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Few African countries ratify tripartite FTA
4-Jul-2017     The Southern Times
A paltry eight African have so far ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) more than two years after it was launched in Egypt, raising fears of a failed continental effort to create an expanded trade barrier free market.
Did free trade with U.S. undermine Canada’s public health?
4-Jul-2017     Medpage Today
NAFTA blamed for tripling Canadians' consumption of high-fructose sweeteners.
Abe expected to agree EU-Japan trade deal on Thursday - EU
4-Jul-2017     Reuters
The European Union and Japan expect to commit to signing a free trade deal on the eve of a G20 summit in what both see as a push back against a feared U.S. turn toward protectionism under President Donald Trump.
Japan moots low-tariff import quota on cheese in EU free trade talks
4-Jul-2017     Japan Times
Japan is proposing a low-tariff import quota on some categories of European cheese in negotiations for a free trade deal with the European Union, a source close to the talks said.
NZ’s latest trade courtship is an insult to workers’ rights – and workers’ lives
4-Jul-2017     The Spinoff
By plunging into negotiations with Latin American countries in the Pacific Alliance, New Zealand maintains its shameful record of failing to hold partners to account on labour abuses.
Investing in alternative dispute settlement
3-Jul-2017     Madhyam
Governments at the Centre and in the States must urgently invest in building their own capacity to handle the new generation of international investment arbitration.
After nine years, arbitrators bounce AFL-CIO complaint on Guatemala labor conditions
3-Jul-2017     People's World
“The panel’s decision flies in the face of common sense. Guatemala’s failure to protect its workers and enforce its own laws is apparent to nearly everyone except the arbitrators.”
TPP reps meet in Japan ahead of APEC
3-Jul-2017     Radio NZ
Countries that signed up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are to send representatives to Japan to work on an agreement - without the United States.
Reforms open Mexico’s oil and gas to investor rush… and here comes NAFTA
3-Jul-2017     Tele Sur
The rush on Mexico’s undeveloped oil and gas reserves comes just as Donald Trump has initiated a process to re-negotiate the North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Pakistan rejects proposal to ink 2nd free trade agreement with China
3-Jul-2017     DND
In order to reduce the fast-growing trade deficit, Pakistan has rejected the proposal to sign second Free Trade Agreement with China and asked Beijing to give concessions which it gives to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).