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Asia & Pacific

Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.

Fifth TIFA council meeting held
21-Dec-2020 The Himalayan Times
The United States affirmed its engagement with Nepal on its efforts to foster innovation and investment through improvements in intellectual property protection and enforcement.
Cambodia’s aim in trade deals: keep the US and Japan close, but China closer
30-Nov-2020 South China Morning Post
Phnom Penh is negotiating a raft of free-trade agreements, but the pacts are not expected to lessen its reliance on Beijing.
Central Asian NGOs raise concerns about BRI projects
19-Nov-2020 The Third Pole
Experts are calling on their governments to strengthen oversight of Belt and Road Initiative projects as anger rises over their environmental and social impacts.
S. Korea, Mongolia to lower tariffs starting 2021 under regional trade pact
30-Oct-2020 Yonhap
South Korea and Mongolia will lower tariffs on some products starting next year, as Ulaanbaatar joined a regional trade pact known as the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement.
Virtual signing of the USA-Fiji TIFA
16-Oct-2020 Fiji Times
Apart from being the first trade and investment agreement signed between the United States and Fiji, the US-Fiji TIFA is also the first Agreement signed by the US with a Pacific Island Country.
Russia to help Cambodia get Free Trade Agreement with EAEU
2-Oct-2020 Khmer Times
Russia has showed a clear position that Russia supports the Kingdom to hold negotiations to have free trade in the EAEU, in which Russia is a key actor.
FTA with Mongolia under study
1-Oct-2020 Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia is studying the possibility of a bilateral free trade agreement with Mongolia.
Norway tries to seal FTA with China this year, but complications abound
1-Oct-2020 Seafood Source
There’s speculation in Beijing diplomatic circles this month as to whether China will sign a free trade deal with Norway this year.
Mongolia joins China to become seventh member of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement
29-Sep-2020 South China Morning Post
Mongolia joins founding members Bangladesh, India, Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka as well as China, its biggest trading partner.
Trade commitments between Brunei and Hong Kong to take effect
29-Sep-2020 The Star
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said that the commitments relating to Hong Kong and Brunei member state, under the trade and and investment agreements between Hong Kong and ASEAN, will enter into force on Oct 20.

    Links

  • ABAC
    APEC Business Advisory Council is pushing for an FTA among APEC members
  • ASEAN Briefing
    ASEAN Briefing is a platform dedicated to the various and increasing number of trade treaties and agreements throughout the ASEAN region, produced by tax and legal professionals Dezan Shira & Associates.
  • Asia Regional Integration Center
    Database of bilateral and plurilateral FTAs with at least one of Asian Development Bank’s 48 regional members as signatory.
  • Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA
    An Australian government webpage on the Australia-ASEAN-New Zealand FTA negotiations, agreed to end 2004 and begun early 2005.
  • Macau-China FTA
    Official website on the Macau-China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement
  • PANG
    The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) plays the role of the Pacific regional “peoples’ watchdog on trade issues”.