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India-EU Summit may take a fresh look at long-pending FTA
15-Jul-2020     The Hindu Business Line
India and the EU may take a fresh look at the long-pending bilateral Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) and see if a meeting ground could be reached and the talks taken forward when leaders meet at the India-EU Summit.
Creating a feminist alliance for trade justice
14-Jul-2020     Open Global Rights
Trade liberalisation is incompatible with women’s human rights and gender equality when corporations exploit women’s cheap labour as a source of comparative advantage.
Green NGOs demand EU dumps controversial energy treaty
14-Jul-2020     EU Observer
Green groups have renewed their demand for the EU and member states to jointly withdraw from the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
India attacks EU's unfair trade deals which are killing major industry
14-Jul-2020     Express
India has blasted the EU and Vietnam for ratifying a free trade agreement that would be "another blow" to Indian businesses.
Lawyers file suit at EAC court to block Kenya- US trade deal
13-Jul-2020     The Standard
Kenya’s free trade deal with the US has been challenged before the East Africa Court of Justice days after the two countries opened negotiations on duty-free imports.
UK aims to strike trade deal with Japan by end of July
13-Jul-2020     Japan Today
The British government is aiming to reach a trade deal with Japan "around the end of this month," according to London's chief negotiator with Tokyo.
EU ombudsman opened an inquiry into the EU/Mercosur sustainability impact assessment
13-Jul-2020     MercoPress
European Ombudsman has opened an inquiry into why the European Commission did not finalize an updated Sustainability Impact Assessment before the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU trade agreement in June 2019.
Will the new NAFTA make the pandemic worse for Mexicans?
13-Jul-2020     Foreign Policy in Focus
For Mexican workers, farmers, and the poor, the pandemic and the new treaty replacing NAFTA are a devastating one-two punch.
Australia keen on penning RCEP trade pact this year despite disputes with China
13-Jul-2020     South China Morning Post
Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement despite rising political tensions with China.
Cambodia to sign FTA with China to boost agro exports, potentially offset EBA losses
13-Jul-2020     VOA Cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to be in Beijing on August 12 to sign a free trade agreement with his Chinese counterpart.