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Ratifying CETA after 'Achmea scandal' is anti-European
6-May-2018     EU Observer
Keeping the European project alive requires EU members to abide by the principle of loyalty to European institutions.
EU open to 'limited' US trade deal: Top official
6-May-2018     Indian Express
Malmstrom spoke just days after Washington granted Europe and other allies a one-month delay from imposing controversial tariffs on steel and aluminium, averting a trade war for now.
Swiss farmers dig in against South American trade deal
4-May-2018     Swiss Info
The Swiss Farmers’ Union, on the other hand, has made its position very clear: it is against a free-trade deal.
ASEAN leaders call for boosting connectivity, resolving RCEP trade talks "expeditiously"
4-May-2018     International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Leaders of the ASEAN gathered in Singapore on Saturday 28 April to review the bloc’s goals going forward, with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong calling for greater regional collaboration and integration as a way to bolster against external pressures, including trade tensions among major economies such as the US and China.
RCEP trade round: Singapore host privileges business over people's rights
4-May-2018    
Trade officials from 16 countries that are negotiating RCEP are meeting in Singapore this week. But Singapore government has gone backwards excluding trade unions, farmers and civil society organisations who will be adversely affected by RCEP that has gain a voice in previous rounds, although not nearly enough.
International Trade Committee launches probe into UK investment policy as Brexit approaches
3-May-2018     IBS Intelligence
The International Trade Committee launches an inquiry concerning the UK’s investment policy, which will examine the Government’s performance in promoting and facilitating inward and outward investment and its approach, upon UK exit from the EU, to negotiating agreements that liberalise and protect foreign investment.
Canada loses bid to overturn NAFTA ruling on rebuffed N.S. quarry
3-May-2018     CBC
New Jersey company behind quarry proposal in Digby Neck claims damages of $443M US in lost profits.
Brexit: Are countries really 'queuing up for trade deals' with Britain?
3-May-2018     The Independent
Brexiteers have claimed that other countries are “queuing up” to strike trade agreements with Britain after it leaves the bloc. In reality, though, the situation is more complicated.
France supports Australia-EU FTA: Macron
2-May-2018     Xinhua
French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind Australia's push for a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.
Ecuador signs free trade agreement with EFTA, launches new tuna brand
2-May-2018     Undercurrent News
The agreement will allow export of shrimp and tuna products to EFTA countries with a zero export tariff.