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What could be in the UK-US trade deal after ’game changing’ meeting in Washington
3-Mar-2025 Sky
Previous negotiations have stalled because of red lines on the NHS and food standards - so what sort of deal could Labour achieve after the Starmer charmer offensive?
Potential Trump trade deal would ‘roll out the red carpet to tech billionaire oligarchy’, campaigners warn
3-Mar-2025 Global Justice Now
Campaigners warn potential return of US trade deal talks would take a ‘wrecking ball’ to standards and public services.
US and Britain will have trade agreement, Trump says alongside Starmer
28-Feb-2025 Reuters
The United States and Britain are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, US President Donald Trump told a joint news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying such a deal could help avert US tariffs.
India-UK FTA: Focus on tariff reductions, social security agreement
26-Feb-2025 Business Today
After duty cut on bourbon, motorcycles, expectation that India may give similar relaxation to scotch whisky and automobiles.
UK and India to relaunch trade talks in Delhi
24-Feb-2025 BBC
India and the UK will restart free trade talks, nearly a year after negotiations were paused ahead of general elections in both countries.
India to rely on brokering quick FTAs to limit Trump tariff fallout
11-Feb-2025 Money Control
India is negotiating a slew of trade deals, including with the UK, Oman and the EU, and also plans to bring back on the table a ’mini pact’ with US.
Five years later, is the AfCFTA already failing? Business Africa
10-Feb-2025 MSN
Although some trade has taken place under this framework—such as exports from Ghanaian and South African companies in 2023—these transactions remain marginal.
Colorado, UK hope to strengthen trade, investment with new agreement
4-Feb-2025 Yahoo
The State of Colorado and the United Kingdom signed an agreement to foster cooperation on economic relations, trade and investment between the two regions.
EU and UK clash in first post-Brexit legal battle over North Sea fishing ban
30-Jan-2025 RFI
The hearing will delve into whether Britain’s fishing ban violates the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union.
UK trade secy Jonathan Reynolds to visit India in Feb for FTA talks
28-Jan-2025 Business Standard
Britain’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade plans to visit India next month with a focus on finalising the Free Trade Agreement.
Tanzania, British developer head back to ICSID after stalled talks
27-Jan-2025 The Citizen
Tanzania and British developer Pennyroyal Limited could find themselves back to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) after talks between the two parties failed to yield an agreement.
UK’s Starmer wants speedy Donald Trump trade talks
20-Jan-2025 Politico
The prime minister wants talks with the new US president’s team to start in the weeks ahead.
15th round of India-UK FTA talks to begin in February
16-Jan-2025 Financial Express
The negotiations on a free trade agreement between India and the UK are expected to resume in early February, after months of pause due to the general election in the UK, a senior official said.
UK, India relaunch FTA talks to strengthen ties, focus on green tech trade
15-Jan-2025 Business Standard
The UK government told Parliament that the Free Trade Agreement talks with India have been relaunched to deliver a joint ambition of taking the bilateral relationship to even greater heights.
Colombia is defending its sovereignty from the power of global corporations
6-Jan-2025 Al Jazeera
Trade deals can allow international corporations to trample over the rights of governments in the Global South. That is the message from the Colombian government, which describes the effect of such deals as a “bloodbath” for their national sovereignty.
The Commission decides to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to terminate its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with six EU Member States
18-Dec-2024 European Commission
The European Commission decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaties that it still has in force with Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia.
UK may consider free trade agreement with Pakistan, says envoy
18-Dec-2024 Pakistan Today
British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott indicated that the United Kingdom may consider a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan in the future, noting that the current trade volume of £4.1 billion is at its lowest and requires improvement.
US to pressure UK to import high-quality American meat in Trump trade deal
16-Dec-2024 The Guardian
US industry ready to drop demand to export chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef in move set to anger British farmers.
Britain joins trans-Pacific pact in biggest post-Brexit trade deal
16-Dec-2024 Reuters
Britain officially became the 12th member of a trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan, Australia and Canada as it seeks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union.
India-UK free trade pact talks to resume by Jan-end, Indian government source says
12-Dec-2024 CNBC TV18
India and Britain are set to restart discussion regarding a free trade agreement by the end of January 2025.