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MSF response on RCEP negotiations in the Philippines
8-May-2017     MSF
Negotiators must protect public health safeguards that enable developing countries like India to keep supplying life-saving affordable medicines for millions of people worldwide.
Stop trading workers’ rights over profits
8-May-2017     Forum on FTAs
RCEP magnifies existing inequalities and discriminates against women, indigenous peoples, people living with HIV or other illnesses, people with disabilities,rural communities, farmers and workers
Australia-US free trade agreement leaves US companies in the lurch
5-May-2017     The Hill
The lack of a defined procedure under the AUSFTA is extremely prejudicial to U.S. companies and banks: chairman of APR Energy
U.S. farm groups pile on Canada as Trump eyes trade fairness
5-May-2017     Reuters
U.S. poultry exporters, who include Tyson Foods Inc and Pilgrims Pride Corp, as well as egg sellers, are expected to seek greater access to Canada's tightly controlled market in renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
UAE, China agree to complete “free trade” with Gulf states
5-May-2017     Al Awsat
China and the United Arab Emirates said they would expand cooperation and work toward a free trade agreement between China and the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Vietnam to work with TPP members on future orientations
5-May-2017     Vietnam+
Vietnam will work with the member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to reach a consensus on future orientations for the deal.
New Pacific trade pact goes against the protectionist tide
5-May-2017     Nikkei
But 14-nation deal may be largely symbolic without Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
Beyond investment protection: group warns of intensified corporate attacks vs people’s rights as ASEAN leaders meet in PH
5-May-2017     People Over Profit
The People Over Profit network together with local civil society organizations in the Philippines warn of intensifying corporate attacks on people’s rights and join calls for an independent, sovereign and peaceful Southeast Asian region.
RCEP talks: India under pressure to offer deeper tariff cuts
5-May-2017     The Hindu Businessline
Going forward has become extremely difficult for India as most RCEP members want zero duties on almost all products
New Asia-Pacific trade agreement lacks protections for one-sixth of world’s forests
5-May-2017     Ecobusiness
RCEP should make sure it promotes and protects the legal trade of forest products.