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Asean integration at the end of 2016
24-Nov-2016 Business Mirror
The launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in December 2015 was a milestone for Asean economic integration, which is, however, an ongoing process.
Parliament rejects motion to check CETA’s legality
24-Nov-2016 EurActiv
The mainstream parties in the European Parliament have rejected by a large majority a motion initiated by 89 MEPs to submit the EU-Canada trade agreement to the Court of Justice to check its compatibility with EU law.
French court unfreezes assets of three Russian enterprises over Yukos case
24-Nov-2016 RAPSI
The Court of Appeal in Paris ruled to lift a freeze on assets of Russian Satellite Communications Company and RIA Novosti news agency.
As Trump kills TPP, China eyes December talks to fill trade void
23-Nov-2016 Bloomberg
The proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, has become the next best hope for trade-hungry Asian nations
The impacts of FTAs on Colombian workers
23-Nov-2016 Observatorio TLC
Summary of the impacts of FTAs, analyzed by the FTA Observatory
TiSA negotiations fall victim to the Trump tremor
23-Nov-2016 Live Mint
In these quixotic and post-truth times, nemesis has its subtle ways of catching up with the reality.
Singapore to amend legislation to bring TPP into effect by next year: PM Lee
23-Nov-2016 Channel News Asia
Singapore will continue with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) despite a “twist in the road”
China, Chile agree to initiate talks on FTA upgrade
23-Nov-2016 Xinhua
China and Chile agreed here Tuesday to start negotiation on upgrading their Free Trade Agreement
Japan, Peru to forge ahead with TPP procedures
23-Nov-2016 NHK
The leaders of Japan and Peru have agreed to press ahead with efforts to implement the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite a pledge by President-elect Donald Trump to pull the US out of the free trade deal.
A new, climate-friendly approach to trade
22-Nov-2016 Sierra Club
We urgently need a new approach to trade that prioritizes the needs of people and planet.
China, Peru to look at updating FTA
22-Nov-2016 ECNS
China and Peru on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding in Lima to conduct a feasibility study on upgrading the China-Peru Free Trade Agreement.
5th round of Pak-Thailand FTA negotiations held
22-Nov-2016 The Nation
The fifth round of Pakistan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement negotiations was held in Bangkok.
Ottawa didn’t study how much more we’ll pay for drugs under CETA
22-Nov-2016 Huffington Post
Experts have been warning for years that Canada’s trade deal with the European Union would add billions to the cost of pharmaceuticals in Canada, but the government itself apparently did not study the issue.
Ecuadorian VP: EU trade deal ‘is unlike other agreements’
22-Nov-2016 EurActiv
Ecuadorian Vice-President said that the trade agreement recently signed with the EU will generate plenty of opportunities and underpin the changes his country has been working toward in recent years.
Trump: US to quit TPP trade deal on first day in office
22-Nov-2016 BBC
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House.
Canada-China FIPA (2012)
21-Nov-2016 UNCTAD
As published by UNCTAD
TiSA - EU second revised offer (November 2016)
21-Nov-2016 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
India for parallel talks on goods, services at RCEP
21-Nov-2016 Press Trust of India
India pitches for simultaneous negotiations for liberalisation of trade in goods and services
Bell tolls for TiSA
21-Nov-2016 Politico
The meeting was supposed to bring the three-year-old talks to a close, but major obstacles between the United States and European Union bogged down the negotiators.
Parliament bickers over CETA vote
21-Nov-2016 Politico
A tight timeline for the European Parliament’s vote on the EU-Canada deal has caused outrage among trade skeptics, who claim that critical opinions are being sidelined.