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Azerbaijan, EU to hold new round of talks on strategic partnership in late October
19-Oct-2017 Xinhua
European Commission representatives will discuss the second chapter of a new strategic partnership agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union.
EU-Mexico FTA - EU text proposals (Oct 2017)
18-Oct-2017 European Commission
3 text proposals, as released by the European Commission
India-EU FTA: chief negotiators to meet mid-November
18-Oct-2017 PTI
Chief negotiators for the proposed India-EU free trade agreement will meet in New Delhi to discuss the way forward for the resumption of the long-stalled talks over it.
South Africa fails to exploit free trade agreement access to massive EU market
17-Oct-2017 Daily Maverick
So-called SPS – Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary – issues identified as the main culprit. "Sometimes ostensible SPS issues were in fact disguised trade protectionism," said South Africa Trade Minister.
The milk crisis in India: The story behind the numbers
17-Oct-2017 Food Sovereignty Alliance
This book tells the story of how global trends including the ongoing threats of trade agreements such as the EU-India FTA and the RCEP are driving countless small dairy farmers into debt and ultimately out of farming.
France seeks food safety inclusion in EU-Mercosur deal - envoy
17-Oct-2017 Reuters
France will propose changing the European Commission’s mandate to negotiate a trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc to include food safety provisions.
Fresh talks on free trade pact with EU to give equal weight to goods, services, investment
16-Oct-2017 The Hindu
India and the European Union (EU) are set to begin talks soon on re-starting stalled negotiations for a free trade pact but New Delhi will not favour pre-conditions, such as prioritising an investment agreement that the 29-member bloc had earlier insisted upon.
The EU-Myanmar IPA threatens emerging democracy
16-Oct-2017 The Irrawaddy
The EU accounts for about 10 percent of foreign direct investment in Myanmar and is keen to raise that number with its planned Investment Protection Agreement (IPA), a wide-ranging agreement on trade that has been in-negotiation in recent years.
EU MPs back Australia, NZ trade deals
13-Oct-2017 SBS
The European Parliament’s trade committee has voted 30 to five in favour of starting trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
Multilateral Investment Court: an utterly flawed and unjust system
12-Oct-2017 EurActiv
The European Commission’s plans for a Multilateral Investment Court sanctions a biased and ineffective arbitration system, leaving people and the environment exposed to international investors’ whims.
Burundi Government urges EU to remove sanctions
11-Oct-2017 All Africa
First-vice speaker of Burundi Senate said Burundi will not have the courage to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement in the context of economic sanctions imposed against it.
Mexico, Mercosur deals at stake if not concluded in 2017, EU warns
10-Oct-2017 EurActiv
If the EU fails to complete trade deals with Mexico and Mercosur by the end of this year, upcoming elections in Brazil and Mexico could complicate the conclusion of the agreements.
Transatlantic convergence of preferential trade agreements environmental clauses
10-Oct-2017 Cambridge
The United States and the European Union include several environmental clauses in their respective preferential trade agreements.
India, EU fail to fix date to relaunch trade pact talks
9-Oct-2017 The Hindu
India and the European Union failed to fix a date to re-launch negotiations on the proposed bilateral Free Trade Agreement, or a timeline to successfully conclude the talks that “were temporarily put on hold in summer 2013.”
Group of NGOs reject ASEAN-EU free trade pact
9-Oct-2017 Antara
A group of non-governmental organizations in the regions reject free trade agreement between ASEAN and the European Union.
Joint communique of the 6th meeting of the ESA-EU Interim EPA Committee
6-Oct-2017 European Commission
The sixth meeting of the EPA Committee under the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region and the EU was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 02-03 October 2017.
Biofuels emerge as burning issue in EU-Mercosur talks
5-Oct-2017 EurActiv
Biofuels have emerged as a make-or-break issue in the EU’s negotiations with South American trading bloc Mercosur, and EU farmers fear they will be left to fend off stronger competition in a shrinking market.
TiSA impact assessment report ignores crucial human rights concerns
5-Oct-2017 EDRi
A report to evaluate how TiSA’s provisions could affect economic, social and human rights, which was published in July 2017, fails to address several key fundamental rights concerns.
EU and Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO
4-Oct-2017 Reuters
The settlement of the dispute at the WTO, which began in 1996, was facilitated by a liberalization of trade under the EU/Canada Comprehensive Economic and Free Trade Agreement (CETA).
Ireland and France furious with EU over plan to import more beef from Brazil
4-Oct-2017 Daily Express
The European Union (EU) is facing a stinging attack from Ireland and France after Europe moved to open up the lucrative beef market to Brazil.