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China calls more African countries to join BRI
3-Jun-2019     The Reporter
China is planning to capitalize on AfCFTA to connect African and Chinese markets to promote the free movement of goods, persons, capital and technologies.
Canada’s updated trade agreement with Israel violates international law
3-Jun-2019     The Conversation
The agreement allows goods and services produced in the Israeli settlements to enter Canada on the same tariff-free terms as goods and services originating in Israel.
Tobacco as an ‘offensive interest’ in trade talks? The role of rules of origin
3-Jun-2019     EPHA
Beyond ISDS, another potential trade policy issue lurks in the background and which has not yet captured the attention of the health policy community: rules of origin in trade agreements.
Tobacco and trade: an unhealthy and harmful marriage
3-Jun-2019     EPHA
The tobacco industry has a long history of using international trade deals to force their products into new markets.
Trump may ‘end up torpedoing’ the new NAFTA after threatening Mexico with a costly tariff
1-Jun-2019     CNBC
President Trump says an additional tariff on Mexican goods would address a “border crisis” that resulted in America being “invaded by hundreds of thousands of people.”
AMLO sends USMCA trade deal to Mexican Senate for ratification
1-Jun-2019     Bloomberg
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent the renegotiated Nafta deal for Senate approval, saying he’s optimistic the US Congress will also give it the green light.
Turkish investors see boon in pan-African trade pact
1-Jun-2019     AA
African Continental Free Trade Area expected to pave way for Turkish businesses in to grow on continent
Argentina to pay US$320m in damages over Aerolíneas nationalisation: court
1-Jun-2019     Buenos Aires Times
The Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration nationalised the airline in 2008, paying a symbolic one peso (30 US cents).
AfCFTA implementation may drag despite becoming operational
1-Jun-2019     TheGuardian.ng
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) became a binding international legal instrument, even though critical parts of the agreement are yet to be completed.
Trans-local mining activism connects Nevada and Guatemala in growing movement of resource nationalism
29-May-2019     Nevada Capital News
In December of 2018, KCA filed a $300 million-dollar arbitration claim against the government of Guatemala under CAFTA-DR.