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Chilean Senate approves deepening of free trade agreement with China
29-Oct-2018     Santiago Times
The Chilean foreign minister explained that this protocol complements the Free Trade Agreement between both countries that entered into force on October 1, 2006.
PM: Vietnam backs negotiations on future Vietnam-UK FTA
29-Oct-2018     Nhan Dan
The two sides should continue technical discussions to define the framework and issues need to be negotiated, thereby creating favourable conditions for the later negotiation process, Vietnamese Prime Minister said.
NZ first country to ratify PACER Plus trade deal
29-Oct-2018     Radio NZ
New Zealand has become the first country to ratify a Pacific free trade deal.
USTR to hold hearing in Dec. on trade talks with Japan
29-Oct-2018     The Mainichi
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer suggested President Donald Trump's administration will push Japan to address tariff and nontariff barriers in sectors such as automobiles, agriculture and services.
EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements (Aug 2018)
28-Oct-2018     European Commission
As published by the European Commission
As if the USMCA dairy concessions were not bad enough…
28-Oct-2018     NFU
It is deeply concerning, though not surprising, that the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has at least three chapters that formally entrench corporate influence on government decision-making.
How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them
28-Oct-2018     Globe and Mail
Unverified rumours circulated in early 2018 that Canada was willing to abandon NAFTA’s provisions entitling foreign investors to sue for damages under what is called investor-state dispute settlement, or ISDS.
Australia abandoned plans for Taiwanese free trade agreement after warning from China
27-Oct-2018     Sydney Morning Herald
Australia walked away from plans for a free trade agreement with Taiwan after China warned any deal would hurt relations between Beijing and Canberra.
How the lobbies used the threat of ISDS to neuter the Hulot Act
27-Oct-2018     Le Monde
The documents highlight for the first time the pressure placed on the French parliament by a foreign company’s threat to use the ISDS mechanism.
"Deal" or "Secret Deal" – the EU-UK trade deal looks even more secretive than TTIP
27-Oct-2018     Open Democracy
While the media focus on the withdrawal deal, City lobbyists are working to set the agenda of the future EU-UK trade deal, whilst the public is kept in the dark.