 Daily Blog

Our aim is to move beyond campaigns to stop these deals one by one, and create popular and political momentum for a genuinely alternative agenda.

’This is life or death for us’: Mexico’s farm movement rejects new NAFTA agreement

3-Oct-2018 Common Dreams

Leaders of Mexico’s farm movement strongly condemned the new NAFTA, calling on the new president they supported in recent elections to get involved and slow the race to the new agreement.

NZ, Australia face pressure to exit RCEP negotiations

3-Oct-2018 Scoop

There are some suggestion that New Zealand, and perhaps Australia, would be politely invited to exit the RCEP negotiations in the interests of concluding them.

US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement provisions on injunctions and damages

2-Oct-2018 Knowledge Ecology International

The damages provisions in the new trade agreement are dangerous, and create a norm that is in conflict with national laws.

Financial regulation challenged by European trade policy

2-Oct-2018 Financial Watch

Trade agreements currently being negotiated or already approved introduce numerous restrictions over the right of states to regulate, especially in the field of financial regulation, and limits their capacity to react to ensure financial stability.