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RCEP meeting in September likely to discuss India’s proposal on services pact
18-Aug-2017     Livemint
India has made a counter-proposal to make the bilateral services agreement between Australia and New Zealand the basis of the services agreement under RCEP
Turkey ratifies free trade agreement with Singapore
18-Aug-2017     Daily Sabah
The trade agreement has been described as the most expansive and comprehensive free trade agreement Turkey has signed.
Govt optimistic that TPP minus the US will get green light in November
18-Aug-2017     NZ Herald
The New Zealand Cabinet has formally approved a negotiating mandate for the TPP 11 - the Trans Pacific Partnership without the United States - but one that would involve minimal renegotiation.
US, South Korea to start talks Tuesday in Seoul on trade pact
18-Aug-2017     Reuters
The United States plans to start negotiations with South Korea in Seoul on amending a five-year-old free trade agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said.
NAFTA negotiations: energy clause unites Canadian critics across the political spectrum
17-Aug-2017     Global News
As NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin, an old trade issue with a strange name has emerged to create unlikely allies across the political spectrum and staunch defenders in the oilpatch.
NAFTA renegotiation talks arrive amid diverging interests, neoliberal goals
16-Aug-2017     Tele Sur
As Mexico, Canada and the U.S. head into potentially thorny talks, critics say that banks and multinationals will be first to reap the benefits.
What to do about corrupt arbitral tribunals?
16-Aug-2017     The Global Anticorruption Blog
That concern is a real and serious one, but there is also a more direct and crude problem: parties (or their lawyers) bribing, or making backdoor deals with, the arbitrators to secure a favorable outcome.
US to keep negotiating texts ‘classified’
16-Aug-2017     Politico
The first USTR official said the negotiating texts will not be released to the public because they are “classified” documents. That’s consistent with past negotiations, but will give critics ammunition to complain the deal is being negotiated in secret.
RCEP trade ministers to meet next month in Philippines
16-Aug-2017     DNA
Trade ministers of 16 RCEP countries, including India and China, will meet next month in Philippines
Duterte’s RCEP push at ASEAN, implications on Philippines economy & development
16-Aug-2017     IBON
The more far-reaching implication of RCEP is for Philippines's sovereignty in regulating foreign investments