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East Africa: UK seeks trade pact with Rwanda, EAC
18-Feb-2020 All Africa
The United Kingdom is seeking to enter into a trade pact with the East African Community member countries.
Israel asks UK to include Judea, Samaria in future free trade agreement
17-Feb-2020 Israel Hayom
Isreal appeals to the British government to include Judea and Samaria, Golan Heights in the free trade agreement between Jerusalem and London, slated to come into effect with the completion of Brexit in 2021.
UK keen on digital economy partnership with Singapore
13-Feb-2020 Straits Times
Britain is looking at the digital economy as an area to strengthen its relationship with Singapore as both sides negotiate a new post-Brexit trade deal.
The future EU-UK relations
10-Feb-2020 Business Europe
Keeping the EU-UK future economic relationship as close as possible whilst preserving the integrity of the single market and a level playing field is a central concern of the European business community.
UK faces long road in ’ambitious’ post-Brexit trade push into Asia
10-Feb-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
The U.K.’s foreign secretary landed in Australia on Thursday as part of a four-nation swing through the Asia-Pacific region to push for "ambitious" trade deals, but translating the government’s post-Brexit swagger into concrete deals may be a long and bumpy process.
Israel, UK to begin talks on establishing post-Brexit free trade zone, PM says
7-Feb-2020 Times of Israel
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his British counterpart Boris Johnson agreed to begin talks on establishing a post-Brexit free trade zone between Israel and the UK.
Australia in first wave of UK trade deals
6-Feb-2020 Newcastle Herald
British Foreign Secretary hopes Australia will be in the first wave of free trade deals his country can secure in the post-Brexit era.
Britain wants Canada-style trade deal with EU - minister
6-Feb-2020 Reuters
Britain wants a Canada-style agreement with the European Union that includes goods and services.
Serbia aims to reach trade deal with UK by 2021 - report
6-Feb-2020 SeeNews
Serbia aims to reach an agreement regulating its trade relations with the UK after Brexit by 2021.
Trump sights in WTO procurement pact for leverage on UK, EU
5-Feb-2020 Bloomberg
By threatening to withdraw from the GPA, the Trump administration can increase its leverage and obtain greater public procurement concessions in bilateral talks with the EU and UK.
Barnier outlines criteria UK must fulfil for EU market access
4-Feb-2020 The Irish Times
The UK will have to remain automatically in lockstep with any future changes to EU state aid and competition rules if it wants full and free access to EU markets in future, the EU’s draft negotiating mandate for talks says.
Russia eyes new trade agreement with post-Brexit UK — envoy
4-Feb-2020 TASS
Russia would like to sign a new trade agreement with the United Kingdom after its departure from the European Union. However, it is premature to talk about this now.
The future relationship between the UK and the EU
4-Feb-2020 UK Government
This statement sets out the Government’s proposed approach to the negotiations with the EU about our future relationship.
EU-UK FTA: Draft EU negotiating directives (jan 2020)
4-Feb-2020 European Commission
Post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal based on CETA would be bad news
3-Feb-2020 CEO
The EU-UK trade talks begin with the UK objective to use the corporate-friendly EU-Canada agreement CETA as a template. This is not a good start for democracy nor the public interest.
Thailand eyes trade deal with UK
3-Feb-2020 Bangkok Post
Brexit could pave the way for a free trade agreement between Thailand and the United Kingdom, says director-general of the trade negotiation department.
US-UK trade deal needs labor, climate protections, enforcement: US lawmaker
3-Feb-2020 Reuters
A future US-UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights, environmental protection, US House Ways and Means Committee Chairman said.
SA’s trades with the UK continues unchanged as the UK leaves the EU
3-Feb-2020 Business Report
The SACUM-UK EPA effectively retains the terms of trade present in the existing SADC-EU EPA.
Brexit battle returns with UK and EU sparring over trade
3-Feb-2020 Bloomberg
The UK and the European Union begin their battle over a future trade deal, setting up 11 months of negotiations that risk ending in economically damaging failure at the end of the year.
Brazil to seek a Mercosur-UK trade deal similar of agreement with EU
3-Feb-2020 Reuters
Brazil will seek to strike a Mercosur-United Kingdom trade deal post Brexit that could be similar to the trade agreement signed between the South American bloc and the European Union.