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20-Mar-2019 The Mainichi
US to push for FTA with Japan, eyes farm market opening
US President said will push for a free trade agreement with Japan as he signaled willingness to seek a further opening of the country’s agriculture market.
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18-Mar-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
Ill-timed beef duty looms over Japan’s talks with Trump
Japanese imports of beef are nearing the point of triggering an automatic tariff increase, which would affect only the US, a nonmember of the TPP-11.
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18-Mar-2019 MercoPress
US wheat and Brazilian fresh beef included in agriculture talks in Washington
Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 metric tons of US wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions, according to Brazilian officials.
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18-Mar-2019 France24
US launches first dispute with South Korea under free trade pact
The US government was launching the first dispute with South Korea under the free trade pact between the two countries over how Korea’s competition regulator treats American firms.
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15-Mar-2019 France 24
EU-US trade spat heats up over stalled talks
The European Parliament failed to back trade talks between the EU and the US as President Donald Trump warned of severe consequences if Europe failed to deliver.
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15-Mar-2019 Bloomberg
Venezuela’s Guaido to appeal $8.75 billion ConocoPhillips award
Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido plans to appeal a $8.75 billion award issued to ConocoPhillips by the World Bank’s arbitration tribunal last week.
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15-Mar-2019 US House of Representatives
US-EU trade talks unacceptable without agriculture, US House members say
A bipartisan group of 114 US House members sent a letter to the US Trade Representative, urging him to “insist on the inclusion of agricultural products" in trade talks with the European Union.
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14-Mar-2019 Le Point
Commerce: revers au Parlement européen sur l’ouverture de discussions UE/USA
Le Parlement européen "a rejeté le rapport sur la question de savoir s’il fallait recommander de débuter des pourparlers commerciaux avec les Etats-Unis".
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14-Mar-2019 Reuters
Democrats cool toward NAFTA replacement, question labor standards
Several Democrats said a closed-door meeting between United States Trade Representative failed to ease their concerns about the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s provisions on labor, biologic drugs and some other issues.
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14-Mar-2019 Kyodo News
US trade chief to prioritize farm sector in talks with Japan
U.S. Trade Representative will prioritize the agriculture sector once the two countries start negotiations.
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13-Mar-2019 Reuters
Brazil, US to discuss meat, sugar, ethanol trade -farm minister
Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said that she will discuss US-Brazil trade in meat, sugar and ethanol in talks next week between officials of the two countries.
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13-Mar-2019 New York Times
Lighthizer casts doubts on China trade talks as ‘major issues’ go unresolved
President Trump’s top trade negotiator raised doubts that a trade agreement with China was within reach, while also aiming to negotiate trade deals with Europe and Japan.
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12-Mar-2019 Reuters
Brazil cane industry group wants tariff-free access to US sugar market
Bolsonaro will meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington and the two leaders are expected to discuss bilateral trade.
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11-Mar-2019 Bloomberg
Even Israel is getting the Trump treatment on trade
US trade negotiators are traveling to Israel for advanced talks to upgrade their agricultural trade pact and reduce barriers for American farm exports to the Middle Eastern country.
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9-Mar-2019 Reuters
Venezuela must pay Conoco over $8 billion: World Bank
Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the country’s late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled.
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9-Mar-2019 Le Figaro
Le Venezuela doit 8,7 milliards de dollars au géant pétrolier américain ConocoPhillips
Le Venezuela doit rembourser quelque 8,7 milliards de dollars au géant pétrolier américain ConocoPhillips en guise de compensation pour son expropriation en juin 2007, a jugé un panel d’arbitrage de la Banque mondiale.
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8-Mar-2019 Reuters
EU trade chief says no support in Europe for comprehensive US trade deal
The European Union will not support a comprehensive trade deal with the United States that includes agriculture, the EU’s top trade negotiator said, so she is working toward a narrower deal focused on industrial goods and automobiles.
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7-Mar-2019 BBC
US ambassador defends farming record on chicken and beef
The UK should accept American meat as part of a post-Brexit trade deal, says US ambassador to the UK .
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6-Mar-2019 TeleSUR
¿En qué perjudica a El Salvador el TLC suscrito con EE.UU.?
Tras 12 años el TLC entre EE.UU. y El Salvador aún está vigente, con numerosas críticas y opiniones desfavorables, tanto dentro de los países que suscribieron el acuerdo.
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6-Mar-2019 Le Monde
Commerce : tensions ravivées entre Bruxelles et Washington avant la reprise des pourparlers
Le président américain, Donald Trump, a laissé entendre qu’il pourrait imposer de nouveaux tarifs douaniers sur les importations de voitures européennes.
