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Joint statement on the 6th Nepal-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement council meeting
22-May-2023 US Embassy in Nepal
During the meeting, the delegation discussed a range of bilateral trade and investment-related issues covered under the TIFA.
The US has a strong case against Canada’s Online Streaming Act
22-May-2023 The Hill
The new legislation requires that streaming services like Netflix, Spotify and Disney+ invest in, and show, more Canadian content.
US-led trade talks with 14 countries, including India, close to reaching supply chains pact
19-May-2023 The Economic Times
Fourteen countries in US-led Indo-Pacific trade talks are nearing an agreement on supply chain coordination and may announce a deal as soon as next week.
US, Taiwan agree to lift trade, clouding planned China talks
19-May-2023 The Washington Post
The Taiwan initiative isn’t a formal free-trade agreement and doesn’t address thorny issues such as tariffs, but it’s part of a broader drive to deepen trade ties amid heightened tensions with Beijing
The rise of geopolitical swing states
16-May-2023 Goldman Sachs
As the US and China coexist, compete, and confront each other to determine who will set the geopolitical rules, they will either court or thwart an emerging group of countries to gain an edge. This new class of influential nations are the geopolitical swing states of the 21st century.
Swimming against the tide
16-May-2023 IATP
Since the beginning of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, Mexico has experienced a dramatic deterioration in its ability to grow its own food.
Econews Africa wants Kenya, USA trade deal halted for lack of consultations
12-May-2023 Capital Business
The not-for-profit organization Econews Africa (ENA) now wants trade negotiation between the Kenyan and American governments stopped to allow stakeholders to engage.
IPEF talks underway in Singapore
9-May-2023 Politico
US trade negotiators are in Singapore this week for the latest round of talks over the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the economic initiative that top administration officials have said they’re on track to conclude by year’s end.
Int’l tribunal reduces damages S. Korea owes to Lone Star by 600 mln won: ministry
9-May-2023 Yonhap
An international tribunal has accepted the South Korean government’s request and reduced the damages it has to pay to the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds by about US$450 million, the justice ministry said
Google, Amazon lobbyists helped US shape new Indo-Pacific Trade Framework
9-May-2023 Bloomberg
US trade officials have solicited the advice of lobbyists for Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other major technology companies to help craft the new Indo-Pacific trade framework.
US-Taiwan trade agreement on schedule: Trade representative
4-May-2023 RTI
The progress to finalize the U.S.-Taiwan 21st Century Trade Initiative is on schedule though without a definitive signing date.
33 Democrats urge ban on investor-state dispute provisions in all US trade deals
4-May-2023 Reuters
Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement provisions from current and future trade deals
US wants Pakistan to ‘do more’ for intellectual property enforcement
28-Apr-2023 Dawn
Pakistan has made significant progress in improving intellectual property legislation, but a lot still needs to be done in the area of enforcement, says US report.
A US fund declares Spain in “technical default” and claims almost 1,000 million government bonds
28-Apr-2023 Time.News
The US fund Blasket Renewable Investments has activated the “default” clause that declares Spain at “technical impact” after the Government has not yet paid the pending awards for the cuts in the premiums for renewables.
Kenya, US advance talks on trade and investment partnership
27-Apr-2023 Capital FM Kenya
Kenya and the United States of America have completed the second round of negotiations on Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership.
USTR’s Tai: Indo-Pacific trade talks could see results this year
21-Apr-2023 Reuters
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Indo-Pacific Economic Framework trade negotiations are progressing "at a very quick pace" and she expects results from the talks as early as by the end of the year.
Corporations dominate trade advisory panels
19-Apr-2023 The American Prospect
Trade advisers get special access to agreements and can comment on them before they are made public. More than 4 out of 5 advisers represent corporations.
International “digital trade” agreements: the next frontier
19-Apr-2023 AI Now
International trade agreements, typically negotiated in secret and without public deliberation, could prematurely deter or undercut ongoing efforts to regulate the tech industry.
International preemption by “trade” agreement: Big Tech’s ploy to undermine privacy, AI accountability, and anti-monopoly policies
19-Apr-2023 Rethink Trade
The bottom-line is that the USMCA and related TPP digital rules that represent the agenda promoted by Big Tech interests must not become the model or starting text for future agreements.
Big Tech lobbyists explain how they took over Washington
19-Apr-2023 The American Prospect
An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials.