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Trump open to talks on US-Swiss free trade deal: Swiss president
17-May-2019     Reuters
US President Donald Trump is keen to advance talks with Switzerland on a free trade deal, Swiss President Ueli Maurer said after the first visit by a Swiss president to the Oval Office.
Trump mulls 6-month window for EU, Japan to curb auto sales
17-May-2019     Bloomberg
US position would add pressure on Japan during trade talks
UK signs trade continuity agreement with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
16-May-2019     Government of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has signed the UK-Andean countries trade agreement.
Ecuador and the Netherlands consolidate their commercial relationship
16-May-2019     Fresh Plaza
Ecuador and the Netherlands have signed a joint declaration to promote a new bilateral investment agreement that will replace the one that is currently in force and that expires in 2021.
Add ‘Trade for All’ to the list of government sell-outs
16-May-2019     Daily Blog
There are other governments, international institutions, and influencers who are genuinely rethinking the current rule-book and resisting moves to make it even worse.
USMCA (NAFTA 2.0): tightening the constraints on the right to regulate for public health
15-May-2019     Globalization and Health
Rather than enhancing public health protection the USMCA places new, extended, and enforceable obligations on public regulators that increase the power of corporate interests during the development of new regulations.
AU urges dispute settlement endeavors as AfCFTA edges closer to effect
15-May-2019     News Ghana
The African Union (AU) stressed the need to boost African countries’ capacity on both Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and state-to-state dispute, as the African Continental Free Trade Area edges closer to entry into force.
EU and Mercosur make progress on trade agreement, but…
15-May-2019     The Rio Times
Meat sector in France expressed concern in an open letter to the European Commission regarding the possibility of Brussels reaching a trade agreement with the four countries.
24 farmers injured as UT police use sticks, water cannons to break stir
15-May-2019     Times of India
Hundreds of farmers from Punjab, under the banner of the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh committee, were lathi-charged and faced water cannons by UT police.
Poland to hold high-level talks on Prairie Mining coal projects dispute -sources
14-May-2019     Reuters
Poland’s prime minister and other government officials will meet to discuss a threat by Australia’s Prairie Mining to sue Warsaw over difficulties it faced in developing coal projects