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The right course for a better US-Japan alliance
9-Apr-2019     Nikkei Asian Review
Tokyo has argued for a more limited "trade agreement on goods," while the Trump administration says it ultimately wants a comprehensive free trade agreement.
Japan, China, S.Korea FTA talks under way
9-Apr-2019     NHK
High on the agenda are rules for protecting intellectual-property rights.
Second phase of Sino-Pakistan FTA to be signed in next month
9-Apr-2019     Urdupoint
The second phase of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China is likely to be signed in next month.
As the world meets to discuss ISDS, many fear meaningless reforms
8-Apr-2019     TNI
ISDS lawyers appear to hold administrative positions within the working group and are represented in large numbers in the advisory bodies that have been established for the working group.
Sharpening clash as UN body reviews investor rights to sue governments (ISDS)
8-Apr-2019     AFTINET
Advocates of ISDS (industrialised countries and lawyers from the ‘arbitration industry’) dominate the running of the Working Group and its advisory bodies. Civil society is underrepresented.
Will Africa's historic free trade agreement succeed?
8-Apr-2019     Al Jazeera
The African Union agreed last year to create a free trade zone on the continent but Africa's largest economy, Nigeria, isn't on board with the agreement.
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8-Apr-2019    
RCEP trade pact likely to be concluded in November: ASEAN chief Lim Jock Hoi
8-Apr-2019     The Japan Times
An Asiawide free trade deal involving 16 countries will likely be concluded in November at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be held in Thailand.
EU requests Korea-EU FTA modernization
8-Apr-2019     Business Korea
The European Union has made a request for modernization of its FTA with South Korea, which differs from renegotiation because refers to a change in the structure of an FTA itself.
The risk of e-commerce provisions in the RCEP
8-Apr-2019     The Diplomat
ASEAN members will need to resist the new normative regime proposal if they are to maintain their regulatory sovereignty and the policy space to capitalize on the 21st century digital revolution.