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Singapore and South Korea conclude negotiations on digital economy agreement
15-Dec-2021 Channel News Asia
Singapore and South Korea have concluded negotiations on the Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement (KSDPA), establishing forward looking digital trade rules and norms to promote interoperability between digital systems.
CEPA negotiations with India start next year
15-Dec-2021 The Daily Star
Negotiations for signing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India will begin next year as the related feasibility study has entered its final stage.
Nicaragua repeals trade agreement with Taiwan after resuming ties with China
15-Dec-2021 La Prensa Latina
Nicaragua’s parliament on Tuesday repealed the free trade agreement (FTA) signed in December 2006 with Taiwan, after last week severing diplomatic ties with the island in favor of Beijing.
FTA with Indonesia under review
14-Dec-2021 The Express Tribune
A trade agreement between Pakistan and Indonesia is being negotiated to enhance trade activities and it is likely to be implemented soon, said Ambassador of Indonesia to Pakistan Adam Mulawarman Tugio.
The Minister of Trade ensures that RCEP and IK-CEPA are effective January 1, 2022
14-Dec-2021 CNN Indonesia
The Minister of Trade (Minister of Trade) Muhammad Lutfi confirmed that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will take effect January 1, 2022.
India, UAE to wrap up negotiations for trade agreement by next month, says Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal
14-Dec-2021 Swarajya
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that India and the UAE will wrap up the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by next month.
33 groups call for tougher stance on vaccine apartheid in trade negotiations
13-Dec-2021 Scoop
33 domestic and international groups have written to NZ Prime Minister, calling for NZ to use its bilateral trade negotiations with the United Kingdom and European Union to push for an end to vaccine apartheid.
EAEU-Iran interim free trade agreement extended until 2025
13-Dec-2021 Belta
The interim free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran has been extended until 2025, an Eurasian Economic Commission official said.
Korea is taking the plunge on the CPTPP
13-Dec-2021 Korea JoongAng Daily
Korea is taking the first steps to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a multilateral free trade agreement involving 11 other nations.
Investment governance in Africa to support climate resilience and decarbonization
13-Dec-2021 Afronomics Law
African nations should not be expected to take the lead in addressing a climate emergency they did not create. The priority for Africa is to receive support and investment to build resilience and adapt to climate impacts.
Hope for Kenya–US trade deal as ministers hold talks
11-Dec-2021 The Star
Kenya and the US have revisited discussions on trade policies, giving hope to the stalled Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that started more than a year ago.
AIO seeks insurance sector’s integration into AfCFTA
11-Dec-2021 Punch
The President of African Insurance Organization, Mr Tope Smart, has said the organisation is examining how the insurance sector can best integrate into the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Britain agrees digital trade deal with Singapore
10-Dec-2021 WTVB
Britain said it had agreed a digital trade deal with Singapore, the first digitally-focussed trade pact signed by a European nation.
India-EU free trade talks hit slow lane over labour, environment, investment issues
10-Dec-2021 BusinessLine
There is no clarity now over when formal negotiations on the proposed India-EU trade pact would begin.
China’s BRI gets entangled in Pakistan port protest
8-Dec-2021 Asia Times
Gwadar unrest grows as fishing communities complain of job losses and broken promises linked to Belt and Road Initiative projects
Majority of CPEC projects completed: envoy
8-Dec-2021 The Express Tribune
A majority of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have been completed, revealed Chinese Consul General in Karachi Li Bijian.
Farmers urged senators to junk RCEP
8-Dec-2021 Manila Bulletin
A group of farmers has threatened not to support re-electionist senators if they will not junk the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal.
Singapore, EU in talks on strengthening bilateral digital trade, forming partnership
8-Dec-2021 The Straits Times
Singapore and Europe commenced talks in Brussels to strengthen bilateral digital trade, with a longer-term goal of advancing towards a digital partnership.
Australia urges US to push back on ‘digital authoritarianism’
8-Dec-2021 The Sydney Morning Herald
The Morrison government is pushing the Biden administration to strike a digital free trade agreement with democracies across the Indo-Pacific in a bid to counter China’s “digital authoritarianism”.
Thai civil society urges government to end plans to join CPTPP
7-Dec-2021 Thai PBS World
Thailand’s anti-CPTPP civil society organizations issued an open letter, addressed to Prime Minister, urging the government immediately to cease plans to join the 11-member CPTPP trade bloc.