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Big oil and gas companies are winners in Trump's new trade deal
4-Oct-2018     Washington Post
The oil business persuaded the White House to keep a number of features of the old NAFTA, including provisions that help protect US oil companies' investments abroad and allow for tax-free transport of raw and refined products across borders.
How the USMCA falls short on digital trade, data protection and privacy
4-Oct-2018     Washington Post
The digital trade chapter restricts data localization policies and bans restrictions on data transfers across borders.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to negotiate FTA
4-Oct-2018     Express Tribune
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia agreed to negotiate a free trade agreement for trade liberalisation and increasing the volume between the two countries.
Petition against Singapore FTA postponed to next year
4-Oct-2018     Adaderana
The petition filed seeking a court order pronouncing that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement is against the Constitution, will be taken up for consideration on January 09, the Supreme Court has decided.
Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deal with Canada, Mexico
3-Oct-2018     Reuters
China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries.
'New NAFTA' falls flat for farmers, food advocates
3-Oct-2018     IATP
The reworked agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada neglects the demands of farm groups.
Converting resistance to TPPA into a new agenda for change
3-Oct-2018     Daily Blog
Our aim is to move beyond campaigns to stop these deals one by one, and create popular and political momentum for a genuinely alternative agenda.
'This is life or death for us': Mexico's farm movement rejects new NAFTA agreement
3-Oct-2018     Common Dreams
Leaders of Mexico’s farm movement strongly condemned the new NAFTA, calling on the new president they supported in recent elections to get involved and slow the race to the new agreement.
NZ, Australia face pressure to exit RCEP negotiations
3-Oct-2018     Scoop
There are some suggestion that New Zealand, and perhaps Australia, would be politely invited to exit the RCEP negotiations in the interests of concluding them.
US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement provisions on injunctions and damages
2-Oct-2018     Knowledge Ecology International
The damages provisions in the new trade agreement are dangerous, and create a norm that is in conflict with national laws.