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Japan: G20 Leaders' Summit to focus on free trade
25-Jun-2019     AA
Under Japan, G20 focuses on fixing current account imbalances with multilateral policy coordination not bilateral trade deals.
Thai CSOs' proposition against IP enforcement in the RCEP negotiation
25-Jun-2019     FTA Watch
FTA Watch would like to urge the Thai negotiation team for the RCEP to have a strong position to reject proposals on Intellectual Property Enforcement chapter.
A Bad Free Trade Agreement Is Worse than Nothing
25-Jun-2019     IPS
With growing economic conflicts triggered by US President Donald Trump’s novel neo-mercantilist approach to overcoming his nation’s economic malaises, many voices now argue that bad free trade agreements are better than nothing.
EU-Vietnam trade deal a bad day for workers' rights
25-Jun-2019     EU Observer
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.
Namibia and SACU review FTA
25-Jun-2019     NBC (Namibia)
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has called on trade experts to find innovative ways to contribute to the success of the review process of the Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement.
Building confidence, BIT by BIT
25-Jun-2019     The Hindu
Indian bilateral investment treaties need to strike a balance between foreign investor interests and those of the state
ASEAN to send envoys to break RCEP deadlocks
24-Jun-2019     Jakarta Post
ASEAN economic ministers have agreed to have representatives from Indonesia and Thailand, as well as ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi, engage with Indian officials over deadlocks in the negotiations of the bloc’s most strategic trade agreement.
Belarus, UK in talks over free trade agreement
24-Jun-2019     BelTA
Belarus and the United Kingdom are discussing a possibility to sign a free trade agreement, Minister of State for Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom George Hollingbery told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.
Will India Join the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership?
24-Jun-2019     Business Standard
Thailand, the current chair of ASEAN, has urged participating countries to rapidly conclude negotiations on an agreement to the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership (RCEP).
US is targeting sub-Saharan Africa for first free-trade pact
24-Jun-2019     Gulf Times
The US plans to pursue its first free trade agreement with a country in sub-Saharan Africa as soon as it decides on the most suitable candidate, according to the US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa.