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India-UK free trade agreement to resume from April 24; here’s what to expect as PM Modi, Rishi Sunak plan to expedite progress
24-Apr-2023 Live Mint
Negotiations on the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) are set to resume from April 24 after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi spoke over the phone and agreed to expedite progress on outstanding issues.
Britain inks trade deal with Oklahoma, hails architects’ licensing pact
19-Apr-2023 Reuters
British trade minister Nigel Huddleston signed a trade deal with the US state of Oklahoma in Washington.
Cariforum and UK sign economic partnership agreement
18-Apr-2023 Guyana Government
Ambassador David Hales last Friday signed the CARIFORUM-United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the Government of Guyana.
Next round of India-UK free trade agreement talks from April 24
14-Apr-2023 Business Standard
Both sides now continue to thrash out the thorny issues pertaining to the trade pact.
Free trade deal is a major threat to UK public health, warn experts
13-Apr-2023 Medical Press
The UK’s decision to join one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership, poses a major threat to UK public health, warn experts.
US avoids post-Brexit trade deal talks with UK during Biden visit
13-Apr-2023 AOL
Joe Biden has dodged talks about a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK during his visit to Northern Ireland.
Rough trade
12-Apr-2023 The Ecologist
UK accession to Pacific trade deal empowers fossil fuel firms to sue governments.
UK membership in Pacific trade deal threatens Canadian climate action
7-Apr-2023 The Monitor
Canada should join Australia and New Zealand in neutralizing lopsided corporate protections in CPTPP.
Carbon tax hurdle looms over India-UK FTA talks
5-Apr-2023 Mint
India’s proposed free trade agreement with the UK could face a major roadblock, as the latter is considering imposing a carbon tax akin to the European Union’s policy, which proposes to levy steep tariffs on imports with higher carbon footprints.
Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’
4-Apr-2023 The Guardian
CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaigners.
This CPTPP trade deal will hurt the climate, and for what?
3-Apr-2023 The Sunday Times
Britain is waving through an agreement with minimal benefit and greater risks, from palm oil to emissions.
Joining Pacific trade deal is ‘reckless gamble’, campaigners say
31-Mar-2023 Global Justice Now
Joining the Pacific trade deal is a reckless gamble by a government willing to sacrifice British farmers, workers and the planet in its desperation for a symbolic success.
India pushing for mobility commitment, social security pact in FTA with UK
31-Mar-2023 The Hindu BusinessLine
India is hoping to persuade the UK to weave in provisions of the bilateral migration and mobility agreement, that allows enhanced opportunity for young professionals to live and work in each other’s countries.
Britain’s joining CPTPP. So what the hell is it?
31-Mar-2023 Politico
So what exactly is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership — and why did the U.K. get its foot in the door?
Britain to join trans-Pacific trade pact
31-Mar-2023 Reuters
Britain struck a deal to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan and Australia as it looks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union.
Singapore, Britain launch negotiations on new investment treaty
29-Mar-2023 The Straits Times
Britain and Singapore have started talks on a new treaty that will improve the flow of investments between the two countries. The UK-Singapore Bilateral Investment Treaty (UKSBIT) as it is called will supersede the existing pact that came into force in 1975.
UK-Australia FTA to remove agricultural good tariffs
29-Mar-2023 Argus
The Australia and UK free trade agreement has received Royal Assent in the UK Parliament, eliminating tariffs on agricultural goods such as beef, wheat and barley.
Kenya, UK in first Economic Partnership Agreement meeting amid plans to expand trade
27-Mar-2023 Nation
Trade and Investments Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria yesterday met the United Kingdom’s Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston in London during the first UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Council meeting.
Free trade deal with Mexico discussion and animal welfare
24-Mar-2023 The Scottish Farmer
Claims that beef imported from Mexico has a lower carbon footprint than UK-reared beef are ‘B-word’, an environment minister has said.
UK free trade deal with GCC on track for fourth round of talks
24-Mar-2023 The National
The British government’s investment minster has said the third round of talks that could eventually lead to a free trade agreement between the UK and the GCC have been completed successfully and a fourth session should be held in London later this year.