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India, EU fail to fix date to relaunch trade pact talks
9-Oct-2017     The Hindu
India and the European Union failed to fix a date to re-launch negotiations on the proposed bilateral Free Trade Agreement, or a timeline to successfully conclude the talks that “were temporarily put on hold in summer 2013.”
Group of NGOs reject ASEAN-EU free trade pact
9-Oct-2017     Antara
A group of non-governmental organizations in the regions reject free trade agreement between ASEAN and the European Union.
US needs to push range of economic issues with India: Kenneth Juster
9-Oct-2017     The Economic Times
The US must push a range of economic issues with India, including intellectual property, standard and non-tariff barriers, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next envoy to India has told lawmakers.
Joint communique of the 6th meeting of the ESA-EU Interim EPA Committee
6-Oct-2017     European Commission
The sixth meeting of the EPA Committee under the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region and the EU was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 02-03 October 2017.
Pakistan, Vietnam to start FTA talks
6-Oct-2017     The Express Tribune
Pakistan and Vietnam have agreed to share an initial list of products while kicking off negotiations on a free trade agreement.
New free trade agreements: normalising brutal transnational supply chains
6-Oct-2017     GRAIN
Transnational supply chains have been an expanding economic actor since transnational corporations began outsourcing manufacturing to places where extremely low wages, low or non-existing labour safety standards and even slave labour prevailed or were tolerated.
RCEP In India: A creamy deal for transnational dairy corporations, growing resistance from farmers
5-Oct-2017     Countercurrents.org
The Modi governmentmust stop the RCEP from destroying rural livelihoods.
PACER Plus signatories urged to examine their commitments
5-Oct-2017     Radio NZ
Pacific countries already signed up to the PACER Plus are being urged to more closely examine their commitments under the deal, including the implications for customary land.
Tanzania edges closer towards total mine nationalisation
5-Oct-2017     Mining Review Africa
New laws revolve around the notion that Tanzania’s domestic law is to be supreme over any international dispute or arbitration decision.
US wants to update Latin America pacts next after NAFTA
5-Oct-2017     Just Style
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer pointed to the need to modernise agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and Chile, as well as the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).