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PM urges India to join regional trade pact
7-Aug-2017     Bangkok Post
Thailand urges India to join RCEP
E-commerce RCEP chapter: Have big tech’s demands fizzled?
4-Aug-2017     Electronic Frontier Foundation
The latest information is that the e-commerce chapter of RCEP will be far less ambitious, dealing mostly with familiar and uncontentious issues such as standards for electronic payments and signatures.
NAFTA schedule: A cabinet dinner to launch seven rounds of trade talks
4-Aug-2017     National Post
A high-level dinner of cabinet members from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will mark the start of NAFTA negotiations, followed by a seven-course diet of negotiating rounds crammed in rapid succession.
Pak-Turkey’s 7th FTA talks by August end
4-Aug-2017     The News
The seventh round of negotiations on free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Turkey would be held in Turkey to finalise the agreement
India may deviate from model BIT to meet Canada’s demands
4-Aug-2017     The Hindu
As talks with Canada began before model text was approved by Cabinet, deviations may be allowed.
Interview with Loon Gangte
4-Aug-2017     bilaterals.org
Loon Gangte is an Indian activist living with HIV and hepatitis C, founder of the Delhi Network of Positive People.
RCEP talks: India stands firm on market access in govt contracts, rejects binding commitments
4-Aug-2017     Business Standard
India managed to restrict the scope of talks on government procurement to exchange of information and transparency amongst members during the 19th round of RCEP talks
Trading away our digital rights
4-Aug-2017     The Hindu
India must first secure its digital sovereignty before it can begin global trade talks.
North American oil & natural gas industry positions on NAFTA
3-Aug-2017     American Petroleum Institute
NAFTA: Positions of the American Petroleum Institute, Asociación Méxicana de Empresas de Hidrocarburos, and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Canadians’ personal data on the table in NAFTA negotiations
3-Aug-2017     CKOM
The personal information of Canadians will be on the negotiating table when North American free trade talks.