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Kenya eyes bigger pie of US trade plan Agoa to increase exports
12-Jul-2018     The East African
Kenya's trade officials have said they will be taking steps to expand exports and raise the country's share of new investments during the second edition of Trade Week at the end of this month.
Turkish government taken to international tribunal
12-Jul-2018     The Guardian
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime accused of illegally seizing company assets and breaching investment treaties involving Britain and other EU states.
Mexico's landslide election: A labor perspective
12-Jul-2018     The Action Network
Trade justice alliance webinar on Sunday 15 July
EU Parliament questions US compliance with data privacy shield, calls for suspension
12-Jul-2018     ICTSD
The European Parliament adopted a resolution to suspend the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, saying the US’ compliance efforts to date “fail to provide enough data protection for EU citizens.”
Nigeria's President Buhari says will soon sign up to African free-trade agreement
12-Jul-2018     Reuters
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said the country will sign up soon to a $3 trillion African free-trade agreement.
The separation of migrant families: cruelty as a migration policy
12-Jul-2018     Alainet
In an accentuated anti-immigrant context of clear criminalization of Central Americans and Mexicans without migratory documents in their attempt to enter the US, measures on the separation of thousands of families (most of them from Central America) are the new face of the racist nationalism of the American government and its current president.
RCEP: India must uphold peoples’ rights and welfare
11-Jul-2018     APRN
Joining the RCEP would definitely have economic, social and environmental costs for India. Threats to the livelihoods of millions of farmers and workers due to cheaper imports are real and present danger.
Should Canada scrap its supply management system? No
11-Jul-2018     Toronto Star
In the current talks to renegotiate NAFTA, the US is demanding a significant increase in access to Canadian agricultural markets and the phasing out of tariffs. Effectively, this would mean the end of supply management.
Could EU-Indonesia free trade deal end palm oil conundrum?
11-Jul-2018     Euractiv
As a new round of free trade negotiations between the European Union and Indonesia begins in Brussels, improving forest governance should be central to any agreement.
Lana Payne: Trading away the potential for stronger labour rights
11-Jul-2018     The Telegram
With all the talk of demanding labour rights under NAFTA that are progressive and enforceable, it begs the question: what happened to demanding those rights when negotiating the new Trans-Pacific trade deal?