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Doctors to go on strike tomorrow against FTA with Singapore
16-May-2018     Colombo Gazette
Government doctors are to stage a token strike tomorrow against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and Singapore.
Trump threatens to use US trade talks to force NHS to pay more for drugs
16-May-2018     The Telegraph
Donald Trump is ready to use trade talks to force the National Health Service to pay more for its drugs as part of his scheme to "put American patients first”.
Sri Lanka FTAs: stupidity or treachery?
16-May-2018    
The President of Sri Lanka expressed that his government will safeguard the local industrialists. In several occasions, he has mentioned that the government does not want to go for trade agreements that are deleterious to the country's economy. However, in January this year, the president was seated in the high chair clapping when the bilateral trade agreement with Singapore is signed, which liberalized the country's service sector effectively for the first time.
Look to India for returns, not China's Belt-and-Road, Funds say
16-May-2018     Bloomberg
Some of Asia’s biggest infrastructure investors are seeing plenty of opportunities in India. In China’s mammoth Belt-and-Road initiative, however, not so much.
Vietnam, Pakistan to sign free trade agreement soon: envoy Pham Hong Kim
15-May-2018     Mettis Link News
Ambassador of Vietnam to Pakistan Pham Hong Kim says Vietnam and Pakistan were actively considering signing ‘Free Trade Agreement’ to boost bilateral trade between the two countries.
US, Japan to 'move rapidly' on trade deal - Hagerty
15-May-2018     Reuters
The United States and Japan will “move rapidly” to get a trade deal under a new framework aimed at intensifying bilateral trade consultations, US ambassador William Hagerty said, keeping pressure on Tokyo to open up protected markets like agriculture.
China to sign free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union on May 17
15-May-2018     China Briefing
Russia and China have already been in talks to link the EAEU with China’s Belt & Road Initiative in plans outlined by presidents Putin and Xi.
Talks on free trade zone between EAEU and Egypt to start in autumn of 2018 — Lavrov
15-May-2018     TASS
The start of negotiations between the EAEU and Egypt on the preparation of an agreement to establish a free trade zone is scheduled for autumn 2018.
Kenya rejects China-EAC trade pact
15-May-2018     Business Daily
Kenya will not sign a free trade agreement that China has been negotiating with the East African Community (EAC) partner States since 2016.
Japan to host RCEP ministerial meeting in Tokyo on July 1
15-May-2018     Nikkei
Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a regional trade deal will meet in Tokyo on July 1, 2018.