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Australia to fight Europe on climate demands in free-trade deal
29-Nov-2019     Sydney Morning Herald
Climate change targets are shaping to be a major sticking point in trade negotiations with Europe after France publicly tied Australia's domestic action on climate change to the proposed FTA.
NHS drug prices, chlorine-washed chicken and secretive courts: What do US-UK trade documents tell us about life after Brexit?
29-Nov-2019     The Independent
Hundreds of pages of leaked documents detailing behind-closed-doors talks between US and UK officials have stoked fears about the true price of a post-Brexit trade deal with Trump’s America.
UK faced with EU-US biotechnology dilemma post-Brexit
28-Nov-2019     Euractiv
The discussion over science-based policymaking in the EU, in general, has been heating up in recent years, with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) front and centre of the debate.
US-UK trade leak: US seeks changes to patents and GIs
28-Nov-2019     World Intellectual Property Review
Confidential documents from trade negotiations between the UK government and the US detail the US position regarding IP provisions.
Top Mexican official floats prospect of labor tweak for continental trade deal
28-Nov-2019     Reuters
Adjustments could be made to how labor disputes are handled in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal to help push through its ratification in the United States.
Leaked US trade talks show how Trump is dictating Johnson’s approach to a hard Brexit
28-Nov-2019     Open Democracy
Far from taking back control, Britain has clearly entered into a relationship where we hold none of the cards.
DPR asks palm oil's inclusion in IEU-CEPA
28-Nov-2019     Antara News
The House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IV has urged the government to include palm oil in the negotiations on Indonesia - European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement/IEU-CEPA).
How World Bank arbitrators mugged Pakistan
27-Nov-2019     Project Syndicate
Thanks to the World Bank’s flawed and corrupt investment arbitration process, the rich are making a fortune at the expense of poor countries.
Spain offers green energy investors incentives to drop lawsuits
27-Nov-2019     Reuters
The government will offer subsidies which will allow investors that abandon litigation to maintain their current profitability rate of 7.39% until 2031.
South Korea and Indonesia reach final agreement on free trade deal
27-Nov-2019     Nikkei Asian Review
South Korea and Indonesia on Monday wound up seven and a half years of negotiations on a free trade deal, with an agreement to remove tariffs on steel, autos and beer.