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Singapore eyes year-end to conclude world’s biggest free-trade deal
2-Aug-2018     AFP
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Southeast Asian countries were "redoubling their efforts to conclude the RCEP … by the end of the year".
Swiss foreign investor claims it suffered US$264 million in damages caused by South Korean government
2-Aug-2018     Hankyoreh
This is the fourth ISDS dispute this year in which the South Korean government is embroiled.
Concerns over Việt Nam-EU FTA signing
2-Aug-2018     VNS
Việt Nam still needs to ratify - or commit to ratify - three conventions among eight core conventions of the International Labour Organisation required for the approval of the EVFTA by the EU
India’s model bilateral investment treaty: Are we too risk averse?
1-Aug-2018     Brookings Institution
India's Model BIT is "pro-state with limited rights to foreign investors" according to the US thinktank Brookings
Indian farm product tariffs curbing Australian exports, says Minister
1-Aug-2018     Network 18
Australia exported A$1.3 billion ($964 million) of agricultural goods to China in 2015/16, according to the latest figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
US and Japan to duel over auto tariffs and FTA at first trade talks
1-Aug-2018     Nikkei Asian Review
Toyota supplier Denso expects $700m hit if levies are implemented.
Eritrea, Nigeria, G-Bissau yet to commit to Africa free trade deal
1-Aug-2018     Africa News
According to the African Union Commission chairperson, Nigeria, Eritrea and Guinea Bissau have made no commitment to the AU’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) signed in Kigali in March 2018.
Mexico's historic election: A labor perspective
1-Aug-2018     TJA
The recent election in Mexico is a referendum on the global reaction to the neoliberal assaults accompanying trade deals like NAFTA and TPP. Listen to this webinar with Manuel Perez-Rocha and Héctor de la Cueva
Civil coalition raises concerns over Indonesia-EU CEPA talks
1-Aug-2018     Jakarta Post
Indonesian civil society coalition has voiced concerns over the ongoing talks in the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA), which entered its fifth round.
The criminalization of migrant children, the violation of rights as a migratory control strategy
1-Aug-2018