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India FTA can be clinched this year, but no more visa offers: UK trade minister
23-Jan-2023 India Today
The India-UK free trade agreement is expected to be clinched this year but it won’t involve any boost of free movement visa offers for Indians.
India, Vietnam to begin talks on trade agreement
23-Jan-2023 Mint
A joint Indo-Vietnamese working group will be formed in the coming months to examine the feasibility of a trade pact.
Taylor: US tells Mexico biotech corn restrictions won’t stand
20-Jan-2023 Agri-Pulse
Taylor said the USDA appreciates Mexico’s willingness to negotiate on its looming decree to ban imports of genetically modified corn, but U.S. officials are far from satisfied with the latest compromise offered by Mexican officials.
Australia, EU locked in ‘feta’ trade fight
20-Jan-2023 Michael West
Australia is locked in a high-stakes food fight with Europe over certain local products using the names Prosecco for wine and feta for cheese.
Iran, EAEU sign free trade deal: IRNA
20-Jan-2023 Press TV
Iran and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have signed a free trade agreement to allow tariff-free exports for more than 90% of their products.
Govt. resumes measures to operationalise FTA with Singapore
20-Jan-2023 Daily Mirror
The government has resumed measures to operationalise the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) that came into effect in May 2018 which covers goods, services, investment, intellectual properties, telecommunications, e-commerce, trade facilitation, government procurement, competition and economic and technical co-operation.
CAB urges energy ministry for not signing Energy Charter Treaty
20-Jan-2023 The Daily Star
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) submitted a petition, signed by 25,720 persons, urging the energy ministry for not signing the Energy Charter Treaty as the signing of the treaty will affect the public interest and the nation’s energy sector.
CEPA negotiations likely to start in two months
19-Jan-2023 The Financial Express
Bangladesh and India are expected to start negotiations on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement within the next two months, officials said.
Australian lithium miners lead way in battery minerals supply chain
19-Jan-2023 PV Magazine
While it is likely the US will identify additional free trade agreements for the purposes of the battery critical mineral requirements going forward, Australia, as one of the countries with an exisiting free trade agreement with the US, has a “critical” role to play.
AfCFTA protocol on investment draft (Feb 2022)
18-Jan-2023
Preliminary analysis of the IPEF chapter on good regulatory practice
18-Jan-2023 Third World Network
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) seeks to impose a structure, set of procedures and criteria to govern the Parties’ regulatory decision making at the central government level.
Hungarian oil giant MOL to sue Slovak government for windfall tax
18-Jan-2023 Euractiv
MOL and its Slovak subsidiary Slovnaft are working on a lawsuit against the government for the new windfall tax which aims to raise funds to help with expensive energy for more affected industries and households.
Iranian trade team underscores need for finalising FTA
18-Jan-2023 Business Recorder
Leader of a trade delegation from Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said that Iran and Pakistan must finalize the Free Trade Agreement at the earliest possible time.
The secretive legal weapon that fossil fuel interests use against climate-conscious countries
18-Jan-2023 Grist
Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.
Egyptian envoy says El -Sisi’s India visit will be a golden opportunity to forge new partnership
18-Jan-2023 Capital News
For the first time, a leader from Egypt will be the chief guest at India’s Republic day, this year. Calling the visit ‘historic’, the envoy added that Egypt and India can see eye to eye on several key global issues.
US, Taiwan talks raise hopes for free-trade pact, analysts say
17-Jan-2023 South China Morning Post
Talks under way in Taipei between Taiwanese and US officials could pave the way for the two sides to sign a free-trade agreement in four areas, according to analysts.
New Zealand’s objectives for CPTPP
17-Jan-2023 NZ Herald
Powerful Asia-Pacific trade ministers are set to converge on Auckland at Matariki weekend for a meeting which host chair Damien O’Connor hopes will turn heads in protectionist-leaning Washington DC and Brussels.
NI Protocol: No breakthrough on deal after UK-EU talks
17-Jan-2023 BBC
The Northern Ireland Protocol is a part of the UK-EU Brexit deal that keeps Northern Ireland aligned with some EU trade rules.
Free trade zone workers in Nicaragua are without rights
17-Jan-2023 Havana Times
The entry into force in 2006 of the CAFTA-DR represented a notable boost to Nicaraguan exports of products made in companies that operate under the free trade zone regime, which required the hiring of a lot of labor.
China-Sri Lanka FTA: Will it benefit Sri Lanka in the long run?
17-Jan-2023 Colombo Gazette
The Chinese Minister of Commerce, Gao Hucheng, and the Sri Lankan Minister of Economic Development, Basil Rajapaksa, signed a memorandum on the launch of the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, officially announcing the launch of bilateral FTA negotiations.