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JEFTA: The latest massive 'trade' deal you've never heard of, negotiated behind closed doors, with zero public scrutiny
One of the negotiations that has been going on in the background is for a major trade agreement between the EU and Japan since 2013.
Secretive EU-Japan trade deal to be finalised away from public eye
Joint civil society statement on the Eu-Japan free trade agreement.
EU, Japan determined to deliver trade deal by end of 2017
The European Union and Japan said they intend to complete talks for a free trade agreement with Japan by the end of the year (2017).
Japan hopes to leave farms out of U.S. economic talks: sources
Japan will push to leave agriculture out of its first economic talks with the Trump administration next month.
RCEP: Members want India to reciprocate their tariff reduction offer
India is under pressure to update its offers on tariff reduction on goods and services trade before the next meet.
Key Asia trade talks on alternative to TPP end, no major deal struck
Negotiators failed to bridge their differences over certain issues such as tariff cuts during the five-day meeting on RCEP
Stop RCEP. Trade for the People. Not for Corporate Elites
People Over Profit Statement on the 17th Round of Negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in Kobe, Japan 27 Feb-3 March 2017
RCEP envoys make progress on trade deal in Kobe but complexity threatens timeline
Disagreements over issues range from how to handle intellectual property rights to tariff reductions
U.S. to negotiate ‘new, better’ trade deals with key economies: report
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will negotiate “new and better trade deals” with “countries in key markets” to provide a freer and fairer deal for American workers and businesses.