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Korea to hold hearing on FTA with Britain
20-Nov-2018 Korea Herald
Seoul signed a free trade agreement with the EU in 2011, but it has sought to strike a fresh deal with Britain once it formally leaves the 28-nation bloc in March 2019.
Trump’s ready! US offers UK this ’important step’ in bumper post-Brexit trade deal
19-Nov-2018 Express
The US has already started preparing to offer the UK a post-Brexit trade deal with this “important step”, officials have revealed.
Post-Brexit US trade deal risk to food safety, says ex-environment minister
5-Nov-2018 The Guardian
Lord Deben believes the British public will not accept lower standards of animal welfare.
TPP-11 now turns focus to recruiting new members
2-Nov-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
In January meeting, addition of Thailand, South Korea and UK to be discussed.
Future EU-UK relationship likely an FTA plus equivalence plus MoUs: EU’s Huebner
2-Nov-2018 Reuters
The future relationship between the European Union and Britain after Brexit is likely to be governed by a free trade agreement (FTA), legal equivalence rules for financial services and memoranda of understanding
UK commits to EPAs after Brexit
29-Oct-2018 Loop
The United Kingdom says it will honour the current Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with PNG and other ACP member states that have existing preferential trade relations with the European Union, after Brexit.
PM: Vietnam backs negotiations on future Vietnam-UK FTA
29-Oct-2018 Nhan Dan
The two sides should continue technical discussions to define the framework and issues need to be negotiated, thereby creating favourable conditions for the later negotiation process, Vietnamese Prime Minister said.
"Deal" or "Secret Deal" – the EU-UK trade deal looks even more secretive than TTIP
27-Oct-2018 Open Democracy
While the media focus on the withdrawal deal, City lobbyists are working to set the agenda of the future EU-UK trade deal, whilst the public is kept in the dark.
The Trans-Pacific Powergrab: Why joining the TPP would be bad for people and planet – and the UK
25-Oct-2018 War on Want et al
New briefing from War on Want, Global Justice Now and Trade Justice Movement UK
Kenya wins big in Ksh.200B Cortec Mining case
23-Oct-2018 Citizen Digital
A case filed by Cortec Mining Ltd and two others against the Republic of Kenya under the Kenya-UK BIT amounting to Ksh.200billion has been dismissed.
’Turkey, UK should sign free trade agreement’
17-Oct-2018 Yeni Safak
Turkey and the UK should sign a free trade agreement (FTA) to protect bilateral trade from the effects of Brexit.
US to open trade talks with Japan, EU, UK
16-Oct-2018 The Hill
The Trump administration has notified Congress of its intent to negotiate three separate trade deals with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
EU ready to offer UK ‘super-charged’ free-trade deal
8-Oct-2018 Bloomberg
The European Union is set to offer the UK a free-trade deal deeper than any agreement that’s gone before.
EU open to free trade but not Chequers customs plan: document
26-Sep-2018 Reuters
EU negotiators are ready to offer Theresa May a free-trade area after Brexit but say that there must be a customs border.
Most cabinet ministers ’want Canada-style free trade deal with EU’
24-Sep-2018 The Independent
However other cabinet minister are said to favour a Norway-style deal which involves continued membership of the European Economic Area.
Liz Truss slams regulations in speech to US think tank backing environmental roll-back after Brexit
21-Sep-2018 Unearthed
Treasury minister was speaking on the same day the Cato Institute called for softer environmental rules and NHS competition.
Rightwing thinktanks unveil radical plan for US-UK Brexit trade deal
19-Sep-2018 The Guardian
Groups linked to Trump and Fox want foreign competition in NHS and regulations bonfire.
Africa prepares to drive a hard trade bargain with EU
4-Sep-2018 Euractiv
Increasing trade between the EU and the ACP, particularly African countries, lay at the heart of the ambition of the Cotonou Agreement. But it has not worked out that way.
Not much to gain for Kenya, Africa in post-Brexit trade agreements
3-Sep-2018 The East African
The UK will be planning to roll over "copycat" European Union agreements with African nations.
PM May says Britain committed to free trade with Kenya after Brexit
31-Aug-2018 Reuters
The prime minister has used her first official visit to the region of more than one billion people to stress that Britain’s relationship with former colonies, including Kenya and other African nations.