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Rising demands for data localization a response to weak data protection mechanisms
15-Aug-2017     Electronic Frontier Foundation
Don't trust data localization exceptions in trade agreements to guarantee protection of personal data.
NAFTA 2.0: Will our feminist government walk the equality talk?
15-Aug-2017     The Globe and Mail
Renegotiating the agreement is an opportunity for Canada's self-proclaimed feminist government to put words into action by tackling gender inequality and the structural barriers that female workers and business owners face across all three countries.
Trump's racist agenda is not fair trade
15-Aug-2017     IATP
This system of dominance, already codified in NAFTA, is the system the Trump administration intends to preserve and strengthen in a new NAFTA. That new NAFTA will guarantee a strong foothold for structural racism.
US examines food standards
15-Aug-2017     Khmer Times
The United States, one of the Cambodia’s key trading partners, is going to assess sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards in Cambodia, opening up the opportunity for Cambodian agricultural products to be exported to the US.
India under pressure to ease protection of industry, agriculture at RCEP talks
15-Aug-2017     Businessline
India under pressure to raise its offer on eliminating tariffs on goods at the next RCEP round in Philippines
Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism
15-Aug-2017     Reuters
Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA, suggesting it could walk away if the United States pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal.
India to restart FTA talks with Mauritius
15-Aug-2017     Live Mint
The decision to restart negotiations on India-Mauritius free trade agreement (FTA) follows a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) signed last year.
Koya: Talks with PNG minister Pato fruitful
15-Aug-2017     Fiji Sun
The Minister for Industry, Trade, Tourism, Lands and Mineral Resources said the meeting involved discussions on the ‘way forward’ with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Trade Agreement.
Sri Lankan industrialists worry over China trade deal, cess removal
15-Aug-2017     Economy Next
Sri Lankan industrialists have voiced concern over a proposed free trade agreement with China and government plans to reduce import tariffs that protect them, saying they feared they might not be able to compete.
Freeland to press for new labour, environmental sections within NAFTA
14-Aug-2017     Ottawa Citizen
Chrystia Freeland will push for additional labour and environmental sections when she shares broad strokes of Canada's goals for the upcoming NAFTA talks.