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Byzantine bilateralism
7-Apr-2017     World Policy Blog
Bilateral commercial negotiations can enable strong countries to dominate weaker ones.
As India remains hard-nosed on its demands, foreign and trade policy gap widens
7-Apr-2017     Financial Express
The Indian resistance to RCEP can be traced to the disappointment with outcomes of earlier FTAs with RCEP members.
Pacer-Plus has lessons for RCEP
7-Apr-2017     Bloomberg Quint
For the RCEP, Pacer-Plus offers a case in point on how motivations can affect negotiations, with the deal frequently sidetracked by tit-for-tat spats
Pacer-plus deal does not benefit Pacific Islands
7-Apr-2017     AFTINET
The deal could be signed as early as April and without the two biggest Pacific Island economies, PNG and Fiji.
Australia and EU agree on free trade deal 'scope and ambition'
6-Apr-2017     SMH
EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom and Australia's Trade Minister Steven Ciobo formally agreed on the scope and ambition of a future FTA.
Turkish investors wary of impending FTA with Pakistan
6-Apr-2017     The Express Tribune
It has been argued that Pakistan has signed six FTAs and Preferential Trade Agreements since 2006, but none of them have so far benefited the country.
EU-Japan FTA - draft small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) chapter (EU proposal, March 2017)
6-Apr-2017     European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Japan FTA - draft good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation chapter (March 2017)
6-Apr-2017     European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Gilead Pharma corp withdraws investment arbitration after Ukraine agrees to settlement of dispute over monopoly rights to market anti-viral drug
5-Apr-2017     IA Reporter
Ukraine has settled a dispute with American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc., following the company’s pursuit of legal remedies in both domestic courts and via investment arbitration.
On NAFTA, Trump's caution falls short of his tough talk — and that's fine with free traders
5-Apr-2017     Dallas News
Trump called NAFTA a disaster and vowed to scrap it and start over. But in nine weeks as president, he's taken a much more cautious approach toward the deal with Mexico and Canada.