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Kenya, Indonesia to sign preferential trade agreement
Kenya and Indonesia yesterday signed four bilateral agreements on food security, mining, renewable energy and health following talks between President William Ruto and Indonesia’s Joko Widodo.
New Zealand wins trade dispute with Canada over dairy access
Under the CPTPP, New Zealand gained better access for dairy products in the Canadian market, but complained that Canada was manipulating quotas to block exporters.
Unravel neoliberal trade: a failed solution to food sovereignty
APWLD produces the briefing paper to unpack the understanding of CSOs and movements on how neoliberal trade and investment agreements, and how the current system are undermining food sovereignty and women’s human rights while cementing corporate power.
New Zealand not ready yet to resume FTA talks with India: Damien O’Connor
Dairy sensitive to both countries; bilateral trade growing even outside FTA, says New Zealand Trade & Agriculture Minister.
Canada says will join as third party in US-Mexico dispute over GM corn imports
Canada will participate as a third party in the dispute settlement proceedings between the US and Mexico regarding genetically modified corn in imported tortillas and dough, citing concerns about Mexico’s stance on the matter.
Call to action: 10 September 2023 – International day of action against the WTO and free trade agreements
It has been twenty years since the World Trade Organization’s imperialist, neoliberal and neo-colonial free trade policies led to the sacrifice of one of our peasant leaders at the gates of the Ministerial meeting venue in Cancun, Mexico.
What future for seeds under the African Free Trade Area?
The African Union is putting the finishing touches to the draft protocol on intellectual property rights to the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Environmental group challenges Government over Australia trade deal
NGO Feedback has filed an application for a judicial review of the UK’s Australian free trade agreement over its inadequate assessment of the environmental impact, claiming that it undermines the UK’s commitment to tackle climate change.
Don’t copy the Kiwis: Australia urged to quit EU trade talks if offered New Zealand’s deal
Australian farmers are urging Trade Minister Don Farrell to walk away from negotiations with the EU if the bloc offers a deal akin to the one signed with New Zealand in Brussels overnight.
Proposed EU-India FTA
Can India protect its development objectives by signing a free trade agreement with an unequal partner with different ambitions?
Australia-EU free trade deal ‘approaching end-game’, Brussels says
Australia’s free trade deal with the European Union is “approaching the end-game”, according to Brussels’ most senior negotiator, but it still looks touch-and-go whether the two sides can land a deal by a mid-July deadline.
Kenya signs bilateral agreement with Jamaica
The bilateral agreement is related to tea and coffee, tourism sector, jobs and financial technology.
Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports
Kenya on Monday signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union
Cambodia, UAE sign off on economic partnership
Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
USTR releases summaries from US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released summaries of texts proposed by the U.S. side during the first negotiating round of the United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP).
Memorandum and analysis on the agriculture chapter of the STIP negotiations
Econews Africa, in a memorandum to the Kenya/United States Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) has highlighted lack of transparency in the negotiation process and the devastating consequences of negotiating a chapter on Agriculture have been highlighted.
The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, its impacts on agriculture
The EU will import more meat and other agricultural products - with them, emissions, deforestation, soil contamination and human rights abuses - while endangering local farmers’ livelihoods in the Mercosur region and in the European Union.
Trade Minister Don Farrell declares he could ’walk away’ from lucrative EU trade deal amid tense negotiations
As trade negotiations in Brussels heat up, Australia and the European Union are still yet to overcome major impasses over naming rights of beloved products and market access.
US seeks to wrap up IPEF this year, with sustainability in ag chapter
The US aims to wrap up negotiations on the 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework this year, but not before key provisions on sustainability are added to the agriculture chapter of the deal, Chief US Agriculture Negotiator Doug McKalip said.
US begins USMCA dispute against Mexico’s GM corn restrictions
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that she is calling for dispute consultations with Mexico over the country’s efforts to ban genetically modified corn and its recent history of rejecting biotech seed traits.