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Saharawi organisations slam EU over trade talks with Morocco
5-Sep-2017     Western Sahara Resource Watch
"Seeking to circumvent the ECJ’s ruling, directly challenges the credibility of the EU, and significantly damages the potential for progress through the UN-led negotiation process", Saharawi groups qualify the EU's talks with Morocco regarding Western Sahara trade, in their letter to the EU's Foreign Affairs Chief.
Liam Fox: We have turned down free trade deals because we do not have capacity
5-Sep-2017     Politics Home
The UK has turned down countries wishing to strike free trade deals after Brexit because the Government does not have the capacity to negotiate them, the International Trade Secretary has said.
US demands agro tariffs be lifted
5-Sep-2017     Korea Times
The United States has demanded South Korea eliminate all tariffs on US agricultural goods, according to a news report.
Turkey, Singapore ratify free trade agreement in significant bilateral milestone
5-Sep-2017     Straits Times
Turkey and Singapore have ratified a bilateral Free Trade Agreement that will enter into force on 1 October.
India-European FTA talks this month
5-Sep-2017     IANS
India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will meet this month in an attempt to conclude their long pending negotiations, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Friday.
Substantial conclusion of RCEP this year unlikely
4-Sep-2017     Manila Bulletin
Efforts to achieve a conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations by end of this year appear headed for rough waters as members of the Trans Pacific Partnership push for steep hurdles that are difficult for non-TPP members, like the Philippines, to comply with
Would Vodafone comply with Delhi high court order?
4-Sep-2017     Live Mint
The Delhi high court has passed an ex-parte order restraining Vodafone Group Plc. from proceeding with arbitration under the India-UK Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (India-UK BIPA). However, it remains to be seen whether Vodafone would comply with this order of the court.
FTAs, PTAs need to be revisited
3-Sep-2017    
The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) recommended the government to revisit and negotiate anew the existing Free Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Agreements
AmCham wants Duterte, Trump to jump-start FTA
3-Sep-2017     Business Mirror
American businessmen are asking Manila and Washington to include a discussion on a “21st century free-trade agreement” (FTA) in the anticipated meeting between US President Donald J. Trump and President Duterte in Manila in November.
Trump says he's looking into South Korea trade accord future
3-Sep-2017     Bloomberg
President Donald Trump said he would discuss the future of the US-South Korea free-trade agreement with his advisers following a newspaper report that he’s considering terminating the pact.