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Threats to NAFTA cast doubt over Mexico's oil tenders, investment
4-Nov-2017     Reuters
Energy firms worry the end of NAFTA could eliminate the so-called Investor State Dispute Settlement.
Taiwan, Nicaragua review free trade pact, expand benefits
3-Nov-2017     Focus Taiwan
Agreement was reached during the meeting on several proposals, including the increase of sugar import quotas from Nicaragua to 60,000 metric tons a year, the statement said.
9th round of Pak, Thailand FTAs negotiation to be held on November 6-8
3-Nov-2017     Business Recorder
A Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and Thailand will be signed on January 15 for focusing on enhancing the bilateral trade between the two countries, a top official of Ministry of Commerce said.
Letter from BusinessEurope on cross-border data flows
3-Nov-2017     BusinessEurope
BusinessEurope has a clear position on this issue. We support a solution that enables cross-border data flows and effectively tackles forced data localisation when it is disproportionate and unjustified.
NZ ambassadors pushing for ISDS change
3-Nov-2017     Newsroom
The Government is enlisting its ambassadors in a last-minute bid to win changes to the TPP’s controversial investment clauses, Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker says.
Pacific Alliance, associate members kick off free trade negotiations
2-Nov-2017     ICTSD
The talks aim to confirm Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore’s status of “associate members” to the Latin American trading coalition.
Australia China FTA: First Wellard cattle shipment to China
2-Nov-2017     Weekly Times
Cattle exporter Wellard has made its first shipment of beef cattle to China for processing, under the Australia China Free Trade Agreement.
EU-Malaysia FTA must address trade barriers against palm oil
2-Nov-2017     New Straits Times
Malaysia's free trade agreement talks with the European Union (EU), which is slated to be renegotiated after a lull of five years, must address trade barriers that discriminate palm oil.
New paper explains TPP's impact on access to medicines in member countries
2-Nov-2017     AFTINET
As the TPP-11 meet to attempt to revive the TPP without the US, the research findings show how damaging the original medicine proposals would be.
'TPP 11' negotiators make headway before crucial summit next week
2-Nov-2017     Nikkei
'Consensus' reached on freezing certain provisions, but obstacles remain.