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U.S. grain groups testify at NAFTA hearings
29-Jun-2017     Food Business News
US Grains Council outlined improvements suggestions for the agreement, including elements drawn from the TPP text as well as updated sanitary and phytosanitary, biotechnology synchronization and energy provisions.
Trade politics in flux: what social movement responses?
29-Jun-2017     bilaterals.org
Instead of settling for more “inclusive” brands of capitalism, we ought to reclaim and build a clear and radical political and economic vision.
China open to free-trade agreement with Mexico
29-Jun-2017     Reuters
China is open to negotiating a free-trade agreement with Mexico, said the Chinese ambassador to the country, a fillip for Mexico as it faces uncertainty over its trade deals with the United States.
Trump is trying to make NAFTA even worse. It’s time to throw sand in the gears
29-Jun-2017     In These Times
While the people who gathered in Mexico City have long opposed NAFTA for its pro-corporate bent, a consensus emerged that President Trump and his team are cooking up something even worse.
More trouble for Canada-EU trade deal, as drug changes delay implementation
29-Jun-2017     CBC
Goal of implementing most of CETA this summer slips farther from reach.
RCEP pact:700 officials from 16 nations to meet in Hyderabad
28-Jun-2017     PTI
Officials from RCEP negotiating nations will meet in Hyderabad
EU-Japan FTA - draft chapters (Jan 2016 - Jan 2017)
28-Jun-2017     Greenpeace
14 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace
Six years after the ‘Aymarazo’ protests in Peru
28-Jun-2017     Radio Mundo Real
Criminal charges pending against 18 community leaders and a billion-dollar court case at ICSID.
Norway’s seafood council sees Japanese free trade agreement in the future
28-Jun-2017     Undercurrent News
Japan is the main market for Norwegian seafood in Asia and is a strategically important market for seafood.
Japan minister urges EU to give way on dairy sector in talks
28-Jun-2017     The Mainichi
Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto urged the European Union to give way on its demand that Japan open its market to dairy products from the bloc.