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TiSA and the threat to public banks
25-Apr-2017     TNI
The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is an attack on the future publicness of public banking around the world.
«L’Afrique doit compter d’abord sur son propre marché intérieur»
25-Apr-2017     Sud Quotidien
Une zone de libre échange ne peut être une politique qui favorise l’industrialisation de l’Afrique. Et, le vrai problème de l’Afrique, c’est le manque d’industrialisation, selon El Hadji Alioune Diouf, expert en commerce international.
Ahead of NAFTA talks, U.S. sets 20 percent duties on Canadian softwood lumber
25-Apr-2017     Reuters
The United States will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties averaging 20 percent on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, as NAFTA renegotiation talks are looming
Will RCEP be a reality by the end of 2017?
24-Apr-2017     The Straits Times
Asean hopes to seal a landmark trade deal, but it may be hard to sew up negotiations this year
East Africa: UN body warns region against signing trade deal with EU
24-Apr-2017     All Africa
The report says that if the EPA is signed, local industries will struggle to withstand competitive pressures from EU firms, while the region will be stuck in its position as a low value-added commodity exporter.
Barry Coates: PACER Plus – how the Pacific Way is being undermined
24-Apr-2017     Asia Pacific Report
There were promises that the agreement would be for the benefit of the Pacific. But it has been shaped more by the advantages to Australia and New Zealand exporters than the aspirations of the Pacific’s people.
Fiji was excluded from PACER plus
24-Apr-2017     Pasifik
Fiji did not pull out of the PACER Plus trade negotiations. It had been excluded.
Trading with Trump – What we can expect from a UK-US trade deal
24-Apr-2017     Global Justice Now
A new briefing has outlined the likely elements of a UK-US trade deal and argues that it would contain more extreme forms of all the controversial elements of the deal that was being negotiated between the EU and the USA.
USW, Unite march in solidarity with Mexican steelworkers
24-Apr-2017     USW
After three decades of NAFTA, Mexican workers are still denied basic rights.
New Zealand enters Chinese "upgrade" talks with longer list than its counterpart
24-Apr-2017     Stuff
New Zealand hopes to bring forward the phasing out of restrictions on tariff-free dairy trade, industries from avocados and apricots to forestry and paper were wanting help to ease the path for exports into China.