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Ukraine and Britain sign agreement on free trade, political cooperation, and strategic partnership
9-Oct-2020 Ukrainian News
Ukraine and Britain have signed an agreement on political cooperation, free trade, and strategic partnership.
The UK-SACUM economic partnership agreement
8-Oct-2020 Tralac
In the SACUM-UK EPA, commitments on tariffs for both the UK and SACUM have been transitioned from the SADC-EU EPA without changes.
EU ready to call Johnson bluff, betting he won’t quit talks
7-Oct-2020 Bloomberg
The European Union has no plans to offer concessions to Boris Johnson before next week’s Brexit deadline, betting that the UK prime minister won’t make good on threats to walk away from trade negotiations if he doesn’t get what he wants.
Japan-UK trade deal keeps low tariffs for cars made with EU parts
7-Oct-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
The economic partnership agreement between Japan and the UK will maintain preferential tariffs for industrial products manufactured with components made in the European Union in a win for Japanese automakers.
Zelensky, Johnson to sign new large Ukraine-UK strategic partnership deal – envoy
6-Oct-2020 Unian
Ukraine-UK agreement on political cooperation, free trade and strategic partnership, which will be signed in London, contains hundreds of pages.
Day of action against the US trade deal
6-Oct-2020 Global Justice Now
Saturday 24 October: Take action against the US trade deal to protect services, standards, rights and democracy!
Britain open to Aussie-style EU trade deal but Australia wants more
5-Oct-2020 Reuters
Australia is far from happy with its arrangements with the EU and is pushing for the better market access that only a fully-fledged trade deal with the wealthy 27-member bloc would bring.
EU, UK to step up Brexit talks to try to close ’significant gaps’ over trade deal
5-Oct-2020 Reuters
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the head of the EU’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen, agreed to step up Brexit talks to close “significant gaps” barring a new trade partnership.
EU launches legal action against UK for breaching Brexit deal and international law
1-Oct-2020 CNN
The backdrop to all of this is that trade talks between London and Brussels are entering their final phase.
Vietnam backs UK to join TPP in Hanoi talks
1-Oct-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
The United Kingdom said it has Vietnam’s support to join a trans-Pacific trade deal, a boost for the country facing the dire economic impacts of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.
UK and EU pharma call for medicines to be prioritised in Brexit trade talks
29-Sep-2020 European Pharmaceutical Review
They have both emphasised the need for trade talks to mitigate medicine supply chain disruptions following Brexit.
EU negotiators willing to work on legal agreement with UK - The Times
29-Sep-2020 Reuters
European Union negotiators have signaled that they are willing to begin work on a joint legal text of a trade agreement with the UK.
Vietnam and UK foreign ministers to meet for trade deal
29-Sep-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will visit Vietnam on Tuesday to hold talks with his counterpart Pham Binh Minh, with a trade deal at the top of the agenda ahead of the ending of the transition period for Britain’s exit from the European Union this year.
Brexit trade deal: So near and yet so far
28-Sep-2020 BBC
The key sticking points in trade talks remain stubbornly the same: fishing rights, competition regulations and the governance of any eventual agreement.
East African partners throw Kenya under the bus in Brexit talks
24-Sep-2020 The East African
Meetings called to negotiate a collective trade agreement between the EAC and the United Kingdom have failed to make any substantive progress.
Kenya offers EAC partners seat in UK trade deal talks
23-Sep-2020 The Star
Kenya has welcomed its neighbours in negotiating fora post-Brexit trade deal with the UK for a duty and quota-free market.
Liz Truss hails ‘productive’ fourth round of UK-US trade talks
23-Sep-2020 City AM
British trade secretary said the UK and US had made “significant” progress in reaching a trade deal after wrapping up a “productive” fourth round of talks.
Business groups warn ’clock is ticking’ for Canada-UK trade deal
22-Sep-2020 CBC
According to Canadian International Trade Minister’s office, officials now are working toward a "transitional agreement" to minimize disruptions for businesses and workers.
Unions insist they must be consulted on trade deals
21-Sep-2020 The News
Unions in the UK, Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to call for decent jobs and workers’ rights to be protected under any deals on trade.
We must defeat the US trade deal
21-Sep-2020 Open Democracy
Food standards, the price of medicine and climate action are on the slab in the biggest assault on Britain’s sovereignty in modern history.