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31-May-2022
Business Daily AAfrica
The US government and Kenya early this month held a round of trade talks, which raised hopes of a fresh direction after the Biden administration froze Trump-era negotiations on the free trade agreement.
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31-May-2022
Al Jazeera
The deal is Israel’s first big trade accord with an Arab state, after establishing ties in 2020.
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31-May-2022
Philstar Global
The current Senate should defer further action on RCEP. President-elect Bongbong Marcos and the incoming Congress can then review the agreement and craft the country’s trade policy, consistent with an overall plan for the revitalization and competitiveness of Philippine agriculture.
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31-May-2022
Ecowas
The purpose of the meeting was to bring together a number of ECOWAS Member States (Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal) and ERCA officials for a brainstorming on the draft AfCFTA Protocol on competition...
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31-May-2022
Andina
Peru Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister reported that exploratory work with a view to starting negotiations for future FTAs between Peru and the economies of Hong Kong and Indonesia will commence shortly.
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31-May-2022
Pro Pakistani
Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has agreed to complete the negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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31-May-2022
France24
China has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock them into "Beijing’s orbit"
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30-May-2022
Egypt Independent
Russia aims to intensify negotiations on a free trade agreement with Egypt, and also to start similar negotiations with Indonesia and to conclude a Preferential Trade Agreement with the UAE.
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30-May-2022
CCPA
Minimum core labour standards appear to be a first principle of the US’ IPEF whereas Canada has already signalled to the Indonesian government that worker rights are negotiable in its Indo-Pacific trade deals.
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30-May-2022
Saudi Gazette
The two countries agreed to sign a comprehensive trade agreement before the end of this year, the Turkish minister said.
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30-May-2022
Armenpress
The Eurasian Economic Union is planning to launch talks with Indonesia around a free trade agreement, Prime Minister of Armenia said.
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30-May-2022
Taipei Times
The talks came after the US announced that Taiwan would not be a part of its IPEF, after some of the participants said they feared retribution from Beijing
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30-May-2022
New Straits Times
The Consumers’ Association of Penang is extremely concerned over the announcement by Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry that Malaysia will join a new economic agreement led by the United States.
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30-May-2022
The Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Switzerland have signed an investment promotion and protection agreement (P4M) to boost trade and investment between the two countries.
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30-May-2022
The Yucatan Times
The Mexican government is advancing its foreign trade agenda and will also negotiate a trade agreement with Korea because currently, 80% of Korean products enter Mexico without paying tariffs, while Mexican agricultural products pay up to 800% tariffs to enter the Korean market.
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30-May-2022
Eastern Eye
The way things are progressing between the two negotiating teams, a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK could be ready by Diwali without the need for an interim early harvest agreement
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30-May-2022
KELO
Efforts by Switzerland to refresh its free trade agreement with China have stalled as Bern takes a more critical view of Beijing’s human rights record.
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28-May-2022
Consolidated negotiating COVID intellectual property text as of 25/5/2022
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27-May-2022
Madhyam
Unlike traditional FTAs, the IPEF employs a menu-based approach in which countries would launch separate negotiations under the four pillars of the initiative.
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27-May-2022
CBC
’We will not provide access to our supply-managed sector,’ says Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng.