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Ukraine, Albania may create free trade area
17-Jan-2018 UNIAN
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister says Ukraine is ready to consider the creation of a free trade area with Albania.
The US and Kazakhstan – An economic partnership for the 21st century
17-Jan-2018 STL
Kazakhstan and the United States cooperate within the framework of the Central Asia Trade and Investment Facilitation Agreement, which promotes increased trade within the region.
No progress on FTA with Turkey, Senate panel informed
17-Jan-2018 The Nation
Despite several rounds of talks and negotiations spanning over a decade, progress has yet to be made on reaching a free trade agreement with Turkey.
Cabinet approves proposed FTA with Singapore
17-Jan-2018 Colombo Gazette
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be signed with Singapore
FTA with Peru: India may have to lower import duty on drugs
17-Jan-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
India may have to lower the import duty on pharmaceuticals for Peru in the discussions on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the South American country.
More to Australia–Japan security than bilateral defence ties
17-Jan-2018 East Asia Forum
The broad and deep Australia–Japan relationship has never been more important to both countries’ interests in the world, and the relationship between the two leaders aims to preserve the rules-based order on which both countries rely.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM): Reject all unfair trade deals, including TPPA’s replacement
17-Jan-2018 FMT News
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) said it would fight all trade agreements that it considered unfair and only favoured big corporations, including a new regional economic partnership that is set to replace the US-sponsored Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
Incoherence and uncertainty: Trump’s trade policy
16-Jan-2018 IATP
The actions of the Trump Administration and Congress have, in one year, established a pattern of cynical disregard for rural communities, hostility toward science, and an unbridled scorn for the principles and practice of democratic governance.
NAFTA’s Chapter 11 dispute mechanism too costly for Canada at $314M, says report
16-Jan-2018 660 News
Canada is currently facing eight active investor-state claims that combined seek more than $475 million in damages.
Energie: un forum algéro-américain fin janvier à Houston
16-Jan-2018 APS
Le forum offre l’opportunité aux deux pays de réaffirmer leur liens dans le domaine du commerce et de l’investissement.
Thailand and China to meet on expansion of their trade ties
16-Jan-2018 Pattaya Mail
Thailand will host the 6th Meeting of the Thailand – China Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation at the deputy ministerial level in February.
Netanyahu urges Modi to speed up dialogue on free trade pact, BIT
16-Jan-2018 The Hindu BusinessLine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite talks on trade and investment in an effort to take bilateral ties to the next level.
Mongolian PM voices high expectations for economic deal with South Korea
16-Jan-2018 Yonhap News Agency
Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has expressed strong expectations for a possible economic deal with South Korea, in the latest push to boost bilateral trade and investment. Both the countries, in year 2016 began talks on a bilateral economic partnership agreement, which is similar to a free trade deal and focuses on the industrial and investment sectors.
Philippines eyes more free trade pacts
16-Jan-2018 Malaya Business Insight
Philippines’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is conducting internal studies and consultations on a possible free trade agreement with US. Philippines also hopes a substantial conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and a renegotiation with Japan.
Tall order as Singapore takes Asean chair: The Nation
16-Jan-2018 The Straits Times
Singapore has assumed the ASEAN 2018 chair. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced that his theme for the undertaking would be "Resilient and Innovative". It will be challenging for Singapore amidst multilateral trade and the Rohingya calamity in the region.
TPP seen critical for beef sales growth in Japan
16-Jan-2018 Manitoba Co-Operator
The beef export from Canada to Japan and other parts of Asia has increased significantly. But, if Canada chooses to opt out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Canadian beef producers could lose millions of dollars.
Bumpy road ahead for S. Korea-US FTA renegotiation: senior official
15-Jan-2018 Yonhap
A bumpy road lies ahead for the renegotiation of the free trade deal between South Korea and the United States, a Korean senior trade official said.
Trump softens on NAFTA
15-Jan-2018 Axios
Five sources who’ve spoken privately with Trump about NAFTA say he’s taking more seriously the risks of withdrawing the U.S. from the trade deal with Canada and Mexico.
China’s ’New Silk Road’ goes straight through the Caucasus
15-Jan-2018 Deutsch Welle
With its New Silk Road mega-project, China is building on old traditions. But hard-core geostrategic interests, not nostalgia, are guiding Beijing’s investments. Miodrag Soric reports from Tbilisi, Georgia.
Consequences for Mexico after subscribing to the ICSID convention
15-Jan-2018 Lexology
Virtually all international investment disputes that are initiated against it may be subject to the conciliation and arbitration rules established in the Convention.