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Pressure mounts on EU to curb Brazilian deforestation, human rights abuses
10-May-2019     Mongabay
A new report by more than 20 NGOs is calling on the EU to include provisions in trade agreements now under negotiation, such as the EU/MERCOSOR agreement, that would fully protect forests and indigenous rights.
How US-China talks differ from any other trade deal
10-May-2019     Reuters
The Trump administration imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods to try to force changes in China’s trade, subsidy and intellectual property practices.
FTA between China's Hong Kong, 3 ASEAN nations to take effect in June
9-May-2019     Xinhua Net
As part of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Hong Kong andASEAN, tariff reduction and services market access between Hong Kong and three ASEAN members will come into force in June
India’s FTAs have hurt its domestic petrochem sector, says FICCI report
9-May-2019     The Hindu Business Line
Most of the free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by India have not benefited the domestic chemicals and petrochemicals industry.
Canadian pork exports to Japan catching up to the United States under CPTPP
9-May-2019     Financial Post
Economists had warned that the preferential tariff treatment the bloc enjoyed would threaten the market share of American producers
FTAs will shield PHL from trade war
9-May-2019     Business Mirror
The Philippines is keen on forging more bilateral free- trade agreements (FTAs) with several countries amid the intensifying trade tensions between the United States and China.
Why the new US-EU trade talks may be doomed before they even start
9-May-2019     Fortune
That’s in part because of a long-running catch 22: the US won’t contemplate a deal that doesn’t include agricultural goods, and the EU, keen to protect its own farmers and maintain food standards, refuses to allow a deal that does include them.
EU, Mercosur to close deal defying global trade war, Brazil says
9-May-2019     Bloomberg
Accord in principle may be reached as soon as next week. France is no longer a stumbling block to Brazilian demands on farm goods, says Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary.
American companies are spending millions in an effort to get the new NAFTA ratified
9-May-2019     Finance Post
The trilateral trade agreement is currently lacking the requisite amount of support from Democrats for it to be put to a vote in the US Congress.
Pak-Brazil Free Trade Agreement to open hub for bilateral trade: Claudio Lins
8-May-2019     Urdu Point
Brazilian Ambassador to Pakistan said Pakistan and Brazil were working on free trade agreement which would turn the region into a hub for the Brazilian traders and investors.