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Sweden to vote against new EU-Morocco fish talks
22-Feb-2018     WSRW
"Sweden considers that the proposed mandate does not meet the requirements of international law", the official government statement reads.
US and Canada to drop ISDS from NAFTA. NZ should for TPPA
22-Feb-2018     Scoop
Canada and the US are set to agree on withdrawing the controversial investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico.
French farmers hold tractor protests in Mercosur warning to Macron
22-Feb-2018     Reuters
French farmers drove tractors through town centres and blocked highways to oppose extra agricultural imports from South America, raising pressure on President Emmanuel Macron in the run-up to a politically sensitive Paris farm show.
Korea signs FTA with Central America
22-Feb-2018     Korea Times
Le traité commercial a officiellement été signé entre le ministre délégué au Commerce extérieur Kim Hyun-chong et les représentants du Costa Rica, du Salvador, du Honduras, du Nicaragua et du Panama.
Civil groups demand CEPA bring fair outcome
22-Feb-2018     The Jakarta Post
Several civil groups have called for transparency in the negotiation between Indonesia and the European Union over the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to ensure the deal would bring equitable and sustainable development.
Belt and Road road corridors put half of Myanmar’s population at risk
22-Feb-2018     Myanmar Times
The Belt and Road Initiative puts Myanmar’s natural capital and the lives and livelihoods of 24 million people - half of the country’s population - at risk, according to a report from World Wide Fund for Nature in Myanmar.
China's Brics-Plus partnership could transform global trade
22-Feb-2018     Independent
There may be a backlash against globalisation in much of the West, but the club of big emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (Brics) is becoming the glue for new inter-regional trade alliances.
Trudeau pushes controversial investor-state dispute settlement provision on trip to India
21-Feb-2018     Council of Canadians
Negotiations on a Canada-India FIPPA were launched in September 2004 and concluded in 2007, but the deal was never signed.
Turkey to reconsider FTA with Jordan ‘to ensure balance’
21-Feb-2018     Jordan Times
Relying the findings of a study by the Amman Chamber of Commerce, business leaders called for revisiting the Jordan-Turkish FTA, noting that trade balance was heavily in favour of Turkey.
Kenya faces cases at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
21-Feb-2018     Standard Media
Kenya is facing cases at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) with claims amounting to Sh334 billion.