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Trump says EU officials want to negotiate trade deal in Washington visit
19-Jul-2018     Reuters
US President Donald Trump said that European leaders were coming to Washington next week to try to hammer out a deal focused largely on car tariffs.
Educators in the EU and Japan demand education be left out of trade agreement
19-Jul-2018     Education International
The agreement poses direct threats to the provision of high-quality public services, such as education, in particular through restricting governments’ capacity to regulate in the public interest, encouraging further liberalisation of services and expanding the rights of multinational corporations.
RCEP events in Bangkok, 20-24 July 2018
18-Jul-2018    
‘Huge growth opportunities for agri-food exports’: How the EU-Japan trade deal will benefit EU food
18-Jul-2018     Food Navigator
The European Union and Japan signed a landmark agreement that is expected to boost trade in agri-food products.
US trade deals mean justice for some, not justice for all
18-Jul-2018     AFL-CIO
Those with the means to become international wheeler-dealers can access ISDS. The rest of us have to rely on public courts—the same ones that investors say are “inadequate” to handle their needs. That’s not fair, and that’s not right.
China boosts Belt and Road cooperation with Arab countries
18-Jul-2018     The Asset
China seeks deeper synergy between its Belt Road initiative and Saudi's 2030 vision.
RCEP events in Bangkok, 20-24 July 2018
17-Jul-2018    
Spotlight on negotiations of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in Bangkok
17-Jul-2018    
Civil society organisations from the RCEP negotiating countries will hold a press briefing at the FCCT on 20th July, Friday, 1.00 - 2.00 P.M. to highlight concerns regarding RCEP negotiations on human rights, intellectual property and investment rules.
Briefer: Mega-FTAs and its implications on Asian Workers
17-Jul-2018     APRN
Cross-regional mega-FTAs are now being preferred over bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements as imperialist powers compete for cheap labor, sources of raw materials, and markets.
Japan, EU sign free trade pact amid worries about Trump
17-Jul-2018     Reuters
The deal removes EU tariffs of 10 percent on Japanese cars and 3 percent on most car parts. It would also scrap Japanese duties of some 30 percent or more on EU cheese and 15 percent on wines, and secure access to large public tenders in Japan.