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Zimbabwe: Govt signs 54 trade pacts
22-Jun-2015     The Herald
Government has signed 54 Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (BIPPA) that are now at various stages of completion as it moves towards injecting more pace in the country's economic growth, a Cabinet minister has said.
Govt contemplates keeping gold jewellery out of all FTAs through re-negotiations
22-Jun-2015     Diamond World
The move is expected to act as a damage control after gold jewellery from third countries under the India-Thailand FTA and the India-ASEAN FTA has flooded the Indian markets
Ukraine, Canada to speed up FTA talks
22-Jun-2015     InterFax
Poroshenko and Harper have agreed to speed up talks concerning the formation of a free trade area between Ukraine and Canada.
Working through night on India FTA: Hockey
22-Jun-2015     AAP
Australia is putting pressure on India to sign up to free trade agreement as good as the one finalised with China last week, says Treasurer Joe Hockey
Spanish FM calls for speeding up EU-Mercosur trade talks
22-Jun-2015     Latin American Herald Tribune
The European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc need to accelerate negotiations on a trade accord, even if it means going into distinct individual velocities with the Mercosur members, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Thursday.
Half-baked China-Australia Free Trade Agreement is lopsided
19-Jun-2015     Canberra Times
Remarkably, the Australian government has given Chinese companies a general right to buy resources and other assets in Australia – so-called market access – without getting the same right for Australian companies in China.
Future of ISDS in TTIP and beyond. Is now the time for reform?
19-Jun-2015     Lexology
A consensus is clearly forming around changes and adjustments needed to reform ISDS, but the main stakeholders – businesses and governments – have yet to make a clear stand, argue Adrian-Catalin Bulboaca and Marius Iliescu
Morocco: EU Court to give verdict 'in few months' on Sahrawi appeal against EU-Morocco agricultural agreement
19-Jun-2015     Sahara Press Service
The European Union Court examined Tuesday the appeal of the Polisario Front against the agricultural agreement concluded in 2000 between the European Union and Morocco, and the decision on this issue will be given in a few months
India to sign FTA with EEU
19-Jun-2015     Fibre2Fashion
India will sign a free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to media reports.
Korea starts FTA talks with six Central American countries
19-Jun-2015     Arirang
If sealed, Korea will be the first Asian country to have an FTA with the six Central American countries -- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama -- giving Korean products an edge over rival exporters like Japan and China.