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30-Jun-2023 Heinrich Böll Stiftung
Proposed EU-India FTA
Can India protect its development objectives by signing a free trade agreement with an unequal partner with different ambitions? -
30-Jun-2023 Public Citizen
Stand with the people of Honduras against corporate greed
We stand in solidarity with the people of Honduras and condemn US company Próspera’s $11 billion case against the will of the people. -
29-Jun-2023 The Australian Financial Review
Australia-EU free trade deal ‘approaching end-game’, Brussels says
Australia’s free trade deal with the European Union is “approaching the end-game”, according to Brussels’ most senior negotiator, but it still looks touch-and-go whether the two sides can land a deal by a mid-July deadline. -
29-Jun-2023 European Commission
EU-Kenya EPA text (June 2023)
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29-Jun-2023 Xinhua
Sri Lanka seeks entry into RCEP trade deal
Sri Lanka has launched a fact-finding mission to explore avenues for an early entry into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade agreement, a statement from the foreign ministry said . -
29-Jun-2023 Euractiv
Philippine trade minister hopes for EU free trade agreement before 2028
As the Philippines is nearing the status of an upper-middle income country, which would see it lose preferential treatment in EU trade policy, it is trying to seal trade relations with the EU by means of a free trade agreement with the bloc. -
29-Jun-2023 Tasmin News
Iran, Pakistan to begin free trade talks in September
Iran and Pakistan will start direct talks for a free trade deal in September, according to a senior Iranian trade official who said an agreement may be possible until the end of the Iranian calendar year in March 2024. -
29-Jun-2023 CCPA
Canada’s options for intervening in the Keystone XL CUSMA lawsuit
This briefing paper explores what that prioritization might look like, and proposes a number of concrete paths forward for the Canadian government. -
29-Jun-2023 SUNS
Trade: US trade policies a new form of “colonialism”?
The US policies in global trade appear somewhat like “old wine in new bottles,” with some semantic sophistry. It appears that “the more things change the more they remain the same” as regards the new forms of colonialism. -
28-Jun-2023 Ghana Business News
Public sector in Africa told not to be excited yet about AfCFTA’s progress
Mr David Ofosu-Dorte, Senior Partner, AB and David Africa, has urged African public sector players not to be too excited yet about the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) progress. -
28-Jun-2023 The Independent
Regional NGOs warn Kenya on EU trade deal
Eastern and Southern African trade promotion organisations are asking Kenya to withdraw from its recent agreement with the European Union to implement the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). -
28-Jun-2023 The Citizen
The EAC: A customs union that isn’t.
Negotiations between the EU and EAC to establish an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) have revealed, very clearly, that the EAC is not a genuine customs union. -
28-Jun-2023 Mint
India plans to revive trade deal with SACU
Amid declining merchandise exports due to demand slowdown in the west, India is placing renewed focus on striking a trade deal with a union of five countries of Southern Africa. -
28-Jun-2023 Reuters
British minister: UK-India trade deal should have strong investment protections
Britain’s investment minister said he would like to see strong investment protections in any future trade deal with India, and that the two countries could work more closely together on financial services even without a trade pact. -
28-Jun-2023 MercoPress
Mercosur/EU trade accord: Lula describes EU amendments as ’unacceptable”, but will continue talks
Brazilian president Lula da Silva reiterated his support for the signing of the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur but expressed his dissatisfaction with the additional terms proposed by the European bloc, calling them “unacceptable.” -
28-Jun-2023 Reuters
Brazil’s Lula calls for ’common sense’ negotiations on EU-Mercosur trade pact
Brazil cannot give up government purchases, Lula said, referring to an unwanted procurement clause of the deal allowing European companies to sell to Brazil’s public sector. -
28-Jun-2023 Euractiv
EU in talks with Chile on raw materials ‘strategic partnership’
The modernised EU-Chile trade agreement, like its sister EU-Mexico trade deal, contains a new chapter on energy and raw materials, which opens the door for deeper cooperation in those areas. -
28-Jun-2023 The Globe and Mail
Canada’s Enerflex calls for international arbitration after Mexican court awards ex-employee more than $120-million
Enerflex argued the ruling defied regional trade agreements between Mexico, the United States and Canada, also calling the court’s decision “indirect expropriation” and denouncing arbitrary treatment by the Mexican state. -
28-Jun-2023 Swiss Info
Switzerland signs free trade agreement with Moldova
Switzerland joined Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland in signing an agreement to boost economic and trade relations with Moldova. -
28-Jun-2023 European Commission
New code Y864 for goods imported into the EU with preferential origin from Israel as from 16 May 2023
The new code must be declared to benefit from the preferential tariff under the EU-Israel association agreement. Israeli settlements are not eligible.