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Pelosi vows to thwart US-UK trade deal if Brexit risks Irish peace

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 08:35 AM

The top Democrat in the US Congress warned Wednesday that lawmakers would block a trade pact with Britain if its exit from the EU undermines Northern Ireland's peace accord.  Read more »

Trump says China should treat Hong Kong 'humanely' before trade deal can be agreed

Reuters
Posted at Aug 15 07:15 AM

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China wants to make a trade deal but it should treat Hong Kong "humanely" first, explicitly tying a trade agreement to a peaceful resolution of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.  Read more »

US, Japan eye possible small trade deal by September - sources

David Shepardson and Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 11:20 AM

The United States and Japan are working on a trade deal involving agriculture and autos that could be agreed by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when they meet in New York in September, three industry sources familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday. Read more »

Vietnam, EU sign landmark free trade deal

Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen, Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 10:04 PM

The European Union signed a landmark free trade deal with Vietnam on Sunday, the first of its kind with a developing country in Asia, paving the way for tariff reductions on 99% of goods between the trading bloc and Southeast Asian country. Read more »

Asia-wide free trade deal to partially 'insulate' region from US-China trade war: Lopez

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 04:20 PM

ASEAN leaders are expected to conclude negotiations on an Asia-wide free trade agreement this year, a move expected to insulate the region from the effects of the US-China trade war, an official said Friday. Read more »

Canada takes a first step toward ratifying trade deal with US, Mexico

Kelsey Johnson and Steve Scherer, Reuters
Posted at May 28 06:58 AM

Canada took a first step toward ratifying a new North American trade agreement on Monday just three days ahead of US Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Ottawa to discuss passage of the treaty. Read more »

Trump says China's Xi will soon come to White House

Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 07:35 AM

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would soon host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House, setting the stage for a possible agreement on trade between the world's two largest economies. Read more »

US, China trade talks could wrap in four weeks: Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 06:33 AM

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States and China could wrap up trade talks within 4 weeks after making quick progress on the potentially "epic" deal. Read more »

US-China trade talks resume next week, to focus on intellectual property

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 11:54 AM

US negotiators are preparing to press China next week on longstanding demands that it reform how it treats American companies' intellectual property in order to seal a trade deal that could prevent tariffs from rising on Chinese imports. Read more »

Agreement on world's biggest trade deal set for November, Singapore says

Reuters
Posted at Sep 01 09:17 PM

The deal, called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, does not include the US, which is locked in a trade spat with China and pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  Read more »

'Framework' agreed on Asia-Pacific trade pact without US

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 11 01:55 PM

DANANG, Vietnam - Remaining members of a major Pacific trade deal abandoned by the United States have agreed to a new framework after days of stalled talks to revive the pact, Canada's trade minister  Read more »

TPP trade deal members agree to seek way forward without US

My Pham and A. Ananthalakshmi, Reuters
Posted at May 21 12:50 PM

Countries remaining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed on Sunday to explore ways to move the trade deal forward after U.S. President Donald Trump's pulled out in his switch to an "America First" policy. Read more »

Duterte rejects TPP, praises Trump for dumping it

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 06:15 PM

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he is not keen on having the Philippines join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade deal. Read more »

Trump says will quit Pacific trade deal on day one of presidency

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 22 09:10 AM

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump released a video on Monday laying out actions he will take on his first day in office on Jan. 20, including withdrawing the United States from a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Read more »

EU, US trade deal not dead yet: EU's Malmstrom

Robert-Jan Bartunek, Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 08:09 AM

A much-debated trade deal between the European Union and the United States is not dead and negotiations will continue with the new U.S. administration after November's elections, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Saturday. Read more »