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Here's how we need to protect our NHS from any future US/UK trade deal
3-Sep-2019     Open Democracy
Boris Johnson is promising new legislation to 'help the NHS'. But the danger is it will just gift wrap it for US corporations. Campaigners are uniting to say #HandsOffOurNHS and to call on MPs to really protect it.
Quebec dairy farmers struggling with new open markets
3-Sep-2019     CTV
Quebec dairy farmers continue to struggle as international trade agreements have hit their bottom line hard.
Rajnath Singh to urge Seoul to stay away from CPEC
3-Sep-2019     The Economic Times
For defence minister Rajnath Singh, the immediate tasks at hand include blocking Korean funds from flowing into Pakistan.
S. Korea, Malaysia to hold 3rd round of FTA talks this week
3-Sep-2019     Korea Herald
South Korea will hold a third round of free trade talks with Malaysia this week with the aim of striking a trade deal before November, Seoul's trade ministry said Tuesday.
RCEP negotiations in 'final stages', should be completed by 2019 or early 2020: Chan Chun Sing
3-Sep-2019     The Strais Times
Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said that at this point, the RCEP has gone beyond an economic agreement and is a strategic signal to the world's economy on what countries in this part of the world believe in.
FTA with Britain is being pushed by ministry
2-Sep-2019     Korea Joongang Daily
The free trade agreement with Britain should be completed before the country’s scheduled exit from the European Union, said Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
EAEU-Iran trade deal to take effect on October 27: report
30-Aug-2019     Mehr
Officials from both parties exchanged messages about completing the necessary procedures to enforce an interim agreement leading to the formation of the free trade area.
EU warns Serbia to cancel free trade pact with Russia if it wants to join bloc
30-Aug-2019     Euronews
Brussels has warned Serbia it must dissolve a proposed new free-trade deal with Russia if it wants to join the European Union.
Trading away protection
29-Aug-2019     CEO
Emerging threats from the EU-US trade talks on confomity assessments and regulatory cooperation.
‘Phase 1B’ of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiations
29-Aug-2019     South Centre
This policy brief focuses on the expected economic impacts of tariff liberalization under the AfCFTA.