Also will be good to see how these build upon existing WTO rules. 3/3
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Devon Whittle
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Devon Whittle
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Previously w/ @dfat, @agdgovau & private law, now @globalshieldhq. Worked on ISDS, RCEP, CPTPP, IPEF, WTO JSIs, FTA, deep seabed mining. Views only my own.
Canberra, ACT Katılım Mayıs 2007
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The govt refers to commitments to “endeavour to” not restrict exports of essential supplies, cf NZ-Singapore AOTES (not yet public) which NZ says has “binding provisions that would… prevent… export restrictions” mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/nz-tr… 2/3
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Australia and Singapore have signed a Protocol on Economic Resilience and Essential Supplies - trademinister.gov.au/minister/don-f… - it will be interesting to see the actual text. 1/3
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IPEF is still a thing - "IPEF labor body lives, working on violation reporting tool, says Manila" | InsideTrade.com insidetrade.com/trade/ipef-lab…
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IPEF hopes still spring eternal? foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny…
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Singapore and Australia to establish an "Economic Resilience Dialogue" and conclude a protocol to their FTA on "Economic Resilience and Essential Supplies" (sounds like NZ-Singapore's AOTES mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/nz-tr…) - pm.gov.au/media/joint-st…
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Future of Investment and Trade Partnership (FIT-P) parties have issued a Joint Statement on Maintaining Open and Resilient Supply Chains, affirming their intent to keep supply chains open and refrain from new barriers in the context of the Hormuz closure mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-r…
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From agreement to text.
The 🇪🇺-🇦🇺FTA texts are now out.
Get the facts🔗 link.europa.eu/dnr7Gk
#EUTrade #Australia #TradeDeal
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Aus Trade Minister at the @PressClubAust was asked about beef/lamb outcomes. His answer included reference to the broader value of Australia being seen to support rules-based "free and fair" trade: youtu.be/xag_sDj-GDU?si…
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Strange that the EU-CPTPP Joint Statement didn’t refer to this new digital trade negotiation policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/joint-min…
Shantanu Singh / @shansebolo.bsky.social@shansebolo
Working on #MC14 sidelines, the EU and 12-nation CPTPP bloc — which includes UK, Canada — have resolved to launch talks on a deal that would set rules for how digital services trade flows, how electronic contracts are signed, how data is stored, governed. politico.eu/article/europe…
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WTO members are considering a draft ministerial declaration that would mandate a review of a moratorium on electronic commerce transmission duties but does not yet define how long that moratorium might last, according to a text seen by @insidetrade.
Inside U.S. Trade@insidetrade
Draft text: WTO members consider e-commerce moratorium review; talks linked to reform ow.ly/6LhH106wuVO
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Members adopt a pathway to bring E‑Commerce Agreement into force via interim arrangements #Ecommerce dlvr.it/TRlQJz
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Members of the JSI on e-commerce are planning to announce on Sunday morning – the final day of #MC14 – that they will implement their agreement in a legally binding manner while they continue to push for its incorporation into the WTO framework, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade.
Inside U.S. Trade@insidetrade
Sources: e-commerce JSI members to move forward with legally binding implementation ow.ly/2aaA106wpw0
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Reactions to EU-Australia FTA so far
Beef farmers: apoplectic
Prosecco producers: delighted, swilling bubbly by 11am
Farmers Federation: disappointed
Peak business groups: supportive
Sugar industry: "horrendous"
Coalition: "worst trade deal ever"
abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…
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Aus-EU FTA has now been concluded, no texts released yet, but some useful info already released from both sides: dfat.gov.au/trade/agreemen…; policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relat…;
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* Final beef figure not clear but it's obviously fairly close to the 30,000 rejected by industry
* Compromise on geographic indicators (sounds like it favours Aus but exact contours re grandfathering etc also unclear)
* Security, research pacts coming too
abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…
Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
Some slightly contradictory accounts of exactly what is (and isn't) in this. But sounds like compromise has - no surprise - carried the day. Aus farmers aren't going to get the (much higher) beef/sheep meat quotas they've been pushing for. Middle ground reached on several issues.
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Grim tone from EU President Ursula von der Leyen at Australia's parliament: "The world we live in is brutal, harsh and unforgiving. It feels upside down. What we knew as certainties are in question...but the world we're living in is also a more honest one"
abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…
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Bangladesh's Cabinet on 17 March approved a proposal to join the 'Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA)' under the plurilateral Joint Statement Initiative [at] the WTO.
tbsnews.net/economy/bangla…
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Signatories to the WTO’s plurilateral e-commerce agreement intend to implement the deal on an interim basis, regardless of Indian government opposition. At least 70/72 countries backing the plurilateral agreement promised to sign a declaration [at #MC14.] borderlex.net/2026/03/13/wto…
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India will hold off on signing a trade deal with the United States for several months, four Indian sources said, as fresh investigations by the Trump administration into what it calls excess industrial capacity among trade partners add new friction [..] reuters.com/world/india/in…
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