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Japan, New Zealand to jointly aim for expanded TPP
19-Sep-2019     The Mainichi
Japan and New Zealand to work toward expanding the existing 11-member trans-Pacific partnership free trade pact as they seek further economic and regional integration in the Indo-Pacific.
Trade and investment treaties aggravate the climate crisis
19-Sep-2019     Press Enza
The campaign ‘No to trade and investment treaties’ has called on citizens to join the mobilizations planned for next September 27 in the different cities of Spain.
Austria rejects EU-Mercosur trade deal over Amazon fires
19-Sep-2019     Bloomberg
In a decision that’s binding for the government, almost all parties on the parliament’s EU subcommittee voted against the deal with the Mercosur free-trade zone.
Why race against clock on trade pact ‘shrouded with secrecy’, asks NGO group
18-Sep-2019     Free Malaysia Today
A coalition of 61 NGOs has asked the government the reason for racing against the clock in concluding the world’s largest trade pact — the RCEP — with details “shrouded in secrecy”.
US, India keen to wrap up trade deal
18-Sep-2019     The Hindu
Both countries are frantically working on ways to resolve long-disputed trade issues, especially relating to medical devices, agriculture, and e-commerce.
RCEP countries aim to strike a balance on e-commerce ahead of trade deal conclusion
18-Sep-2019     The Jakarta Post
The different levels of digital trade development and readiness among the 16 countries currently negotiating the RCEP have placed e-commerce in a list of top major issues to be finalized in the coming months.
RCEP: Asia races against clock to save trade deal of the decade
18-Sep-2019     Nikkei Asian Review
While there are clearly roadblocks to an agreement, there are also tailwinds -- tailwinds that might never be stronger than they are right now.
Cambodia, EAEU to negotiate FTA
18-Sep-2019     Khmer Times
Cambodian officials will next month embark on a visit to Russia to discuss a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union, a bloc of countries in central and northern Asia and Eastern Europe with a combined GDP of $5 trillion.
Here is why the steel industry dreads RCEP
18-Sep-2019     Money Control
Steel companies, already reeling under a demand slump, will be against another stumbling block in the form of the proposed RCEP trade agreement.
PTI govt set to launch 13 mega agri-projects
18-Sep-2019     The Express Tribune
The government is set to launch 13 mega projects across the country in an effort to give a fresh boost to the agriculture sector with assistance from China.