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Uruguay calls on Mercosur to renew trade talks with China
19-Jun-2018     Xinhua
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez called on member countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to renew trade talks with China.
Red meat quotas a likely sticking point when NZ-EU FTA talks get underway
19-Jun-2018     Stuff
Agricultural exports into Europe look set to be a hurdle facing New Zealand diplomats when negotiations for free trade agreements with the European Union and Great Britain get started.
Humanitarian crisis scenarios, Central American migrants in Mexico
19-Jun-2018     Alainet
The current dimension of international migration is related to the global dynamics of neoliberal capitalism and its effects.
EU-Morocco fishing agreement's renegotiation: Polisario Front brings action for annulment
18-Jun-2018     Sahara Press Service
The Polisario Front brought an action for annulment of the Council of the European Union's decision, which allows the European Commission to open negotiations with Rabat to extend EU-Morocco fishing agreement to Western Sahara.
AfCFTA: Stakeholders seek safeguards against imports, dumping surge
18-Jun-2018     Punch
Stakeholders in the Organised Private Sector have called for safeguards against a sudden surge in imports that may follow Nigeria’s eventual signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
Colombia has made request to join Pacific trade pact: Mexico
18-Jun-2018     Reuters
Colombia has formally requested permission to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said.
Australia opens free trade talks with EU as Trump tariffs rock global commerce
18-Jun-2018     Australian Financial Review
Australia and the European Union will strike a blow for free trade, formally opening negotiations on a pact in Canberra.
Singapore deepens ties with Kenya, Rwanda
18-Jun-2018     The Straits Times
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam meets their govt leaders, discusses ways to boost cooperation in various areas.
After India, Malaysia apprehensive about China’s One Belt One Road Initiative
18-Jun-2018     The EurAsian Times
The newly formed government in Malaysia is apprehensive of China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR). The Mahathir Mohamad government is not very keen to participate in China’s One Belt One Road Project.
Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA challenged in Supreme Court
18-Jun-2018     Daily Mirror
President’s Counsel Sanjeeva Jayawardane impugned before the Supreme Court that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Sri Lanka has entered into with Singapore is inimical to the interests of Sri Lanka.