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S. Korea, Uruguay to push for trade agreement between Korea, Mercosur
28-Nov-2017     Yonhap
South Korea and Uruguay have agreed to jointly push for a trade agreement between South Korea and Mercosur.
Crystallex International, Venezuela settle US$1.2B mine dispute
28-Nov-2017     BNN
Crystallex International Corp. and Venezuela agreed to settle a US$1.2 billion dispute over the 2011 nationalization of a gold deposit in the South American nation.
Sudan is indispensable to China’s silk road vision for Africa
28-Nov-2017     Global Research
The news that China will build a railway from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan to the Chadian capital of N’Djamena proves just how serious Beijing is about pioneering a transcontinental Sahelian-Saharan Silk Road.
A Belt and Road for the Americas?
24-Nov-2017     Project Syndicate
As Canada, Mexico, and the United States focus on the next round of negotiations on NAFTA, governments in the rest of the Americas are grappling with a more fundamental question about trade. Who will be their dominant trade partner in the future: the US, Europe, or China?
Australia emphasises relationship with NZ in trade plans
24-Nov-2017     Scoop
Australia has reiterated the importance of New Zealand to its foreign policy direction with particular emphasis on the role it sees New Zealand playing in its economic engagement with Pacific island countries.
White paper not real on rules
24-Nov-2017     Policy Forum
The conflict between ‘rules-based’ and ‘US-centred’ in Australia’s new foreign policy road map
EU and Georgia adopt revised Association Agenda
24-Nov-2017     The Financial
The new document establishes a set of jointly agreed priorities towards further implementation of the Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.
What to do about the EU’s new trade agenda in Latin America?
24-Nov-2017     Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung
About ten years ago, the European Union (EU) introduced Global Europe, its most ambitious trade policy strategy to date. It was intended to open up new markets worldwide through new bilateral trade and investment agreements.
Trump pushes to limit Facebook and Google’s liability in Nafta
23-Nov-2017     Bloomberg
The Trump administration is pushing to add legal protections in Nafta that would limit the liability of internet giants such as Google and Facebook, marking the latest in a tug-of-war as policy makers balance policing the web with protecting free speech.
MEPs amp up pressure on Commission over digital trade
23-Nov-2017     Euractiv
MEPs are exerting pressure on the European Commission to draw up rules on data flows in foreign trade agreements, an area where the EU executive has so far not pinned down any tangible policy.