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Bilateral agreements: Where’s the US?
7-Jul-2017 Farm Journal’s Pork
National Pork Producers have let the administration know that the U.S. should focus on the Asian-Pacific area, starting with Japan.
Regional ministers meet in Kampala over free trade area
7-Jul-2017 The New Times
Ministers from 26 African countries are meeting in Kampala in another attempt to see through overdue negotiations on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).
U.S. trade policy fails workers
6-Jul-2017 AFL-CIO
This decision drives home the fact that U.S. trade deals do not protect workers. In truth, this failure is by design—labor chapters were not meant to work efficiently or effectively.
EU and Japan FTA to boost beef and pork sales
6-Jul-2017 Global Meat News
The EU meat industry is quite pleased with the agreement in principle between EU and Japan, on the basis of the preliminary outcomes for beef and pork.
Modi in Israel: Indian and Israeli industrialists press leaders for free-trade deal
6-Jul-2017 Haaretz
Coinciding with Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Israel, business figures from the two countries are convening a joint forum aimed at increasing bilateral trade tenfold.
Free trade deals ‘at all cost’ frustrate Spanish farmers
6-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Spain’s agricultural sector is concerned about free trade negotiations between the European Union and third parties. The agreement with Canada (CETA) and ongoing talks with South American trade bloc Mercosur are raising doubts in the Iberian countryside.
EU and Japan promise to commit to free trade deal
6-Jul-2017 The Telegraph
The political deal does not mean the pair are yet close to agreeing a full trade treaty. Talks have been ongoing for four years and tough further discussion can be expected.
Hague court OKs Ukrainian case against Russia
5-Jul-2017 DW
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has said it has jurisdiction to hear the case of a Ukrainian company seeking to recover damages for property lost when Russia annexed Crimea.
EU trade policy: Time to end corporate protectionism
5-Jul-2017 EurActiv
The EU-Japan trade agreement is the latest example of an EU trade policy that benefits global corporations at the expense of people and the planet.
The trade-off with EU
5-Jul-2017 Tribune India
The EU now wants to negotiate the Bilateral Investment Treaty before it starts negotiating the EU-India BTIA. This poses an impasse because India will not accept one of the clauses which allows EU investors to challenge the government in front of an international tribunal.
Rwanda needs its own Bilateral Investment Treaty model
5-Jul-2017 The New Times
If Rwanda clings to BIT approach, its scope should be limited. Alternatively, it can embark on a more attractive investment climate in lieu of BITs.
Acacia seeks arbitration after Tanzania tears up mining contracts
5-Jul-2017 Reuters
Acacia Mining said it was seeking an adjudicator to resolve its dispute with the Tanzanian government, a day after the east-African country passed two laws to force companies to re-negotiate their contracts.
ACEA: Automobile industry calls for balanced outcome in EU-Japan FTA
5-Jul-2017 Automotive World
Ahead of a possible bilateral EU-Japan summit to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) calls on negotiators to ensure a balanced outcome for the European automobile sector.
The revolving door in international investment arbitration
4-Jul-2017 SSRN
Double hatting is practiced consistently by a highly visible and powerful core of some of the most influential actors in the system.
Can NAFTA be improved? Some activists are hopeful about renegotiation
4-Jul-2017 The Progressive
Regardless of the short-term outcome, the movement for a progressive new NAFTA will hand progressives a dynamic issue—and a mobilized base—in the 2018 and 2020 elections. The current renegotiation could set the stage for future battles, perhaps for deeper change.
Few African countries ratify tripartite FTA
4-Jul-2017 The Southern Times
A paltry eight African have so far ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) more than two years after it was launched in Egypt, raising fears of a failed continental effort to create an expanded trade barrier free market.
Did free trade with U.S. undermine Canada’s public health?
4-Jul-2017 Medpage Today
NAFTA blamed for tripling Canadians’ consumption of high-fructose sweeteners.
Abe expected to agree EU-Japan trade deal on Thursday - EU
4-Jul-2017 Reuters
The European Union and Japan expect to commit to signing a free trade deal on the eve of a G20 summit in what both see as a push back against a feared U.S. turn toward protectionism under President Donald Trump.
Japan moots low-tariff import quota on cheese in EU free trade talks
4-Jul-2017 Japan Times
Japan is proposing a low-tariff import quota on some categories of European cheese in negotiations for a free trade deal with the European Union, a source close to the talks said.
NZ’s latest trade courtship is an insult to workers’ rights – and workers’ lives
4-Jul-2017 The Spinoff
By plunging into negotiations with Latin American countries in the Pacific Alliance, New Zealand maintains its shameful record of failing to hold partners to account on labour abuses.