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Moving out of RCEP in interest of India’s business, says MEA Jaishankar
9-Mar-2020 Business Standard
Moving out of the RCEP was in the interest of India’s business, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.
New trade deal takes from China, delivers for Valley
9-Mar-2020 The Monitor
Yet even before the coronavirus outbreak began in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan in December, seismic rumblings already were being felt in the field of global logistics.
What ails India’s Free Trade Agreements?
9-Mar-2020 Financial Express
Lack of harmonised standards, and certification issues that increase transaction costs plague India’s FTAs
Thai firms explore investment avenues in Pakistan
9-Mar-2020 The Express Tribune
Pakistan and Thailand will hold political consultations at the secretary level as well as organise meetings of the Joint Economic Commission to further bolster economic relations between the two nations.
EU-UK Brexit talks: Differences clear after first week
6-Mar-2020 BBC
The two sides sound quite positive and appear to agree on some technicalities in areas like transport and energy. But there are some big disagreements about some big things.
EU punishes Cambodia over human rights abuses
6-Mar-2020 The ASEAN Post
The EU launched the process to strip Cambodia of its preferential trade terms following the dissolvement of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) by the Cambodian government.
Trade impact of coronavirus epidemic for India estimated at 348 million dollars: UN report
6-Mar-2020 Tribune India
The trade impact of the coronavirus epidemic for India is estimated to be about 348 million dollars and the country figures among the top 15 economies most affected as slowdown of manufacturing in China disrupts world trade, according to a UN report.
China looks to boost investment, strengthen ties with Colombia
5-Mar-2020 Buenos Aires Times
Beijing is preparing to sign a deal that would strengthen its ties with Colombia, one of its closest Latin American allies, as its companies pour billions into rail projects, mines and other investments.
Chinese investment upheavals anger Laos’ indigenous tribes
5-Mar-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
Nowadays, China is its largest foreign investor and aid provider in a series of infrastructure projects. But critics have raised serious concerns about the impact of the projects, pointing at their gigantic price tags and environmental issues, among others.
Virus outbreak slows up China-EU trade talks
5-Mar-2020 China Daily
Even before the novel coronavirus emerged to threaten this year’s schedule, EU officials had lamented a lack of progress, no doubt in part as a negotiating tactic to try to pressure their Chinese counterparts.
Cerro Verde to open ICSID case against Peru
4-Mar-2020 Mining Journal
Cerro Verde, a partnership between Freeport McMoran and Buenaventura, is to bring a case against Peru related to a taxation dispute at the ICSID under a US-Peru trade agreement.
CPEC costs human life, resources in Balochistan: Activists at UN
4-Mar-2020 The Dispatch
Baloch political activists have alleged that the people in Balochistan are paying a heavy price for the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
New Zealand to wait for trade pact if India out of RCEP
4-Mar-2020 Fibre 2 Fashion
New Zealand will look forward to a bilateral trade agreement with India if New Delhi does not join the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Why don’t we just… end the secrecy surrounding trade talks?
3-Mar-2020 Big Issue North
As it leaves the EU, Britain is taking a far more secretive approach to the many trade talks it is holding. Neither the public – nor even our MPs – are allowed to know what’s happening in those negotiations.
UK eyes speedy banking deal with US in parallel trade talks
3-Mar-2020 Bloomberg
The UK and US may seek a quick deal on financial services separate from the free trade accord the two are negotiating, a British official said.
US-UK trade deal: Four things you might have missed, from food standards to climate commitments
3-Mar-2020 The Independent
The government has not ruled out imports of US agricultural products made to lower standards than in the UK.
With no major trade deals signed in recent years, India turning an outlier
3-Mar-2020 The New Indian Express
The feeling now in global trade negotiating circles is that India is a recalcitrant partner, difficult to negotiate with.
Understanding India’s RCEP hesitation
3-Mar-2020 Fortune India
Pressure on India to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has continued, including most recently from Oceania.
What Deputy PM Somkid didn’t say: disasters loom large as Thai government eager to join CPTPP
3-Mar-2020 FTA Watch
FTA Watch and Thai civil society slammed government’s attempt to push Thailand into CPTPP FTA while the country have no negotiating power; risking negative impacts on Thai small farmers, rights over seeds and breeds, and access to medicine.
Nepal’s bilateral investment treaties
2-Mar-2020 The Annapurna Express
Nepal has signed six bilateral investment treaties that can be described as first generation i.e. a template of BITs that were championed by inves­tor-friendly Western European countries