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10-Oct-2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Japan and the European Union have been exchanging views on the reassessment of the need for including provisions on the free flow of data into the Japan-EU EPA.
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10-Oct-2022
Nikkei Asia
Members of a trans-Pacific free trade pact could agree in principle to allow Britain to join as a new member this year, using the European country’s case as a model for future aspirants, Japan’s economic minister said.
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10-Oct-2022
PTI
India and Taiwan should finalise the proposed free trade agreement at the earliest as it will remove all barriers to trade and investment and help create a secure and resilient supply chain, Taipei’s de-facto Ambassador said.
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10-Oct-2022
Xinhua
The African Continental Free Trade Area secretariat based in Accra, the capital of Ghana, has launched a guided trade initiative for seven member countries.
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10-Oct-2022
The Daily Star
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) is conducting further studies on possible outcomes of the country joining the world’s largest China-led trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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10-Oct-2022
Khmer Times
Cambodian Minister of Commerce and United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Trade plan to hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi City at the end of this month to launch negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries.
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10-Oct-2022
DW
EU-Indonesia relations have soured over a handful of trade disputes, most of which have gone to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for review. Yet tensions are expected to ease once the WTO makes its recommendations by the end of the year.
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10-Oct-2022
Korea Herald
South Korea has spent nearly 68.5 billion won ($48.1 million) in total to fight and settle investor-state dispute settlements since 2013,#including its battle with US-based private equity firm Lone Star, data showed.
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10-Oct-2022
Tribune India
Data localisation and UK companies being allowed to bid for Indian government contracts are among the issues causing a possible deadlock in the final stages of the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations towards a Diwali draft completion deadline.
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10-Oct-2022
Business Inquirer
The Philippines is eyeing the entry into force of a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea next year, with the bilateral pact seen benefiting local banana and processed pineapple exporters in the form of reduced tariffs.
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7-Oct-2022
NZ Herald
The chaotic events in Britain this week have put pressure on the UK to complete its accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership soon, but New Zealand is not the blockage.
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7-Oct-2022
Indian Newslink
New Zealand and India formally announced today an end to their talks on a free trade agreement, concentrating instead on ‘business relationship.’
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7-Oct-2022
FMT
The Consumers’ Association of Penang wants Malaysia to withdraw from the CPTPP before it comes into force in 60 days as it says the free trade agreement has “far more costs than benefits”
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6-Oct-2022
Evening Standard
A post-Brexit UK-Morocco trade agreement is being challenged in the High Court by campaigners who argue it was concluded without obtaining the consent of people from the disputed Western Sahara territory.
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6-Oct-2022
EJIL: Talk!
It seems that finding ways to cope with a potentially overwhelming reforms-to-develop list and finding compromises will become increasingly important.
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6-Oct-2022
Xinhua
The Czech Republic and Qatar, pending approval by the European Commission, agreed to sign an agreement on investment protection.
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6-Oct-2022
JDSupra
On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin purported to annex four Ukrainian provinces: Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. This escalation is likely to trigger investment treaty claims against Russia.
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5-Oct-2022
Nikkei Asia
Malaysia’s cabinet has agreed to ratify the Comprehensive And Progressive Agreement For Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the trade ministry said in a statement.
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5-Oct-2022
Khmer Times
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea confirmed on Sunday that the Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement will enter into force on December 1, 2022.
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5-Oct-2022
The New Indian Express
The free trade agreement being negotiated with India won’t be a "free for all deal" but something that is good for both countries and not a particular sector, the UK government cautioned.
