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EU-ACP post-Cotonou agreement: EU negotiating directives (June 2018)
20-Jun-2018     European Council
As released by the European Council
NGO's send letter to Minister Kaag to call for termination of BIT with Burkina Faso
20-Jun-2018     Both Ends
Both ENDS sent a letter, signed by various civil society organisations, to the Dutch Minister of Aid & Trade to urge her to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) that exists between the Netherlands and Burkina Faso.
It's time to stop giving more rights to global corporations
20-Jun-2018     Sydney Morning Herald
Despite this growing rejection of ISDS, the Australian government claims that ambiguous general “safeguards” in the TPP-11 will protect public interest laws.
The myth behind health and trade agreements – Q&A with Othoman Mellouk
20-Jun-2018     IP Watch
Dr Othoman Mellouk is a Moroccan treatment advocate who has been working on intellectual property and access to medicines for more than a decade.
Argentina’s Macri wants Mercosur to pursue global trade deals
20-Jun-2018     Latin America Herald Tribune
Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Uruguayan counterpart Tabare Vazquez agreed that the Mercosur bloc should pursue trade accords with Asian countries and Canada.
China Belt and Road scheme brings warnings from scientists and environmentalists
20-Jun-2018     Radio Free Asia
Scientists and environmentalists are warning that China’s vast “Silk Road” global infrastructure initiative could cause permanent environmental damage unless it’s carefully handled.
Tough talk over medicine and cheese as Australia and Europe seek a $37b trade deal
19-Jun-2018     Sydney Morning Herald
Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has promised to take a hard line with Europe on the question of cheap medicines and his counterpart Cecilia Malmström foresees “difficult” negotiations over Australian producers using European names such as "parmesan".
Sushma Swaraj discusses steps to revitalise bilateral ties with Italy
19-Jun-2018     DNA
India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held bilateral talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to discuss forging bilateral cooperation across sectors and steps to revitalise the bilateral relationship.
Vietnam, Israel hold fifth round of negotiations on FTA
19-Jun-2018     Vietnam Plus
During the fifth round of negotiations between the two nations in Jerusalem, trade in goods, rules of origin, customs, technical barriers to trade, services, investment and other legal and institutional issues were tabled.
American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore urges US to rejoin Trans-Pacific trade pact
19-Jun-2018     The Business Times
The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore) has called on the US to join the trade pact which replaced the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), from which the US withdrew in January 2017.