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Union movements: Potential UK-Norway trade deal must not be a race to the bottom
24-Nov-2020     Left Foot Forward
Trade unions in UK and Norway have set out clear principles for a future trade agreement.
South Korean government likely to reject Lone Star’s offer
24-Nov-2020     Business Korea
Lone Star Funds, which is in litigation against the South Korean government at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, suggested US$870 million as a concession.
SoKor to step up FTA talks with PH
24-Nov-2020     Malaya Business Insight
South Korea has expressed intention to step up the pace of the negotiations on the proposed Philippines-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the Department of Finance (DOF) said in a statement.
OPL245 scandal: Coalition urges World Bank group not to protect oil giants
23-Nov-2020     Premium Times
The groups said they are concerned about the ICSID’s long-standing failure to promulgate clear rules for addressing cases where corruption has been alleged.
China will 'actively consider' joining CPTPP free-trade pact, Xi says
23-Nov-2020     Nasdaq
China will "actively consider" signing up for a regional free- trade pact, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), President Xi Jinping said.
EU-New Zealand chart course toward green trade deals
23-Nov-2020     Politico
Talks with New Zealand look likely to set a template for a new way of doing business.
Canada, UK strike transitional post-Brexit trade deal
23-Nov-2020     CBC
Negotiations for a permanent, more ambitious agreement planned for next year.
Japan aims to expand CPTPP trade pact as UK, China eye membership
23-Nov-2020     Reuters
Japan aims to expand a major regional free trade pact called the CPTPP, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, potentially catering for China’s and Britain’s interest in joining the deal.
Taiwan, frozen out of RCEP, explores trade agreement options with US
23-Nov-2020     The Diplomat
Taiwan reiterated Sunday its desire to join the CPTPP, and negotiators are in Washington this week hammering out a potential free trade agreement with the United States.
RCEP trade deal: US should worry less about China’s role and more about being left out
23-Nov-2020     South China Morning Post
The challenge is not that the world’s biggest trade deal is China-led or heralds a Sinocentric order – both of which are misrepresentations anyway – but that the Asia-Pacific region has shown no need of US leadership or even involvement.