18-Apr-2019
New Security Beat
Landless, subsistence, and small-scale farmers bear the brunt of the influx of competitive crops and price shocks that came with trade liberalization through CAFTA.
18-Apr-2019
Common Dreams
NAFTA 2.0 is not about feeding people or doing right by American farmers or Canadian farmers or Mexican farmers—it is about furthering corporate profit.
18-Apr-2019
Armenian Weekly
The company’s Canadian and British subsidiaries have already announced their intention to initiate arbitration proceedings against Armenia in accordance with bilateral agreements if the matter is not resolved.
18-Apr-2019
International The News
Pakistan will not ink the FTA with Iran, rather it will first prefer to make Preferential Trade agreement (PTA), which is already effective since long and giving the required dividends.
18-Apr-2019
Business Korea
South Korea and the Philippines agreed to conclude a free trade agreement in November at the latest.
18-Apr-2019
New Straits Times
Malaysia may continue to suspend FTA talks with the EU and EFTA until the issue of unfair and discriminatory practices against palm oil is resolved.
17-Apr-2019
Social Europe
The European Union’s disproportionate pressure for trade liberalisation risks exacerbating political strains in the last democracy of northern Africa.
17-Apr-2019
Washington Post
"If there were to be any weakening of the Good Friday accords, there would be no chance whatsoever, a nonstarter, for a US-U.K. trade agreement," said US House Speaker
17-Apr-2019
Down to Earth
African dairy farmers protested outside the European Union HQ to demand that they don’t over-produce milk and then flood African markets.
16-Apr-2019
Modern Diplomacy
The ICSID Convention, which entered into force in 1966, establishes the institutional and legal framework for foreign investment dispute settlement.
16-Apr-2019
Project Syndicate
African governments must act immediately to address the AfCFTA’s potential negative implications for Africans’ health.
