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Mercosur, EU to restart free trade negotiations Wednesday
21-Feb-2018     TeleSur
European Union and Mercosur representatives are pressed to close a deal before the upcoming Brazilian general elections.
Switzerland interested in a trade deal with Mercosur despite its own farmers
21-Feb-2018     MercoPress
Swiss Economic Affairs Minister wants to speed up a free trade agreement between Switzerland and Mercosur, but there is concern in the agricultural sector
12 reasons why we say NO to the Mercosur – European Union free trade agreement
21-Feb-2018     Alianza Biodiversidad
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Kazakhstan's frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds
21-Feb-2018     Reuters
The case is one of several brought to courts in Europe by Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati who is attempting to force the Kazakh government to pay up in a dispute about his energy investments in the oil-rich country.
La version définitive du Partenariat transpacifique publiée
21-Feb-2018     Challenges
La version définitive du Partenariat transpacifique (TPP), accord de libre-échange dans la zone Asie-Pacifique, a été publiée en vue de sa signature par 11 pays après le retrait des Etats-Unis.
Revised TPP-11 text is largely unchanged: independent assessment and Senate Inquiry needed
21-Feb-2018     AFTINET
Many of the most harmful clauses remain.
Trade issues between South Korea and US threaten to scuttle KORUS FTA negotiations
21-Feb-2018     Hankyoreh
The emergence of a number of trade issues involving South Korea and the US – including a plan being mulled over by the US to slap tariffs on South Korean steel and GM Korea’s threat to close a factory in South Korea – is creating uncertainty about the future of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), just before the third round of negotiations aimed at revising the agreement.
Civil society set out demands at EU-Indonesia trade negotiations
21-Feb-2018     Friends of the Earth Europe
The next round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Indonesia start today in Solo, Indonesia. Civil society organisations from Europe and Indonesia, including Friends of the Earth Europe and Friends of the Earth Indonesia, will meet in parallel to discuss the consequences of a potential agreement.
Suspend Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) talks: PNF tells President of Sri Lanka
21-Feb-2018     Mirror Citizen
Professionals’ National Front (PNF), a collective of professional organizations, yesterday requested President Maithripala Sirisena to suspend talks on the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) scheduled for February 21 in New Delhi.
Hong Kong gold exchange seeks to create gold trading corridor along Belt and Road
20-Feb-2018     South China Morning Post
The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE), Hong Kong’s gold exchange, is in talks with Singapore, Myanmar and Dubai to establish a gold commodity corridor to promote yuan-denominated products under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to its president Haywood Cheung Tak-hay.