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Australia trade deal to be drafted by year end, Truss says
8-Jul-2021 Yahoo
The final trade deal with Australia will be fully drafted by the end of the year, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has said.
Britain’s Cairn gets French court order to seize 20 Indian properties in Paris
8-Jul-2021 The Tribune
The centrally located properties mostly comprise flats, valued at more than EUR 20 million, used by the Indian government establishment in France.
Uruguay swears allegiance to Mercosur, but will negotiate independently with third countries
8-Jul-2021 MercoPress
Uruguay will proceed with negotiations, expecting to reach trade agreements with third parties or blocks, outside of the four founding members group.
CPTPP studies to go before the cabinet
8-Jul-2021 Bangkok Post
Final studies on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) are ready and scheduled to go before the cabinet’s consideration over the next few weeks so that the government can make a decision whether to apply to join the pact.
The EU milk lookalike that is devastating West Africa’s dairy sector
8-Jul-2021 Politico
The local dairy industry has come under increasing pressure since Burkina Faso and its neighbors opened their markets to Europe under a series of trade agreements that stretch back almost two decades.
Proposed AfCFTA investment protocol should be simplified to attract foreign direct investment into Africa, says ECA’s Karingi
8-Jul-2021 UNECA
The Economic Commission for Africa today made a pre-launch presentation of a report which offers policy recommendations to member states wishing to take advantage of the economies of scope and scale of the envisioned AfCFTA Investment Protocol to attract investment.
AfCFTA becomes reality with new trading standard
8-Jul-2021 Agência Angola Press
AfCFTA’s secretary-general met with the Angolan President João Lourenço to discuss issues related to the challenges and development of AfCFTA, whose main objective is to achieve continental economic integration.
Pakistan, Uzbekistan set to sign TTA on 15th
8-Jul-2021 International The News
Pakistan is all set to sign the Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) with Uzbekistan in Tashkent on July 15, paving the way for having access for its products to the 90 billion dollars market of five Central Asian States.
Korea expresses desire to sign FTA with Pakistan
8-Jul-2021 Daily Times
Republic of Korea Suh Sangpyo has expressed his desire to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan, saying that a FTA is essential for the promotion of bilateral trade.
America now has a ’One China, One Taiwan’ policy: TIFA and TIPA will strengthen it
7-Jul-2021 The Hill
The Biden administration continues to build on the Trump team’s unprecedented efforts to deepen US relations with Taiwan.
NZ gunning for dairy access in UK FTA
7-Jul-2021 Yahoo
New Zealand is expected to follow Australia’s lead and ink an in-principle trade deal with the UK next month as it negotiates its post-Brexit economic future.
RCEP Asia trade pact draws US allies toward China – analysis
7-Jul-2021 Eurasia Review
US trade experts are watching warily as the world’s biggest free trade pact advances slowly toward ratification and brings some of America’s closest Asian allies into an economic bloc that includes China but leaves the United States on the sidelines.
Russia welcomes creation of free trade zone between EAEU, Indonesia, says Lavrov
7-Jul-2021 TASS
Russia welcomes the restart of the talks between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Indonesia on the free trade zone creation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference after the talks with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi.
Leaked diplomatic cables show ‘limited progress’ in Energy Charter Treaty reform talks
7-Jul-2021 Euractiv
Little progress has been made to modernise a controversial agreement on energy investments that activists warn could derail decarbonisation efforts in Europe and across the globe, according to leaked documents.
Ratification of FTA between Cambodia and China in sight
7-Jul-2021 The Star
The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce expects the bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) to be ratified by the National Assembly “soon”.
TIFA talks strategically affect US-Taiwan ties
7-Jul-2021 Taipei Times
Taiwan and the US on June 30 resumed the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks.
CAI rears its ugly head again
6-Jul-2021 Euro Intelligence
Hope for the EU-China comprehensive agreement on investment (CAI) springs eternal, after Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel had another call with Xi Jinping.
’Disgusting’: Pipeline company files $15 billion claim against US for canceled Keystone XL
6-Jul-2021 Common Dreams
TC Energy Corporation filed for compensation under a free trade provision that allows investors to sue governments if they impede profits.
More than 400 civil society organisations say: Leave the ECT by COP26
6-Jul-2021 S2B Network
More than 400 are calling on political leaders across all European countries to prioritise climate policies, to stick to their climate commitments, and therefore to initiate withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty by COP26.
US accuses Mexico of violating trade deal
6-Jul-2021 The Western Producer
Mexican president announced last year that the country plans to ban genetically modified corn and the use of glyphosate