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Tonga's PSA keen to delay signing Pacer Plus deal
13-Jun-2017     Radio NZ
The Tonga Public Service Association has called for a delay in the signing of the PACER Plus trade and development deal until the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit in September.
PACER-Plus: Disappointment and lost opportunity
12-Jun-2017     Matangi Tonga
The PACER-Plus model of development is based on an increasingly questionable form of economics which naively imagines that national economies will adapt automatically to enhanced price signals from liberalised international markets from which 'distortions' are removed.
Ten principles for trade
12-Jun-2017     Greenpeace
The current global trade and investment regime imposes high social and environmental costs on people and planet.
Swiss envoy urges PH to ratify free trade deal with EFTA
12-Jun-2017     Interaksyon
Swiss Ambassador Andrea Reichlin has urged the Philippines to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in order for the deal to become enforceable.
EU-Japan trade deal learns nothing from ‘TTIP mistakes’
12-Jun-2017     EurActiv
The European Commission is negotiating a free trade deal with Japan behind closed doors. Critics complain that Brussels has learned nothing from the controversy surrounding CETA and TTIP.
Sri Lanka, China conclude 6th round negotiations
12-Jun-2017     Sunday Times
Sri Lanka is closing in on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China after ending the sixth round of negotiations on trade in services with senior officials hopeful that the deal could be concluded soon.
Vanuatu sets PACER-Plus benchmark
12-Jun-2017     Fiji Times
The decision by Vanuatu not to sign PACER-Plus sets the benchmark for a how to progress on PACER-Plus ahead of the signing
Nigeria: Trade negotiation office to advise govt on how to resolve EPA challenge
10-Jun-2017     All Africa
"We have looked at the agreement and we believe that the agreements are situated in the 19th century and we are now in the 21st century," Nigerian govt claims
U.S., Mexico clear way for NAFTA with new deal on sugar trade
9-Jun-2017     Politico
The deal in principle could clear away at least one contentious issue between the two governments standing in the way of upcoming NAFTA talks.
Mongolia eyes free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union
9-Jun-2017     AKI
Mongolian Prime Minister J.Erdenebat has proposed to sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).