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01.09.2016 CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL NEGINT Brasília, 1 de setembro de 2016 Índice I. OMC _______________________________________________ 2 Senegal, Uruguay ratify Trade Facilitation Agreement ___________________ 2 US to help India meet climate goals with coal: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall __ 3 II. NEGOCIAÇÕES REGIONAIS E BILATERAIS _________________ 5 G20 governments endorse trade but tighten controls ____________________ 5 Slow-Moving EU 'Solvency' Negotiations Test Patience Of U.S. Insurance Industry _______________________________________________________ 8 Advocates Spy Opening For Some Republicans To Drop TPP Opposition, Back Deal In Lame-Duck _____________________________________________ 11 Austria says will start 'conflict' in EU about Canada trade deal ____________ 14 leftright ______________________________________________________ 14 The case for a U.S.-U.K. free trade deal _____________________________ 16 Expert Advice: Free-Trade Benefits Must Be Sold, Not Imposed __________ 18 Argentina recognizes Brazil's institutional process and president Temer ____ 22 III. OUTROS ___________________________________________ 22 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ousted in impeachment vote __________ 22 Brazil’s Economy Shrinks Again ____________________________________ 26 1 01.09.2016 I. OMC Senegal, Uruguay ratify Trade Facilitation Agreement EIN News (Estônia) Senegal and Uruguay have ratified the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The submission of the instruments of acceptance means that nearly 85 per cent of the ratifications needed to bring the TFA into force have now been received. Concluded at the WTO’s 2013 Bali Ministerial Conference, the TFA contains provisions for expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods, including goods in transit. It also sets out measures for effective cooperation between customs and other appropriate authorities on trade facilitation and customs compliance issues. It further contains provisions for technical assistance and capacity building in this area. Senegal deposited its instrument of ratification on 24 August, becoming the 11th least developed country (LDC) to do so. Uruguay’s WTO ambassador Gustavo Miguel Vanerio Balbela presented his country’s instrument of ratification to WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on 30 August. The TFA will enter into force once two-thirds of the WTO membership has formally accepted the Agreement. With the acceptance by Senegal and Uruguay, the number of TFA ratifications now stands at 92. Senegal submitted its Category A notification to the WTO on 27 October 2014 while Uruguay did so on 31 July 2014, outlining which substantive provisions of the TFA they intend to implement upon entry into force of the Agreement. In addition to Senegal and Uruguay, the following WTO members have also accepted the TFA: Hong Kong China, Singapore, the United States, Mauritius, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Niger, Belize, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, China, Liechtenstein, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Togo, Thailand, the European Union (on behalf of its 28 member states), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Guyana, Côte d’Ivoire, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Kenya, Myanmar, Norway, Viet Nam, Brunei, Ukraine, Zambia, Lesotho, Georgia, Seychelles, Jamaica, Mali, Cambodia, Paraguay, Turkey, Brazil, Macao China, the United Arab Emirates, Samoa, India, the Russian Federation, Montenegro, Albania, Kazakhstan, 2 01.09.2016 Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, Madagascar, the Republic of Moldova, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. The TFA broke new ground for developing countries and LDCs in the way it will be implemented. For the first time in WTO history, the requirement to implement the Agreement was directly linked to the capacity of the country to do so. In addition, the Agreement states that assistance and support should be provided to help them achieve that capacity. A Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TFAF) was also created at the request of developing and least-developed country members to help ensure that they receive the assistance needed to reap the full benefits of the TFA and to support the ultimate goal of full implementation of the new agreement by all members. Further information on TFAF is available at www.TFAFacility.org. Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) has the potential to increase global merchandise exports by up to $1 trillion per annum, according to the WTO’s flagship World Trade Report released on 26 October 2015. Significantly, the Report also found that developing countries will benefit significantly from the TFA, capturing more than half of the available gains. The World Trade Report 2015 is available here. More information on the WTO and trade facilitation is available at www.wto.org/tradefacilitation. US to help India meet climate goals with coal: Elizabeth Sherwood- Randall The Economic Times (Índia) The US administration sees a big appointment of an energy official in its embassy in New Delhi, highlighting the importance and opportunities in the sector in India, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Deputy Secretary in the US Department of Energy, said. In an interview with ET's Kaavya Chandrasekaran, she also said the US supports India's renewable energy drive, it also wanted to help India manage the use of coal so that it can meet its climate commitments. Edited excerpts: What role is the US playing in the development of clean energy in India? The broad contours of our cooperation in clean energy involve work on solar deployment, 3 01.09.2016 work on bio-fuels and work on building efficiency. Now, because of the agreement between Prime Minister Modi and President Obama last year, a new element of work has begun - on storage batteries and grid integration of renewables, which are crucial to the successful deployment of renewables on the scale that Prime Minister Modi envisions for India. We are placing a department of energy officer in the US embassy in New Delhi to advance this cooperation. This is very special because we only have a few Department of Energy representatives around the world. The Department of Energy does not have a big diplomatic core, unlike the State Department. But we select countries where we really believe that having a presence on the ground can make a difference and we believe that in these times we have that opportunity in India. When there is such close cooperation and understanding between the US and India on the issue of increasing deployment of clean energy, why has the US complained to the WTO against the domestic content requirement in India's National Solar Mission? There is a long story here and I won't go into the details. We are very committed to close cooperation on clean energy deployment. We also have a strong commitment to flourishing trade relations with India. We do have significant concerns about the local content requirement and to be honest, it is our judgement that the local content requirement will raise the cost of deploying the clean energy solutions which Indians need. I will not get into all the negotiating details. We are trying to find a way to go forward with our Indian partners because it is important to us that India succeeds in achieving its goals on the broad deployment of solar energy. How big a setback is the bankruptcy of the US renewable energy giant SunEdison? It has substantial assets in India, both commissioned and under construction, which are all being sold now. Concerns are being raised about the viability of renewable energy projects, if such a big company could go under. Businesses rise and fall, but fundamentally we see tremendous growth in clean energy and particularly in the solar sector in the US. The solar sector is growing at about 20 times the rate of the rest of our economy. It's very dynamic, growing a huge number of jobs and opportunities for the American people. It has that potential around the world as 4 01.09.2016 well. II. NEGOCIAÇÕES REGIONAIS E BILATERAIS G20 governments endorse trade but tighten controls Salon (China) Leaders of the United States, China and other Group of 20 major economies who meet this weekend say more trade would shore up sluggish global growth but are tightening their own controls on imports. China hopes its status as G20 host will give it more sway in managing the global economy and has made trade a theme of the meeting in Hangzhou, a scenic lakeside city southwest of Shanghai. Chinese officials say Beijing will propose a plan to promote commerce through cooperation in finance, tax and energy. Governments also have said they want to discuss climate change, efforts to reduce surplus production capacity in steel and other industries and limits on use of tax havens, though no detailed agreements are expected. U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders will speak out against protectionism, their governments say. But at the same time, G20 governments are ratcheting up restraints on imports of steel and other goods, prompting concern support for global trade might be eroding. The summit is the first global event for British Prime Minister Theresa May after her country’s June vote to leave the European Union, a move seen by some political analysts as the start of a possible wave of nations pulling back from economic integration. In the United States, France and elsewhere, politicians are calling for protection for local industry. “Protectionism is resurfacing,” said a Chinese deputy foreign minister, Li Baodong. “In many parts of the world, we have seen calls for deglobalization.” This year’s global trade growth is forecast by the World Trade Organization at an anemic 2.8 percent — its fifth straight year below 3 percent. Global economic growth is forecast by the International Monetary Fund at an equally lackluster 3.4 percent. 5 01.09.2016 Progress on initiatives such as Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership and a WTO plan to help poor countries integrate into global markets has stalled. On Sunday, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said talks on a U.S.-European trade deal “have de facto failed,” though EU officials denied that.