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Mexico, Canada stress common front in NAFTA talks
26-Jul-2018     AP
Mexican and Canadian officials said that talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement will remain a three-way negotiation, despite suggestions by US President that he might pursue separate trade deals with both countries.
RCEP: People's movements resist free trade agreement
26-Jul-2018     Peoples Dispatch
Organizations across the Asia Pacific region have come together to oppose the secrecy surrounding the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
African free trade agreement splits private sector groups
26-Jul-2018     Vanguard
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria urges the government not to bow to pressure into signing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement without addressing the concerns raised by stakeholders.
Trump relents on EU car tariffs, as US-China fight derails Qualcomm deal
26-Jul-2018     Reuters
US-EU talks would seek to eliminate trade barriers for non-automotive industrial goods, and transatlantic trade in services, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and medical products. Europe agreed to increase purchases of US liquefied natural gas and soybeans.
Public hearings on CPTPP to run nationwide from August
25-Jul-2018     Bangkok Post
Public hearings will be held in all regions throughout Thailand to gather feedback from all stakeholders on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Oral Statement: Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) for the 23rd round RCEP negotiation, Bangkok, Thailand, July 23rd, 2018
25-Jul-2018     IGJ
Redlines for investment provision in RCEP negotiation
Africa free trade not for Nigeria now
25-Jul-2018     Punch
Because Nigeria does not quite have the infrastructure and capacity to efficiently manufacture most of its consumer needs, AfCFTA may stunt Nigeria’s quest to migrate from perpetually exporting primary goods and importing manufactured products, for which labour suffers the most assault.
Small–scale farmers of Africa and Denmark reject free trade agreements
25-Jul-2018     La Via Campesina
Free trade agreements on farm products benefits primarily transnational corporations and furthers the industrialisation of agriculture. All at the expense of local food production.
RCEP negotiation must stop, demands Assembly of the Poor, Thailand
25-Jul-2018     La Via Campesina
Free trade negotiation never benefits the poor. But it gives opportunities for the capitalist transnational corporations to control and dictate the food and agriculture systems absolutely.
EU fisheries deal with Morocco sparks criticism over inclusion of Western Sahara waters
25-Jul-2018     Forbes
A fresh legal row may be brewing over the EU’s trade links with Morocco, after the two sides finalised a controversial new fisheries agreement, following almost three months of negotiations.