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Under the radar: Are Sri Lanka’s ports the next great game for China, India and Japan?
17-Apr-2017     Global Risk Insights
Sri Lanka expects to deepen existing FTA with India and to sign a FTA with Singapore and another with China. Sri Lanka also hopes to talk to Japan, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries with regards to FTAs.
Japan seeks to revive TPP without United States
17-Apr-2017     Straits Times
The ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact that seemed dead in the water after the United States' withdrawal could get a second wind, with Japan prepared to take the lead in an 11-country agreement sans the US.
EU foreign policy chief coming to India this week
17-Apr-2017     The Hindu
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini likely to strongly push for resumption of talks for the India-EU free trade agreement.
EFTA and Turkey progress FTA update talks
17-Apr-2017     Tax-news
Delegations from the European Free Trade Association member states met with counterparts from Turkey to discuss updating the existing EFTA-Turkey free trade agreement.
Britain puts banks at front of queue for US trade deal
14-Apr-2017     The Telegraph
British banks could be able to access the US markets in future as freely as they trade with the EU now, under a trade deal
Is it time to redesign or terminate investor-state arbitration?
14-Apr-2017     CIGI
A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met.
Ontario coughs up $28M to wind power company
14-Apr-2017     The Whig
The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium.
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan: source
14-Apr-2017     Reuters
Japan wants to avoid kicking off bilateral FTA talks for fear of being pressured into opening up highly protected areas like agriculture.
China, Japan, ROK hold 12th round of free trade talks
14-Apr-2017     Xinhua
Top negotiators from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on pushing forward trade in goods and services as well as investment at the 12th round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement
Negotiations initiated with Iran for signing FTA: Khurram
14-Apr-2017     DND
Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan informed the Senate that negotiations were being initiated with Iran for signing the Free Trade Agreement.