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Israel-UAE free trade deal takes effect
27-Mar-2023 Punjab News Express
A free trade agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has come into effect, the first such economic deal the Jewish state reached with an Arab country.
Free trade deal with Mexico discussion and animal welfare
24-Mar-2023 The Scottish Farmer
Claims that beef imported from Mexico has a lower carbon footprint than UK-reared beef are ‘B-word’, an environment minister has said.
UK free trade deal with GCC on track for fourth round of talks
24-Mar-2023 The National
The British government’s investment minster has said the third round of talks that could eventually lead to a free trade agreement between the UK and the GCC have been completed successfully and a fourth session should be held in London later this year.
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23-Mar-2023
Canada must cancel its free trade deal with Israel
23-Mar-2023 The Monitor
Commitments to “inclusive” trade are meaningless if they support violations of international law.
India-UK trade talks home in on digital trade, investor protection
23-Mar-2023 Nikkei Asia
Indian and British negotiators will be seeking a landing zone on digital trade and investor protection as they hold another round of free trade talks in New Delhi.
EU agri ministers push back against Mercosur deal
23-Mar-2023 Euractiv
A number of EU countries spoke out against reviving the EU-Mercosur trade deal during a meeting of agriculture ministers in Brussels on Monday 20 March. But with an agreement already hammered out, room for change is limited.
Breaking: Civil society denounce leaked joint instrument on EU-Mercosur deal as blatant greenwashing
23-Mar-2023 Friends of the Earth Europe
Documents leaked reveal that the EU-Mercosur deal’s proposed annex, supposedly intended to safeguard the environment, climate and human rights, does nothing to achieve this.
EU-Mercosur FTA: Joint instrument (EU proposal, Feb 2023)
23-Mar-2023 Friends of the Earth Europe
As leaked by Friends of the Earth Europe, Ecologistas en Acción, European Coordination Via Campesina, Collectif national Stop CETA-Mercosur, Aitec, PowerShift e.V. Germany, Handel Anders.
The USMCA’s self-destruct button: Review clause conjures fears of 2018 all over again
22-Mar-2023 CTV
The so-called "sunset provision" reflects the lingering working-class distrust of globalization in the US that helped Donald Trump get elected president back in 2016.
Philippines’ RCEP ratification: a deadly blow for the country’s agriculture
21-Mar-2023 MASIPAG
The country’s economic sovereignty that will supposedly provide a ground for the flourishing of local agriculture and production has been once again gnawed by global corporate interests.
Position paper on pure food and genetic modification
21-Mar-2023 Ngā Toki Whakarururanga
Ngā Toki Whakarururanga believes IPEF provisions would cut across the rights, interests, duties and responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples throughout the region.
Taiwan calls on Britain to support its bid for Pacific trade pact
21-Mar-2023 Reuters
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Britain to support its bid to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact which London has also applied to enter.
Ukraine and UK sign agreement on digital trade
21-Mar-2023 Interfax
This new generation trade agreement focuses primarily on preventing the emergence of barriers in the future, as states in the world are increasingly regulating the digital sphere.
Austrian agriculture minister says ‘no’ to Mercosur deal amid industry pressure
21-Mar-2023 Euractiv
Agriculture Minister said he opposes the EU-Mercosur trade agreement during the Agriculture Council in Brussels on despite alleged industry pressure on the minister in charge of giving Austria’s final decision.
The potential China-Uruguay trade deal risks fracturing Mercosur
20-Mar-2023 The Diplomat
Montevideo is pushing ahead with FTA talks with China – ignoring warnings from neighbors about possible legal and trade action if Uruguay negotiates outside the bloc.
Clamour against United Kingdom’s free-trade negotiator
20-Mar-2023 The Telegraph
Groups from India and nearly 40 countries express concern about a leaked chapter from the proposed FTA that they say appears to represent ‘a wish list’ of the pharmaceutical industry.
Why Britain joining the CPTPP is clearly not about the economy
20-Mar-2023 South China Morning Post
‘Global Britain’ needs new friends and trading partners as the economic harm from Brexit becomes clear.
Georgia and the UAE strike free-trade deal after just three rounds of talks
20-Mar-2023 Arab News
The UAE and Georgia have agreed a new trade deal which will see the reduction of tariffs and the removal of other barriers as the two countries seek to boost economic ties.
India asks 68 countries to renegotiate bilateral investment pacts, Rajya Sabha told
20-Mar-2023 Times of India
India has issued termination notices to 68 countries for Bilateral Investment Treaties with a request to renegotiate on the basis of the model agreement formulated in 2015.