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UK and Canada ‘break impasse’ on Indo-Pacific trade pact
Britain’s trade chief Kemi Badenoch and her Canadian counterpart Mary Ng settled differences in a move that bodes well for the UK's post-Brexit hopes of joining a key Indo-Pacific trade bloc.
IPEF is only to save US corporations from crisis while continue to eliminate people’s rights
Indonesian Civil Society held a protest today in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to express its rejection of the IPEF. In the midst of the global economic crisis, the US is trying to rebuild its national industrialisation with a less open free trade agreement and push for policy harmonisation based on US standards.
UK-Canada trade chiefs to meet after ‘sour’ Indo-Pacific talks
Along with Mexico, Canada is pushing for the UK to offer the same market access it granted on agriculture as it did in pacts with Australia and New Zealand.
Brazil, Australia start agricultural trade deal talks
The Brazilian and Australian governments have opened talks aimed at forging new agricultural trade agreements after representatives of both countries met this week, the Brazilian agriculture ministry says.
Macron says the EU-Mercosur deal cannot fly without ‘mirror clauses’
There can be no EU-Mercosur deal without mirror clauses that would force producers from both sides of the world to respect the same environmental and health standards, French President Emmanuel Macron told farmers in Paris this weekend.
Batters tells NFU conference to call for action on food supply
She raised concerns on the cumulative impact of the trade deals with New Zealand and Australia, as well as on the current negotiations with Canada and Mexico, both members of CPTPP which the UK is hoping to join this year.
No to RCEP! don't make the Philippines an “ukay-ukay” Republic!!
The Senate should withhold its concurrence with the treaty until the necessary policies, strategies, and programs are emplaced so that the RCEP benefits, and does not harm, the agricultural sector and the economy as a whole.
Farmers make a final appeal to Senators to reject RCEP
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said the Philippines’ agriculture sector stands to lose the most under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreements.
Australia closer to a free trade pact with EU but minister warns there won’t be a deal ‘for the sake of it’
Negotiators make progress in Canberra but thorny issue of geographical indicators is believed to remain a sticking point.
US 'disappointed' in Mexico's new GMO corn decree -ag secretary
The United States is "disappointed" in the Mexican government's announcement which walked back a deadline to ban genetically modified corn for animal feed and industrial use in the country, but retained its plans to ban the corn for human consumption.