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31-Mar-2023
Politico
So what exactly is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership — and why did the U.K. get its foot in the door?
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31-Mar-2023
The National
Tariffs will be removed or reduced on more than 96 per cent of product lines, covering 99 per cent of the current value of traded goods.
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31-Mar-2023
Reuters
Britain struck a deal to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan and Australia as it looks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union.
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30-Mar-2023
The Nation
On the strength of Nigeria’s estimated 200 million population and huge market, she was tipped as the biggest potential beneficiary of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement. However, two years after trading commenced on January 1, 2021, Nigeria is yet to begin practical implementation of the trade pact.
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30-Mar-2023
The Guardian
Clive Palmer’s Singapore-based company Zeph Investments is suing Australia for $296bn, enlisting the help of former attorney general Christian Porter in a landmark case arguing a breach of the Asean free trade deal.
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30-Mar-2023
EFTA
The European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) and the Republic of Moldova reached an agreement on a comprehensive free trade agreement.
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30-Mar-2023
The Star
Kenya and the European Commission have agreed to review the EU Economic Partnership Agreement.
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29-Mar-2023
The Straits Times
Britain and Singapore have started talks on a new treaty that will improve the flow of investments between the two countries. The UK-Singapore Bilateral Investment Treaty (UKSBIT) as it is called will supersede the existing pact that came into force in 1975.
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29-Mar-2023
Adaderana
The fourth round of negotiations on the proposed Sri Lanka-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (SLTFTA) was held to increase Sri Lankan exports’ access to the Thai market and to reduce existing non-tariff barriers.
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29-Mar-2023
Mexico News Daily
The United States intends to issue an ultimatum to Mexico in the coming weeks as it seeks to make progress in a dispute over the latter’s nationalistic energy policies.
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29-Mar-2023
Gulf Business
The UAE launched the CEPA programme in September 2021 to expand its trade and investment partnership with several strategic global markets, increase the size of trade exchanges and enhance growth opportunities for national exports.
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29-Mar-2023
Argus
The Australia and UK free trade agreement has received Royal Assent in the UK Parliament, eliminating tariffs on agricultural goods such as beef, wheat and barley.
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29-Mar-2023
Business World Online
The RCEP will likely take effect for the Philippines around June, a Trade official said. This as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) aims to deposit the instrument of ratification for the Philippines’ participation in the mega-trade deal by April 3.
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29-Mar-2023
Devex
Something has to give, and it’s either Hungary, the European Union, or a decadeslong partnership between the EU and 79 African, Caribbean, and Pacific states that many say has had its day.
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28-Mar-2023
teleSUR
The President of Venezuela signed with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments between both nations.
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28-Mar-2023
The Left in the European Parliament
This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through “trade” agreements, which are binding and permanent.
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28-Mar-2023
Reuters
Kenya expects to finish talks for a trade and investment deal with the United States by the end of this year and to sign the agreement by April 2024, Trade Minister Moses Kuria said.
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27-Mar-2023
Nation
Trade and Investments Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria yesterday met the United Kingdom’s Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston in London during the first UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Council meeting.
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27-Mar-2023
Vietnam Plus
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is taking measures to promote the negotiations of a FTA with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur - including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay), which is expected to be a driving force for Vietnam to tap the Latin American market.
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27-Mar-2023
The Economic Times
India and the European Union (EU) on Saturday concluded the fourth round of talks for a comprehensive free trade agreement in Brussels, a a move aimed at further strengthening economic ties between the two sides.
