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Higher auto wages the centrepiece of major US NAFTA proposal
30-Mar-2018     BNN
Mexican workers' wages are at the heart of a major proposal from the United States aimed at breaking through an impasse on automobiles and securing a new North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trump willing to reopen TTIP amid EU-US trade spat, Ross says
30-Mar-2018     Bloomberg
President Donald Trump is willing to reopen negotiations with the European Union over the stalled Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which stalled following his election.
Renegotiating NAFTA: Threats to affordable medicines
29-Mar-2018     Public Citizen
NAFTA was the first “trade” agreement that included new monopoly powers for Big Pharma companies.
African free trade, China’s ‘Silk Road’ big window for continent
29-Mar-2018     Daily Nation
China, being Africa’s largest trading partner, is a key factor and beneficiary of the continent’s development.
China keen to negotiate bilateral investment treaty, set up industrial parks
29-Mar-2018     Business Line
China has expressed its interest in negotiating a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with India following the termination of its earlier treaty.
Tonga withdraws from PACER Plus
29-Mar-2018     Radio NZ
Tonga's prime minister says his country is no longer a signatory to the regional trade deal known as PACER Plus.
Japan's Aso rules out bilateral trade deal with US
29-Mar-2018     Reuters
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso ruled out the chance of opening up talks for a bilateral trade deal with the United States, stressing that such a deal would do no good to his country.
Canada rejects US food packaging proposals in NAFTA talks
29-Mar-2018     Tele Trader
Canada's chief representative stated that the proposals regarding food packaging brought up by the United States are not acceptable to his country, which wants to retain the ability to put warning labels on junk food to combat obesity.
EU-Mercosur FTA: 27 draft chapters (Feb 2018)
29-Mar-2018    
Ukraine, Israel ready to sign FTA agreement – PM Groysman
29-Mar-2018     Black Sea Grain
There will be a joint statement of the Governments and Ministries of Israel and Ukraine that the free trade area agreement between the two countries reached the final stage.