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When climate leaders protect dirty investments
9-Nov-2017     Project Syndicate
Much of the problem can be traced to bilateral investment treaties and investment rules embedded within broader trade pacts.
Time for costly medicine monopolies to go from TPP trade talks
9-Nov-2017     The Conversation
The latest plan to get the controversial trade deal up and running involves freezing some of its controversial rules, including rules for biologic drugs, an expensive class of medicines often used to treat conditions such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Suspending parts of TPP may save pact without renegotiation: Malaysia
8-Nov-2017     Japan Times
A blockbuster Pacific trade pact thrown into doubt by Donald Trump could be salvaged by suspending parts of the deal in order to get the 11 remaining nations to sign on.
Australia-Indonesia free trade talks enter tough final stage
8-Nov-2017     Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expected to meet Indonesian President Joko Widodo in coming days as the two countries hammer out the final details of the free trade deal.
Quick signoff on TPP trade deal far from sure at Asia-Pacific meeting
8-Nov-2017     Reuters
Continuing disagreements over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal mean 11 remaining members may not be ready to give it a wholehearted go-ahead at a summit this week, officials said.
Peru, Australia to sign declaration of intent on bilateral FTA
8-Nov-2017     Andina
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will sign a declaration of intent so that both economies embark on a free trade agreement.
AEC 2025: Will the ASEAN Economic Community finally be realised?
8-Nov-2017     AEC News
The grouping fell short of its target of realising the Asean Economic Community (AEC) by the end of 2015, deferring 105 of its 506 measures.
Japan rejects idea of US free-trade deal to fix imbalance
8-Nov-2017     Nikkei
Finance minister Taro Aso seems receptive to buying more US military hardware.
Spotlight: FTAAP, post-2020 vision to top APEC summit agenda
8-Nov-2017     Xinhua
Experts believed an envisaged Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific, which includes all 21 APEC economies, is an effective way to reduce the "spaghetti bowl effect" of overlapping regional trade agreements and fragmentation risk in the Asia-Pacific.
S. Korea, US to speed up FTA renegotiations
8-Nov-2017     Yonhap
South Korea and the United States are expected to speed up the process to amend their free trade pact as US President Donald Trump called for fair deal that can correct the imbalance in the movement of goods between the two countries.