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NAFTA deal close, but obstacles remain
31-Aug-2018 RFI
US and Canada officials continue to meet but there are three key issues to resolve: dairy, intellectual property, dispute settlement.
RCEP ministerial meeting kicks off in Singapore
31-Aug-2018 The Mainichi
Trade ministers from 16 countries that are negotiating for an Asia-wide free trade pact began a two-day meeting in Singapore.
China, Botswana agree to promote ties to higher level
31-Aug-2018 CGTN
Speaking of the Belt and Road Initiative, China welcomes Botswana’s participation in and support to the infrastructure and trade framework.
EU says it is willing to scrap car tariffs in US trade deal
31-Aug-2018 Politico
Malmström insists discussions are not about ‘restarting TTIP’ but aiming for ‘a more limited trade agreement.’
Micula: ICSID enforcement before the English Court of Appeal
30-Aug-2018 JDSupra
The Court of Appeal maintained the stay of enforcement of Viorel Micula and others v Romania award, but overturned his decision on security, ordering that Romania should provide £150 million as a term of the stay.
Free trade ’agreement’ between Australia, Indonesia only one page long
30-Aug-2018 Sydney Morning Herald
An Indonesian foreign ministry briefing confirmed that the agreement Australian Prime Minister hopes to sign will only be a preliminary one.
Nafta betrayal points to bleak future for US-Canada relationship
30-Aug-2018 The Guardian
Canadians feel stabbed in the back by Mexico after it agreed a separate trade deal with Trump.
Trump’s trade deal with Mexico gives workers more rights than NAFTA. But there’s a catch
30-Aug-2018 Vox
When NAFTA was signed, it included labor protections for workers in all three countries. But labor complaints filed through the NAFTA labor dispute process have led nowhere.
Now Carlyle turns to ICSID over $400 million SAMIR claim
30-Aug-2018 Africa Intelligence
Already faced with an arbitration case at ICSID brought by the company’s former owner, Morocco now faces another started on August 22 by giant US asset management group Carlyle.
Joint release by USTR Robert Lighthizer and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Peter Munya
30-Aug-2018 Tralac
United States Trade Representative and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives announced the establishment of a US-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group to explore ways to deepen the trade and investment ties between the two countries.
Joint statement on UK, SACU and Mozambique EPA
30-Aug-2018 Tralac
Progress was made on a future UK, SACU, and Mozambique EPA that will ensure that the parties maintain the current market access and replicate the effects of the existing EU-SADC EPA.
UK seeks to prepare FTA with Ukraine by mid-2019
29-Aug-2018 Interfax
The United Kingdom is ready to talks with Ukraine on the bilateral free trade agreement that would regulate trade and economic relations after Brexit.
Grain growers, cattlemen big winners in free trade deal with Indonesia
29-Aug-2018 Australian Financial Review
The free trade agreement with Indonesia is set to give grain growers new avenues into their biggest wheat market and put cattle producers in northern Australia on their strongest footing since 2011.
US plans bilateral free trade agreements with African countries
29-Aug-2018 Premium Times
The US is looking for African countries that would be interested in having bilateral free trade agreements with.
EU-Mercosur FTA: 10 draft chapters (July 2018)
29-Aug-2018
Statement on NAFTA’s “Kafkaesque” turn
29-Aug-2018 Institute for Public Accuracy
Not only the negotiations have not been finalized, and without Canada, but the texts remain hidden from the public.
New NAFTA could include tough intellectual property laws that Canada fought against in TPP
29-Aug-2018 Global News
The new trade deal reached between the US and Mexico contains a myriad of rules and tariffs, and among them include tougher rules on copyright and intellectual property.
China, Greece ink MOU to promote Belt and Road Initiative
29-Aug-2018 CGTN
The Memorandum of Understanding signed by the foreign ministers of China and Greece has had a positive impact on bilateral ties as well as the Belt and Road Initiative
China, UK mulling FTA
29-Aug-2018 The Japan News
China and Britain have agreed to look at the possibility of reaching a “top notch” free trade agreement after Britain leaves the European Union, China’s Commerce Ministry said on Saturday after talks with British trade minister, Liam Fox.
Sri Lanka to review Singapore FTA annually
29-Aug-2018 Economy Next
A Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement with Singapore can be reviewed annually, and the government will set up an independent commission to do so, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said as activists and opposition politicians protest fearing that the deal may lower prices to consumers and give less easy profits to businessmen.