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Iran signs provisional pact to enter Russia-led free-trade zone
17-May-2018 RT
The five-nation Eurasian Economic Union has signed a 3-year provisional agreement with Iran to welcome the Islamic Republic into the bloc’s free-trade zone.
NAFTA talks have ignored environmental concerns
17-May-2018 Sierra Club
NAFTA 2.0 could increase pollution that threatens our communities.
Pacific Alliance, associate members enter fourth negotiating round, look to clinch deal by July
17-May-2018 ICTSD
The four-country Pacific Alliance consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The coalition aims to achieve the goal, launched nearly a year ago, of conferring a new associate member status to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore.
Canada backs foreign investor rights to protect mining sector: Book
17-May-2018 Common Sense Canadian
Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values.
AfCFTA: Annexes (May 2018)
17-May-2018 Tralac
Netherlands draft model BIT (May 2018)
17-May-2018 Dutch Government
As released by the Dutch Government
China, Norway make ’positive progress’ in free trade negotiations
17-May-2018 Ecns
Both sides conducted negotiations on issues such as trade in goods, trade in services, investment, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, intellectual property rights, competition policies and government procurement.
EU heads discuss bold-or-fold strategy toward Trump tariffs
17-May-2018 Reuters
European leaders sought unity toward threatened US import tariffs on steel and aluminium, balancing the views of those most fearful of a trade war and those determined not to be bullied into concessions.
Local metal output hits FTA roadblock
17-May-2018 The Financial Times
According to the recently published report by the NITI Aayog on FTAs states that India’s exports to FTA countries have not outperformed overall export growth or exports to the rest of the world; and also FTAs have led to increased imports and exports; the former has been greater.
Progress towards a Multilateral Investment Court? EU-momentum building and divisions in UNCITRAL Working Group III
16-May-2018 Lexology
The European Commission’s focus on ISDS has been so intense that far-reaching reform has been portrayed by many as inevitable. The Commission’s proposal is for the development of a multilateral investment court system (MIC).
Conoco aims to seize oil cargoes near Citgo’s Aruba terminal
16-May-2018 Reuters
US oil company ConocoPhillips has brought new court actions to seize two cargoes of crude and fuel near a terminal operated by PDVSA subsidiary Citgo Petroleum in Aruba.
US-UK FTA could ’destroy large parts of British farming’, report warns
16-May-2018 Farming UK
A new study has highlighted major concerns surrounding a potential UK and US free trade deal, saying it could "destroy large parts of British farming".
S. Korea, Mercosur to launch FTA negotiations in late May
16-May-2018 KBS
An official at Seoul’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the government will actively push for new free trade deals to expand its trade relations with emerging markets.
Doctors to go on strike tomorrow against FTA with Singapore
16-May-2018 Colombo Gazette
Government doctors are to stage a token strike tomorrow against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and Singapore.
Trump threatens to use US trade talks to force NHS to pay more for drugs
16-May-2018 The Telegraph
Donald Trump is ready to use trade talks to force the National Health Service to pay more for its drugs as part of his scheme to "put American patients first”.
Sri Lanka FTAs: stupidity or treachery?
16-May-2018
The President of Sri Lanka expressed that his government will safeguard the local industrialists. In several occasions, he has mentioned that the government does not want to go for trade agreements that are deleterious to the country’s economy. However, in January this year, the president was seated in the high chair clapping when the bilateral trade agreement with Singapore is signed, which liberalized the country’s service sector effectively for the first time.
Look to India for returns, not China’s Belt-and-Road, Funds say
16-May-2018 Bloomberg
Some of Asia’s biggest infrastructure investors are seeing plenty of opportunities in India. In China’s mammoth Belt-and-Road initiative, however, not so much.
Vietnam, Pakistan to sign free trade agreement soon: envoy Pham Hong Kim
15-May-2018 Mettis Link News
Ambassador of Vietnam to Pakistan Pham Hong Kim says Vietnam and Pakistan were actively considering signing ‘Free Trade Agreement’ to boost bilateral trade between the two countries.
US, Japan to ’move rapidly’ on trade deal - Hagerty
15-May-2018 Reuters
The United States and Japan will “move rapidly” to get a trade deal under a new framework aimed at intensifying bilateral trade consultations, US ambassador William Hagerty said, keeping pressure on Tokyo to open up protected markets like agriculture.
China to sign free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union on May 17
15-May-2018 China Briefing
Russia and China have already been in talks to link the EAEU with China’s Belt & Road Initiative in plans outlined by presidents Putin and Xi.