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Trump’s ’America First’ policy driving other countries to ink trade deals, analysts say
12-Jul-2019 Washington Times
Europe, Asia, Africa rush to nail down accords
Government defeated in Dáil vote on Mercosur trade deal
12-Jul-2019 The Irish Times
The motion condemned the trade agreement, recently agreed between the EU and four South American countries, as “a bad deal for Ireland and for the planet” and mandated the Government to oppose the deal at the Council of Ministers in the future.
RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
12-Jul-2019 GRAIN
The RCEP mega-trade agreement if adopted will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it. Therefore, it has the potential to increase land grabbing across Asia – already a huge problem in this region.
PH, SoKor eye to sign FTA by November
11-Jul-2019 Philippine News Agency
The Philippines Trade Secretary expects to open up the South Korean market to more Philippine products other than traditional agricultural goods, with the free trade deal which is targeted to be signed this November.
India-US trade talks to restart Friday with little sign of compromise
11-Jul-2019 Reuters
Indian and U.S. trade negotiators will meet with little sign of a compromise on a series of protectionist measures taken by the two governments in recent months that have strained ties between the strategic partners.
More leaked documents show UK’s free trade talks with US making little progress
11-Jul-2019 The National
Efforts to secure a free-trade deal between the UK and US are floundering, documents leaked to the UK’s Telegraph newspaper show.
Rwanda ratifies Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement
11-Jul-2019 The New Times
Members of the Lower House approved the agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area among the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African Community, and the Southern African Development Community.
Why Nigerian small manufacturers fear new continental trade deal
11-Jul-2019 VOA
Some manufacturers in Nigeria say that wading into the continental market could undermine local players and have negative implications.
White House is likely to send USMCA trade deal to Congress after Sept. 1, sources say
11-Jul-2019 CNBC
The move sets up a vote on President Donald Trump’s United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement by the end of the year.
Angry scenes outside Leinster House as Gov accused of throwing farmers ’under the bus’
11-Jul-2019 Irish Examiner
The Irish Government has been accused of throwing farmers under the bus with the Mercosur trade deal.
Exports, not barriers, can help India cut trade gap
10-Jul-2019 Global Times
Trade tensions with the US and a trade deficit with China are two major pressures faced by India.
S. Korea, US hold talks on competition-related issues under FTA
10-Jul-2019 The Korea Herald
South Korea and the United States on Tuesday held their first formal consultations on competition-related issues under their bilateral free trade agreement.
ASEAN Trade Ministers persuade India to speed up talks on RCEP
10-Jul-2019 The Hindu Business Line
Trade Ministers of Thailand and Indonesia and the Secretary-General of the 10-member ASEAN group met Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to discuss ways to speed up the RCEP negotiations
Belt and road in pursuit of a free trade climate
10-Jul-2019 Macau Daily Times
Macau will aim to foster a “free trade” climate with Portuguese-speaking countries under the central government’s Belt and Road Initiative.
New Indonesian-Japanese deal to be signed in late 2019
10-Jul-2019 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian and Japanese governments are now working to complete the countries’ new economic partnership agreement, which is expected to be signed late this year.
The free trade myth
10-Jul-2019 New Internationalist
ISDSs, legal mechanisms designed to favour corporate interests will be integral to any post-Brexit US-UK trade deal.
Civil society criticizes secretive Asia-Pacific free trade negotiations
9-Jul-2019 Devex
CSOs and other observers of the trade agreement have needed to rely on leaked 2015 documents to get a picture of what was on the table for discussion and whether there were protections offered to vulnerable communities and the environment.
Beyond NAFTA 2.0: A trade agenda for people and planet
9-Jul-2019 CCPA
The report critically analyzes the USMCA and sets out alternatives that would give priority to human rights and the rights of nature over corporate rights.
S. Korea to become global test case in its trade dispute with the EU
9-Jul-2019 Hankyoreh
The European Commission’s request to convene a panel of experts in its dispute with South Korea over labor issues means that South Korea is becoming a major global test case.
Iranian president orders to start implementing free trade zone agreement with EAEU
9-Jul-2019 TASS
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has tasked the country’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade to start implementing the free trade zone agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.