20-May-2020
Politico
Officials from the US and United Kingdom made progress on a number of areas over the past two weeks of negotiations and are moving forward at an “accelerated pace,” UK’s international trade secretary said.
18-May-2020
Euractiv
The resumption of negotiations on the controversial Mercosur agreement and trade policy with the United States are among the priorities of the German EU Council Presidency.
18-May-2020
TWN Africa
Kenya’s basis for FTA with US questioned, inherent dangers flagged by African Trade Experts.
18-May-2020
Music Week
Copyright protections between the two music markets were a vital part of any deal, the chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said.
15-May-2020
Unearthed
A powerful lobby group representing the United States’ largest chicken producers is working to demand that a post-Brexit trade deal eliminates the UK’s ban on chlorinated chicken imports.
15-May-2020
Agri Pulse
Anti-biotech activists and sentiment are entrenched throughout Africa, but US farm groups and businesses are hoping a free-trade agreement with Kenya will help the country break through its GMO barriers
15-May-2020
Euractiv
The UK government is preparing to offer increased access to the UK market for US agriculture exports and possibly lower the bar on environmental and health standards.
14-May-2020
Agri Pulse
US farm groups are looking for big wins as US negotiators push the UK to abandon European barriers to agricultural trade in the countries' first round of trade talks, according to officials aware of the proceedings.
14-May-2020
Globes
A China-Israel agreement could strengthen the Chinese influence in the management of the new port at Haifa. This is a scenario that keeps the Americans awake at night.
13-May-2020
Euractiv
The EU’s top trade official hopes the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic will spur efforts to heal US trade ties, bogged down in a tit-for-tat tariff feud.