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13-Jun-2023
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
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12-Jun-2023
Kontan
Indonesia sees the European Union as conducting "regulatory imperialism" with its new deforestation law, but both sides would still engage in talks on a free trade deal, an Indonesian minister said.
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12-Jun-2023
Philstar Global
The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and South Korea is still feasible this year, according to Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual.
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12-Jun-2023
Yonhap News Agency
South Korea called on the European Union to ensure its new acts on batteries, critical minerals and net-zero goals are not discriminatory against foreign companies, as the two sides seek to enhance trade and industry ties, Seoul’s industry ministry said.
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12-Jun-2023
IISD
With the Protocol on Investment (POI) to the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) adopted, the next question is, ‘ What’s in it and what’s next for the Continent”?
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12-Jun-2023
Office of the US Trade Representative
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released summaries of texts proposed by the U.S. side during the first negotiating round of the United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP).
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12-Jun-2023
The Star
Kenya has committed to becoming the preferred gateway to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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12-Jun-2023
BNN
Zenith Energy Ltd, an international energy firm, filed a lawsuit against Tunisia on Wednesday, claiming financial damages of at least $48 million.
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12-Jun-2023
Namibia News Digest
Angola remains committed to the process of accession to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), ANGOP learnt on Thursday.
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11-Jun-2023
Nigerian Tribune
The Nigerian government and the Kingdom of Netherlands have engaged in an Economic Consultation to improve the existing bilateral investment treaty between both countries to strengthen economic interests and opportunities.
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11-Jun-2023
The North Africa Post
Kenya’s President William Ruto has called on African leaders to take first steps towards ditching the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency by adopting a pan-African payments system to facilitate trade within the continent.
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11-Jun-2023
Sahara Press Service
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf said Monday in Algiers that Africa could only turn the last page of the history of colonialism by allowing the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable and imprescriptible right to self-determination.
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11-Jun-2023
Modern Ghana
The Trades Union Congress, Ghana (TUC-Ghana) is unhappy about neglect in the formulation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) policy.
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9-Jun-2023
Pulse
South Korea has officially acceded to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, becoming the first member country outside of its founding partners, Seoul’s Trade Ministry said.
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9-Jun-2023
Raajje
The government of Maldives has welcomed the announcement by the government of the United Kingdom, to commence negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.
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9-Jun-2023
Gulf Business
The agreement with Cambodia will reduce or remove tariffs, eliminate barriers to trade and create new avenues for strategic investment.
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9-Jun-2023
Reuters
The Spanish Prime Minister will attempt to persuade the French President the Mercosur pact would help the EU to broaden its alliances with other open, democratic nations and to "rebalance" the geopolitical map.
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9-Jun-2023
Reuters
The European Commission said it would be unwise to renegotiate parts of its proposed free trade agreement with Brazil and other countries of the Mercosur bloc, given it took two decades to reach an initial deal.
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8-Jun-2023
Econews Africa
Econews Africa, in a memorandum to the Kenya/United States Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) has highlighted lack of transparency in the negotiation process and the devastating consequences of negotiating a chapter on Agriculture have been highlighted.
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8-Jun-2023
B&FT online
Speakers at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Industry (UNCTAD) workshop have indicated that Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are crucial for pushing Africa’s industrialisation agenda in the context of the AfCFTA.
