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China FTA talks set to resume
28-Jun-2017     Dairy News
Tariff elimination on dairy into China is one issue New Zealand will be looking to progress in the Free Trade Agreement update with China.
Taiwan's premier reaffirms government’s commitment to joining TPP
28-Jun-2017     Taiwan News
Taiwan government is committed to seeking membership for the country in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and playing its part in bringing the trade agreement into force.
Brazil’s Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements (CFIA) and recent developments
28-Jun-2017     IISD
Brazil has never approved any BITs nor did it sign the ICSID Convention but it continued to receive significant amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), consolidating its position as one of the world’s top recipients of FDI
Guatemala off the hook in CAFTA labor case
28-Jun-2017     Politico
The U.S., for the most part, lost its first challenge of another country’s adherence to the labor rules under a trade deal.
As NAFTA hearings open, more than 100,000 petitions delivered and 50,000 public comments filed demanding a new deal to benefit working people, not just corporations
27-Jun-2017     Public Citizen
Unprecedented public response to administration request for comment spotlights political stakes of NAFTA renegotiation.
NZ first in line for Latin and South American trade deal
27-Jun-2017     NZ Herald
New Zealand hopes to take another step towards being the first country to sign up to a trade deal with a group of Latin American and South American countries.
US Brazilian beef ban casts doubt on Mercusor trade agreement
27-Jun-2017     Farmers Weekly
A move by the US Department of Agriculture to ban imports of fresh Brazilian beef has added weight to calls to remove agriculture from a free trade agreement between the EU and countries in the Mercosur trading-bloc.
Azerbaijan: A reset with the EU?
27-Jun-2017     Eurasianet
Azerbaijan is pursuing a new agreement with the European Union focused on security, trade, and investment, and lacking the type of commitments on political reforms that scuttled the last agreement the two sides tried to reach.
Japan welcomes Taiwan and other countries to join TPP
27-Jun-2017     Focus Taiwan
Japan's chief cabinet secretary and the cabinet's spokesman, said that he welcomed various countries and areas, including Taiwan, to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Political declaration of the encounter of social organizations of Canada, United States and Mexico
26-Jun-2017     RQIC
The participants in the Encounter of Social Organizations of Canada, the United States and Mexico, facing the likely prospect of renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), condemn this model which has seriously affected national development in a manner contrary to the interests of our peoples, the environment, and our democratic system.