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Canada, Mexico tell US: Decide whether you want a NAFTA dispute settlement process
29-Jan-2018     CBC
Disputes over whether to opt out of investment section frustrating to Canada and Mexico.
Canada begins court fight to overturn NAFTA ruling on Digby quarry
29-Jan-2018     CBC
Ruling found that New Jersey company was wrongly prevented from opening quarry and terminal.
Maldives feels the weight of China's regional ambitions
29-Jan-2018     Nikkei Asian Review
Even before China and the Maldives last month signed the FTA in question, the paradisaic archipelago's increasing economic dependence on China was raising red flags.
Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA comes with govt’s ‘Look East’ policy: What does it mean?
29-Jan-2018     Daily Mirror
So what does the government mean by ‘Looking East?’ Is it simply a buzz-word thrown in for good measure, in the process of marketing the Singapore FTA to the public? Does it point to some confusion at a policy level? Or is it terminology advised by external forces guiding policy?
Talks on Asean gold import ban today
29-Jan-2018     The Economic Times
The ban was effected over complaints by bullion traders. Unscrupulous traders were misusing the FTA to import bullion in the guise of jewellery. The trade bodies are willing to promote trade and manufacturing through FTA or similar agreements, but not at the cost of local manufacturers and workers prospects.
From Tokyo with love for global trade
29-Jan-2018     The Hindu
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, is going ahead in the absence of the US is a testament to Japan’s role in shepherding the tough negotiations through some tumultuous times.
‘Trans-pacific pact could hurt India’
29-Jan-2018     The Hindu
The book titled “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: A framework for future trade rules?” has analyzed 5,544 pages of the TPP text says that if India joins TPP, norms may hit agriculture and manufacturing.
Asean pushes for liberalised trade pact with India
29-Jan-2018     The Daily Star
The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have mounted pressure on India for clinching a liberalised pact in goods and services also involving six other countries, including China, by this year.
UK 'front of the line' for free-trade deal, says US treasury secretary
26-Jan-2018     Sky
Steven Mnuchin said the US was "very supportive of the UK over the Brexit issue" and wanted to see a successful transition.
RCEP negotiations: Officials to meet in Jakarta in February
26-Jan-2018     The Hindu
The member countries would deliberate on finalising the maximum number of goods on which duties will either be eliminated or reduced drastically. Matters pertaining to services sector are also expected to figure in the meeting.