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Cambodia pushes hard on free-trade agreements
15-May-2020     Khmer Times
Cambodia’s government is pushing for free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with potential partners while seeking Russian’s help for a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement.
Ag issues central in US-UK trade talks
14-May-2020     Agri Pulse
US farm groups are looking for big wins as US negotiators push the UK to abandon European barriers to agricultural trade in the countries' first round of trade talks, according to officials aware of the proceedings.
Pompeo presses Israel to distance from China
14-May-2020     Globes
A China-Israel agreement could strengthen the Chinese influence in the management of the new port at Haifa. This is a scenario that keeps the Americans awake at night.
Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. v. Algeria’s arbitration
14-May-2020     Global Legal Chronicle
Spanish contractor Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. lost an investment treaty arbitration against Algeria brought before ICSID.
UK-Japan FTA: UK's negotiating directives (May 2020)
14-May-2020     UK Government
UK puts banking at heart of objectives for Japan trade deal
13-May-2020     Bloomberg
The UK has put financial services access at the center of its objectives for a trade deal with Japan.
EU seeks trade truce with US amid virus crisis
13-May-2020     Euractiv
The EU’s top trade official hopes the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic will spur efforts to heal US trade ties, bogged down in a tit-for-tat tariff feud.
UK to start trade talks with Japan, with US and EU talks ongoing
13-May-2020     Al Jazeera
Securing multiple trade deals simultaneously is not impossible, say experts, but the UK will have to make concessions.
US-UK trade talks have begun – here’s what each side wants and what to expect
13-May-2020     The Conversation
Trade talks between the UK and US have officially begun. There are some things we know about what each side is looking to get out of a deal.
Union calls for equal recognition for healthcare workers
12-May-2020     Bangkok Post
The union and its allies also asked the government not to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as they view that the restriction of rights to access medicine under the deal would put the country’s public health system in danger.