22nd November 2016
Trumps confirms TPP withdrawal – but silent on renegotiating NAFTA or branding China a “currency manipulator”
A November 21 video by Donald Trump seems to be backtracking on trade commitments made just four weeks earlier. We have now republished Trump's October 22 plan, and will update...
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17th November 2016
US Congressional committee claims China “violates the spirit and the letter of its international trade obligations”
A US Congressional committee prepared a report before the November 8 elections savagely attacking China's good faith as a trading partner. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (composed only of...
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13th November 2016
Trump’s global trade policy: act like a New York garmento
The developed world depends almost entirely on imports from poorer countries for its clothing. The world's biggest apparel importer looks certain to transform its attitude to importing that apparel Since...
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12th November 2016
Obama administration gives up on TPP
The US Administration admitted on November 11 it no longer expected Congressional ratification of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the Obama Presidency. President-elect Trump has already announced abandoning the deal...
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25th February 2015
Korea and China initial FTA
Korea and China initialled a Free Trade Agreement on February 25, the Korean Ministry of Trade said, adding "The two countries' governments have agreed to work for official signing...within the...
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1st November 2012
Mexico threat to China sets alarm bells ringing as others join
Mexico filed with the World Trade Organization on October 15 a dispute settlement case against a wide variety of measures allegedly taken by China to subsidise garment production, and their...
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1st November 2012
TPP attacked from two US sources
A US Congress report suggests that the proposed TPP might undermine US fabric and yarn manufacture, whatever its rules of origin. US textile makers have also attacked then proposal from...
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1st November 2012
Momentum builds for EU free trade talks with US and Japan
The European Parliament's international trade committee gave its green light for free-trade talks with Japan on October 25, pointing to the huge gains for jobs and growth offered by deeper...
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1st November 2012
India-EU free trade pact looks increasingly unlikely
The much-delayed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between India and the EU are unlikely to conclude this year, said the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in mid-October."I do not...
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1st November 2012
Burmese sanctions withdrawals threatened by more ethnic killings
The likelihood of imminent withdrawal of US and EU sanctions against Burma decreased dramatically in late October as over 100 people - mostly Rohingya Muslims - were killed in renewed...
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27th September 2012
“Ethnic cleansing” reports throw EU and US into quandary over Burma sanctions
The EU and US have run into a quandary about further relaxations of trade sanctions against Burma, as a September 19 news report seems to show the country is not...
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14th June 2012
EU and US overclaim massively on Colombian deals
The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement entered into force May 15, generating self-congratulation from the US Administration and fierce, if diplomatic, criticism from the American Apparel and Footwear Association for "the...
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