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Tunisia seeks urgent review of trade agreement with Turkey
23-Aug-2021 Reuters
Le ministre tunisien explique que cette décision a été prise dans l’ambition de protéger la production nationale.
Tunisia ready to participate in the COMESA free trade regime
12-May-2021 COMESA
Tunisia is ready to fully participate in the COMESA Free Trade Area regime (FTA) one year after giving notification of participation in the trade regime in March, 2020.
DCFTA: An uncertain economic impact and irreversible consequences on society and sovereignty
21-Dec-2020 Houloul
We cannot expect a miracle, or even a significant economic improvement with the DCFTA, especially as its irreversible political and social consequences risk preventing development from the country.
Deep and comprehensive dependency
10-Dec-2020 TNI
How a trade agreement with the EU could devastate the Tunisian economy.
Qatar, Tunisia discuss signing free trade agreement
17-Nov-2020 The Peninsula
The two countries aim to increase the volume of trade exchange and diversify it by signing a free trade agreement.
To get out of the crisis exacerbated by Covid-19: more than a hundred organizations and networks in the Arab region are launching a campaign for debt cancellation and getting rid of "free trade" agreements.
26-Jun-2020 Observatoire Tunisien de l’Economie
To get out of the crisis exacerbated by Covid-19: more than a hundred organizations and networks in the Arab region are launching a campaign for debt cancellation and getting rid of "free trade" agreements.
The European evaluation of the Association Agreements: guarantees and content still insufficient
3-Jun-2020 FTDES
The lack of independence, the priority given to the commercial aspects instead of the human aspects, and the superficiality of this report prevent it from being recognised as a credible evaluation.
Intellectual property rights: Potential implications of the DCFTA for access to medicine
25-Mar-2020 Observatoire Tunisien de l’Economie
If the intellectual property provisions of the DCFTA are applied, this will have an impact on both the cost of patented medicines and undermine access to affordable medicines.
Tunisian parliament urged to pass Africa Free Trade bill
11-Mar-2020 Middle East Online
The Tunisian parliament is under increasing pressure to revisit its decision not to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
Civil society declaration – Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements: the mirage of the evaluation study
13-Dec-2019 FTDES
The evaluation is highly unsatisfactory due to: the economic methodology imposed by the EU; civil society not sufficiently involved; social, economic and environmental impacts not taken into account.
Minister designates conclusion of trade negotiations as priority
12-Nov-2019 Line Today
Indonesian Trade Minister brought attention to prioritizing the prompt conclusion of several international trade negotiations in 2020, including RCEP and deals with Tunisia, Morocco, the EU and Turkey.
Tuniso-Moroccan newsletter on DCFTA n°2 – October 2019
29-Oct-2019 FTDES
Since April, a number of developments have taken place in Morocco and Tunisia, in particular the fourth round of negotiations in Tunisia.
UK and Tunisia sign continuity agreement
7-Oct-2019 Government of the United Kingdom
Agreement will ensure British businesses and consumers benefit from continued access to the Tunisian market after we leave the EU.
Food, Agriculture, Sovereignty: A book that dismantles the myths of Tunisian agriculture
2-Jul-2019
The peasants have told the activist researchers stories of their daily struggles, but it is their attempt at organization that sparks the greatest interest.
Call against the EU Tunisia DCFTA
25-Apr-2019 No DCFTA in Tunisia
As European movements, we denounce this DCFTA as a violent neo-colonial project and support Tunisian organisations’ struggle against liberal policies imposed upon them by the European Union.
EU drive for trade liberalisation adds to tensions in Tunisia
17-Apr-2019 Social Europe
The European Union’s disproportionate pressure for trade liberalisation risks exacerbating political strains in the last democracy of northern Africa.
China and Tunisia sign belt and road agreement
23-Jan-2019 Out-Law
Tunisia seeks a meaningful engagement with BRI, to develop its infrastructure and open up trade with China and Africa in order to expand and diversify its trading partners which is currently dominated by Europe.
PTA with Tunisia soon
29-Nov-2018 The News
Tunisia can be a gateway for Pakistani business community to the African countries, says Tunisian Ambassador
EU-Tunisia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Tunisia, Indonesia sign preferential trade agreement
26-Jun-2018 Xinhua
Tunisia and Indonesia signed a preferential partnership agreement at the Tunisia-Indonesia Business Forum held in Tunis.