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NAFTA: US-grown corn threatens Mexican crop heritage
20-Nov-2017     Al Jazeera
Mexicans are concerned that cheap US imports are destroying Mexico's cultural relationship with its traditional maize varieties.
Mexico wants to have strong relations with EAEU - foreign minister
20-Nov-2017     TASS
Mexico considers a bilateral agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) or cooperation between EAEU and the Pacific Alliance.
Justin Trudeau set to head to China in December to open free trade talks
20-Nov-2017     National Post
The belief that Canadian exporters need to have preferential access to growing Asian markets like China is considered worth the risk that launching negotiations may upset the Trump administration.
US auto parts to be key issue at bilateral FTA talks
19-Nov-2017     Yonhap
US auto parts are expected to be a key issue in the upcoming renegotiation for the bilateral free trade pact between Seoul and Washington.
Few signs of progress on tough US demands at NAFTA talks
19-Nov-2017     Japan News
Negotiations in Mexico to update NAFTA have not made much progress on tough US demands.
The EU28 dumping of cereals, dairy and meat to the ESA-4 in 2016
19-Nov-2017     SOL
The ESA-4 EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement) was signed by four countries – Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe – in August 2009 and is provisionally applied since 14 May 2012.
An upgraded TIFA paves the way for higher economic engagement between the US and Malaysia
17-Nov-2017     New Straits Times
An upgraded Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) version, to the level of a bilateral free trade agreement, will pave the way for higher economic engagement between the US and Malaysia, said official
“WTO, out! Building alternatives”: La Via Campesina to organise peoples’ summit during WTO’s XI ministerial conference in Argentina
17-Nov-2017     Via Campesina
We insist that agriculture should not be part of any of the WTO negotiations!
The new geopolitics of trade in Asia
17-Nov-2017     Brooking
The APEC Leaders’ summit meeting, which took place in Danang, Vietnam, crystallized the new geopolitics of trade in Asia.
Cabinet is eyeing membership of CPTPP: premier
17-Nov-2017     Taipei Times
The Taiwan government is to prepare for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade initiative to create a regional integration mechanism.