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WSJ: Revised KORUS FTA jeopardized by auto tariff dispute
8-Aug-2018 KBS
A revised free trade agreement between South Korea and the US is reportedly in jeopardy after President Donald Trump threatened to impose heavy tariffs on auto and auto parts imports.
China-Eurasian Economic Union agreement text (2018)
7-Aug-2018 Eurasian Economic Union
China-Georgia FTA
7-Aug-2018 Ministry of Commerce, China
Mexico ratifies the ICSID Convention
7-Aug-2018 ICSID
The United Mexican States deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States with the World Bank.
Morocco agrees to accept US poultry: USTR, USDA
7-Aug-2018 Reuters
Morocco has agreed to accept imports of American poultry products for the first time, the US Trade Representative’s office and the US Department of Agriculture said, estimating initial annual shipments at about $10 million.
EU-Eastern and Southern Africa EPA faces collapse
7-Aug-2018 The Southern Times
Although ESA says it is committed to the full EPA process with EU, the bloc accuses the EU of dragging its feet and rather preferring to enter into EPAs with individual African states outside the collective economic integration framework.
EU-New Zealand FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Australia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Tunisia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Five red flags for food, farming and fair trade under the UK’s new Brexit plan
6-Aug-2018 IATP
“Brexit” presents a number of significant risks to the future of sustainable food and agriculture in both the UK and the EU.
Mexico touts progress in NAFTA talks with US, but toughest issues remain
6-Aug-2018 Reuters
Negotiators for Mexico and the United States have reached agreement on about 20 topics during talks to revamp NAFTA, Mexico’s economy minister said, although he conceded that some of the thorniest issues remained unresolved.
“Trade For All” consultation lacks credibility
6-Aug-2018 Scoop
“Trade For All” consultation lacks credibility while negotiations on old model continue.
Samoa cautioned in critical trade decisions
6-Aug-2018 Samoa Observer
PACER-Plus is a highly problematic FTA containing far too many concessions by Forum Island Countries to Australia and New Zealand, reshaping Pacific Island economies.
Expropriation without compensation? Ask the British.
4-Aug-2018 Africa is a country
Zimbabwe is still seeking to have annulled two Awards issued by a tribunal of the ICSID. The disputes concern the government’s expropriation of timber plantations which were first established by Rhodes’ BSAC.
One hundred years of expropriation without compensation
4-Aug-2018 Expropriate
On 29 July 1918, the British judiciary proffered the Empire’s most expressly and egregiously racist justification for the land dispossession of indigenous peoples. Today, an ICSID tribunal continues that mission. No matter which way Zimbabwean’s turn at the polls, they’re still paying for their invasion and occupation by Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa company...
“Malik does not know the basics of the Singapore FTA” – Association of IT Professionals
3-Aug-2018 Newsfirst
The Association of IT Professionals convened a press briefing in Colombo regarding the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in which they stated it appears Member of Parliament Malik Samarawikrama is not versed on the agreement and that they themselves showed the Minister the clause regarding manpower.
RCEP is intended to prevent government regulation and maximize private profit
3-Aug-2018 Newsclick
Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch discuss the context in which the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is being negotiated.
RCEP talks make small progress in Bangkok, while resistance grows
3-Aug-2018 AFTINET
The 23rd round of the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership talks over 10 days in Bangkok managed to resolve two more chapters, one on customs procedures and trade facilitation and one on government procurement.
Asia’s evolving ‘free’ trade deal may not benefit workers
3-Aug-2018 Manila Times
Labor unions and workers’ rights advocates fear that the secretive RCEP agreement will further erode workers’ rights in the Asian region, while strengthening the hands of investors who may be able to sue governments for changing laws such as setting minimum wages, that would erode their profitability.
ASEAN urges partners to speed up RCEP talks amid US-China trade war
3-Aug-2018 Nikkei
The escalating trade war between the US and China has prompted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to call for accelerated negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a free trade framework involving ASEAN and six partner countries.