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USTR sees FTA with PH first step in As-Pac strategy
30-Mar-2018 Manila Bulletin
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has looked that having a free trade agreement with the Philippines is a reasonable first step in their strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
Taipei mulls renewing Jakarta deal
30-Mar-2018 Taipei Times
The agreement was designed to protect investment in each other’s territory. Taiwanese firms last year invested US$397 million in Indonesia, up 166% from 2016
Trump says could ’hold up’ Korea trade deal for N.K. issue
30-Mar-2018 Yonhap
US President Donald Trump threatened to "hold up" a renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea until he gets the results he wants with North Korea.
Thailand seeks to join TPP
30-Mar-2018 NHK
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said it is important to prepare for being a member of the free trade agreement.
Pakistan’s duty concessions to China threaten local industry
30-Mar-2018 Asia Times
Local manufacturers, who were not consulted on the plans, are up in arms as their government proposes major cuts to concessions on imports of Chinese goods.
Higher auto wages the centrepiece of major US NAFTA proposal
30-Mar-2018 BNN
Mexican workers’ wages are at the heart of a major proposal from the United States aimed at breaking through an impasse on automobiles and securing a new North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trump willing to reopen TTIP amid EU-US trade spat, Ross says
30-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
President Donald Trump is willing to reopen negotiations with the European Union over the stalled Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which stalled following his election.
Renegotiating NAFTA: Threats to affordable medicines
29-Mar-2018 Public Citizen
NAFTA was the first “trade” agreement that included new monopoly powers for Big Pharma companies.
African free trade, China’s ‘Silk Road’ big window for continent
29-Mar-2018 Daily Nation
China, being Africa’s largest trading partner, is a key factor and beneficiary of the continent’s development.
China keen to negotiate bilateral investment treaty, set up industrial parks
29-Mar-2018 Business Line
China has expressed its interest in negotiating a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with India following the termination of its earlier treaty.
Tonga withdraws from PACER Plus
29-Mar-2018 Radio NZ
Tonga’s prime minister says his country is no longer a signatory to the regional trade deal known as PACER Plus.
Japan’s Aso rules out bilateral trade deal with US
29-Mar-2018 Reuters
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso ruled out the chance of opening up talks for a bilateral trade deal with the United States, stressing that such a deal would do no good to his country.
Canada rejects US food packaging proposals in NAFTA talks
29-Mar-2018 Tele Trader
Canada’s chief representative stated that the proposals regarding food packaging brought up by the United States are not acceptable to his country, which wants to retain the ability to put warning labels on junk food to combat obesity.
EU-Mercosur FTA: 27 draft chapters (Feb 2018)
29-Mar-2018
Ukraine, Israel ready to sign FTA agreement – PM Groysman
29-Mar-2018 Black Sea Grain
There will be a joint statement of the Governments and Ministries of Israel and Ukraine that the free trade area agreement between the two countries reached the final stage.
Why Trump’s ’predatory’ plan to exploit Brexit makes a US-UK trade deal almost impossible
29-Mar-2018 Business Insider
The Trump administration will seek to exploit the UK’s weakness after Brexit, making a quick and beneficial trade deal almost impossible for Theresa May to achieve.
CETA: Secret committee on pesticides meets in Ottawa on March 26–27
29-Mar-2018 Medium
Leaked EU documents reveal a secret committee will begin discussions on how to weaken norms on pesticides and food quality standards.
Sri Lanka to "redouble" efforts on China, India free trade deals
28-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
Sri Lanka will “redouble” efforts to strike a free trade deal with China and conclude and expanded trade pact with India as part of the island nation’s strategy of becoming an Indian Ocean hub for investors and multinationals, the country’s top diplomat says.
Belt Road-strain on Pakistan’s finances exposes flaws in the grand scheme
28-Mar-2018 The Asset
Pakistan’s public finances and currency are in a state of disarray, with part of the blame being laid at the door of the country’s engagement with China’s Belt Road project
Is China’s Belt and Road working? A progress report from eight countries
28-Mar-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Project delays after initial fanfare, projects sometimes experience serious delays. In Indonesia, construction on a $6 billion rail line is behind schedule and costs are escalating. Similar problems have plagued projects in Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.