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16-Sep-2024 New Telegraph
Nigeria should audit her Bilateral Investment Treaties –Owonikoko
Why President Bola Tinubu should use diplomatic means to resolve the dispute, ANAYO EZUGWU brings the excerpts -
13-Sep-2024 Transform Trade
Farmers, food and freedom
How trade deals are undermining the right to seeds. -
13-Sep-2024 Foreign Policy
There are no free lunches in trade deals
How to cut through the PR and understand an agreement. -
13-Sep-2024 Demerara Waves
Caribbean unable to penetrate European markets – former CARICOM economic advisor
The benefits derived from the 2008 Economic Partnership Agreement with Europe have so far been very disappointing partly because of the inherently unequal/unlevel nature of the playing field. -
13-Sep-2024 The Express Tribune
Pakistan moves to join MERCOSUR
Cabinet approves framework trade agreement with South American trade bloc. -
13-Sep-2024 Euractiv
New French PM dashes hopes of a EU-Mercosur deal by Brazil G20 summit
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier reiterated France’s opposition to the EU-Mercosur free trade deal and confirmed his desire to seek a ‘blocking minority’, dashing hopes of finalising the deal at the upcoming G20 summit in Brazil. -
13-Sep-2024 The Hill Times
Canada faces $100-million forfeiture ‘test case’ as Russian airline sues over grounded plane
In August 2023, Volga-Dnepr filed a motion of intent to initiate the dispute with Canada under a 1989 treaty that Ottawa penned with the then-Soviet Union, which included a investor-state dispute settlement system. -
12-Sep-2024 Xinhua
Chinese premier calls for acceleration of FTA negotiation with GCC
Chinese Premier Li Qiang called on China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to strengthen the alignment of their development strategies and speed up the free trade agreement negotiations process. -
12-Sep-2024 Euractiv
Brazil asks EU to hold off on implementing deforestation law
Brazil asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revised to avoid hurting Brazilian exports. -
12-Sep-2024 The National
Hong Kong explores free trade agreements with UAE and Gulf
Hong Kong is exploring free trade agreements with the UAE and the broader Gulf region to boost its trade and investment ties with economies in the region, senior government officials have said. -
12-Sep-2024 Pro Pakistani
Indonesia ready to negotiate free trade agreement with Pakistan: Envoy
Rahmat Hindiarta Kusuma, Charge d’Affaires of the Indonesian Embassy, said Indonesia is ready to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan. -
12-Sep-2024 Balkan Insight
Serbia, Israel presidents announce free trade agreement
During Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Belgrade, his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, said that a free trade deal will be agreed ’as soon as possible’. -
12-Sep-2024 La Vía Campesina
Day of action against the WTO and FTAs: Statement of organizations in Canada and the US
Organizations of La Via Campesina in Canada and the United State recommit ourselves to the struggle for food sovereignty here in North America and globally, in solidarity with our movement allies. -
12-Sep-2024 TNI
Serbia’s lithium gamble: Reviving Rio Tinto’s mine amidst protests and economic promises
In 2021, Rio Tinto filed a notice of dispute related to the government announcement to cancel the Lithium project in the Jadar Valley under the UK-Serbia bilateral investment agreement. -
12-Sep-2024 Maldives Republic
Maldives-Türkiye FTA drawn up, awaiting Turkish parliament approval
The Maldives-Türkiye Free Trade Agreement has been drawn up, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed has confirmed. The Preferential Trade Agreement for the FTA was finalised. -
11-Sep-2024 Hindustan Times
India, UAE to review trade deal in talks this week, sources say
Indian and Emirati officials are expected to review their trade agreement this week amid concerns raised by Indian industry over a sharp increase in imports of precious metals from the United Arab Emirates. -
11-Sep-2024 Ends Europe
Mercosur deal ‘not ready’, Commission maintains amid calls to swiftly conclude talks
Divisions remain on agriculture and sustainability in EU-Mercosur trade talks, as 11 member states call for a final deal this year. -
11-Sep-2024 Kenyans.co.ke
Kenya, US edge closer to landmark trade deal as talks enter eighth round
As Kenya and the United States gear up for the eighth round of negotiations under the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP), the urgency to conclude a long-delayed free trade agreement has intensified. -
11-Sep-2024 bilaterals.org
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): for whose benefit?
This webinar, scheduled on Thursday 12 September 2024, aims is to collectively reflect on what does this trade deal mean for ordinary Africans in a time of deep climate, economic and food crises.
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11-Sep-2024 Korea Times
Korea, Mongolia hold new round of talks for economic partnership agreement
Korea and Mongolia are actively negotiating a comprehensive economic partnership to strengthen bilateral ties. The third round of talks, held in Ulaanbaatar, focused on expanding trade, investment, and supply chain cooperation. Korea aims to diversify its markets and stabilize supply chains through this partnership.