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Lessons for the Left from NAFTA Mark-II
9-Oct-2018     Daily Blog
The choice is not between the unilateralism of a populist autocrat, captive of the world’s most powerful corporations, on one hand, and the failed neoliberal model, polished in the TPPA on the other. A few clip-on statements on gender and small and medium enterprises is not a progressive alternative.
EU ready to offer UK ‘super-charged’ free-trade deal
8-Oct-2018     Bloomberg
The European Union is set to offer the UK a free-trade deal deeper than any agreement that’s gone before.
US may push Japan, EU not to strike trade deals with China: Ross
8-Oct-2018     The Mainichi
The "poison pill" provision to deter trade deals with China in the new US trade agreement with Canada and Mexico may be replicated in future US trade pacts, such as those with Japan and the European Union.
Brazil keen to sign FTA with Bangladesh
8-Oct-2018     Dhaka Tribune
The signing of FTA will open a new avenue for Bangladeshi goods in the Latin American country.
US farm chief wants ‘TPP-plus trade deal’
8-Oct-2018     Japan News
US Agriculture Secretary indicated his desire to demand Japan open its markets more than the extent agreed under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
Vietnam to approve TPP-11 by November, prime minister says
8-Oct-2018     Nikkei Asian Review
Hanoi's ratification would be fourth of six needed for trade deal to take effect.
NAFTA by any other name is still NAFTA
8-Oct-2018     Idaho State Journal
Is USMCA “brand new”? Or is it simply Reagan/Bush/Clinton’s NAFTA with a heavy dose of President Obama’s TPP thrown in the mix, just a rose by another name?
Tanzania ends investment treaty with Netherlands
8-Oct-2018     The East African
Tanzania has terminated its Bilateral Investment Agreement with the Netherlands that East African and Dutch civil society had said was biased against the country.
Canada 'caved' on intellectual property provisions in USMCA trade deal, experts say
5-Oct-2018     Financial Post
Experts are fuming, saying USMCA will hamper Canada’s innovation economy and hike costs to the health care system over patented drugs.
Why Europeans may not want a US trade deal
5-Oct-2018     Washington Post
The opposition to TTIP suggests that a simple choice between “protectionism” and “free trade” fails to capture the nuances of the European debate on trade.