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Canada postpones talks to expand FTA agreement with Ukraine until after war
21-Apr-2022     Ukrainian News
Ukraine and Canada have agreed to continue negotiations on expanding the agreement on the free trade zone to the sphere of services and investments after the end of the war in Ukraine.
ISDS landscape in Latin America for 2022
21-Apr-2022     Kluwer Arbitration Blog
ISDS in Latin America is here to stay. While disputes in sectors such as pensions and telecoms are becoming more common in the region, we expect to see a ripening of COVID-related, tech and energy disputes.
Uruguay and Ecuador discuss possible bilateral trade agreement
21-Apr-2022     MercoPress
The Presidents of Ecuador and Uruguay exchanged views on ”the possibility of starting to deal with a bilateral trade agreement.“
Groups to USTR, USDA: Panama must fully implement trade pact
21-Apr-2022     DRGNews
Panama submitted a formal request to revise the agricultural tariff elimination terms of the US FTA. US agriculture groups urge the Biden administration to oppose any changes to agricultural tariffs, TRQs or safeguards.
T-MEC, an obstacle to lithium nationalization
21-Apr-2022     The Daily Guardian
State exclusivity in the lithium value chain can violate the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC).
India-UAE FTA steers clear of credible access to govt procurement
20-Apr-2022     Financial Express
India and the UAE have remained cautious in granting each other access to the sensitive public procurement segment under the free trade agreement (FTA) signed in February.
Bangladesh agog to sign FTA with ASEAN
20-Apr-2022     The Financial Express
Bangladesh now works vigorously to sign free-trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN before LDC graduation to make up for loss of preferential trading facility following exit from the poor-country club.
Mexican union calls for US probe into alleged labor abuses at Panasonic plant
19-Apr-2022     Reuters
In a petition to US labor officials, Mexican union SNITIS said a Panasonic car parts plant in the border city of Reynosa violated the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
EU trade talks ramp up ahead of Ardern’s Europe visit
19-Apr-2022     Newsroom
Trade talks between New Zealand and the European Union have entered a “rolling process” of negotiations, with hopes the long-running discussions can be wrapped up before Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits the region this year.
Taiwan passes CPTPP-compliant intellectual property amendments
19-Apr-2022     Focus Taiwan
The new legal framework for intellectual property rights will meet the standards set out in the CPTPP free trade agreement, and is expected to help in the country's negotiations to join the 11-member trade bloc.