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Interim govt moves to access RCEP
14-Oct-2024 The Financial Express
The Bangladesh interim government has strongly started processing to access the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), an emerging economic bloc encompassing the Asia-Pacific region that represents one third of global GDP.
Philippines, EU to resume FTA talks
14-Oct-2024 Philstar Global
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) are set to resume next week the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), which the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to conclude by 2027 to ensure continued preferential market access to the bloc.
French court clears Cyprus on FBME case
14-Oct-2024 ekathimerini.com
France’s highest court has brought an end to the $1.4 billion legal battle over the resolution of FBME Bank, ruling that the Central Bank of Cyprus acted prudently and did not breach any obligations under a bilateral investment treaty between Cyprus and Lebanon.
Malaysia in talks for new free trade deals to blunt impact of geopolitical conflicts — Zafrul
14-Oct-2024 The Edge Malaysia
Malaysia is currently negotiating several new free trade agreements that would help to diversify its trade and investments, and mitigate the impact of conflicts in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Drop ‘irrational standards’ in trade talks, Goyal advises EU
14-Oct-2024 Hindustan Times
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday advised the European Union to shun imposing “irrational standards” such as carbon tax, which he said act as trade barriers.
UK, Switzerland to begin negotiations on FTA
14-Oct-2024 The Print
The current UK-Switzerland trade deal, largely based on a 1972 EU-Swiss deal, excludes digital trade and data flows.
‘Isolated’ France faces political storm over EU-South American trade deal
14-Oct-2024 Politico
An already weakened Macron risks outrage from farmers as the rest of the EU races to get Mercosur deal done.
ExxonMobil sues the Netherlands over gas field closure
11-Oct-2024 SOMO
The multinational disagrees with the decision that gas production in the Dutch province of Groningen will be shut down early.
Italian Deputy PM pledges to help pull through EU-Mercosur FTA
11-Oct-2024 MercoPress
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and top diplomat Antonio Tajani told a group of Brazilian businesspeople in Sao Paulo that they are working to accelerate the process and reach a positive conclusion.
Macau and mainland sign new upgrade to CEPA trade agreement
11-Oct-2024 Macau Business
Macau and mainland China authorities signed a new version of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement.
China, ASEAN issue joint statement on conclusion of FTA upgrade negotiations
11-Oct-2024 Xinhua
The statement covers existing areas of the China-ASEAN FTA agreement as well as emerging areas that have great cooperation potential, including the digital economy, the green economy and supply chain interconnectivity, the ministry said.
UAE, Malaysia conclude negotiations towards CEPA
11-Oct-2024 Zawya
A trade deal between the UAE and Malaysia seeks to eliminate or lower tariffs, reduce barriers to trade, promote private-sector collaboration and establish new pathways for investment.
Egyptian-Malaysian free trade agreement in progress: Malaysian plantation minister
9-Oct-2024 Ahramonline
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade and his Malaysian counterpart are currently engaged in designing a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, where palm oil will be a key pillar of this imminent action
AfCFTA: Women and youth in trade protocol (Oct 2024)
9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA protocol on investment (Oct 2024)
9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA: protocol on intellectual property rights (Oct 2024)
9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA: Digital trade protocol (Oct 2024)
9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA protocol on competition policy (Oct 2024)
9-Oct-2024
Breaking free: Strategies for governments on terminating investment treaties and removing ISDS provisions
9-Oct-2024 CCSI
In this report, we present three practical approaches governments can consider in the near term to address their current stock of international investment agreements with ISDS.
EU-India conclude ninth round of free trade agreement talks, core issues remain
9-Oct-2024 Euractiv
The European Union and India have concluded the ninth round of talks on a proposed free trade agreement. Although divergences on key issues remain, an FTA is in the interest of both sides.