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Argentina's Macri flags free trade deal talks with United States, China
5-Jul-2019     Reuters
Argentina is talking with Brazil about free trade deals with the United States and China, Macri said, also underlining progress on trade deals with Canada, South Korea and Europe.
EU-Mercosur FTA: The agreement in principle (Jul 2019)
4-Jul-2019     European Commission
Ukraine, Canada to work on expansion of FTA agreement to services, investments
3-Jul-2019     Kyiv Post
Ukraine and Canada will work on deepening economic cooperation and expansion of the bilateral free trade agreement to the sphere of services and investments, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Canada is refusing to roll over its EU trade agreement for the UK if there's a no-deal Brexit
3-Jul-2019     Buzzfeed
UK officials are "furious" at Canada's decision, but it reflects the confusion around trade policy after the failure of Theresa May's Brexit strategy.
Nigeria will sign Africa free trade agreement -presidency
3-Jul-2019     Reuters
Nigeria will sign an Africa free trade agreement at the coming African union summit, according to a statement posted on the Nigeria presidency’s Twitter feed.
S. Korea to hold 2nd round of talks on revising FTA with Chile
3-Jul-2019     Korea Herald
South Korea will hold the second round of negotiations with Chile on revising their bilateral free trade agreement that went into effect in 2004.
Pakistan, Iran to discuss trade proposals today
3-Jul-2019     Business Recorder
A high level Iranian delegation is reaching Islamabad on a two day visit to attend Pak-Iran Joint Trade Committee and discuss three proposals for trade with Iran.
Ensure RCEP meets unions’ five key demands
3-Jul-2019     Malaysia Kini
Asia Pacific trade unions jointly urge participating governments to ensure the RCEP meets unions’ five key demands.
Old wine in new bottles: Keep TRIPS-plus provisions out of the RCEP FTA!
3-Jul-2019     Make Medicines Affordable
Intellectual property barriers, which would hinder access to affordable medicines, have supposedly been removed from the draft RCEP free-trade agreement (FTA).
Morocco moves closer to ‘privileged’ partnership with EU
2-Jul-2019     Euractiv
The ‘Euro-Moroccan Partnership for Shared Prosperity was announced at the end of the 14th meeting of the Morocco-EU Association Council last Thursday (27 June) and will include the relaunch of talks on a free trade agreement.