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5-Dec-2021 All Africa
Africa: a false start for Africa’s free trade deal?
To sustain momentum after the AfCFTA’s January launch, traders must be kept in the loop about why implementation is slow. -
5-Dec-2021 African Business
Huge potential to boost Arab-Africa trade
Arab-African trade has enormous potential but is held back by a number of bottlenecks. The Second Arab-Africa Trade Forum in Cairo revealed new ways to take trade forward. -
5-Dec-2021 KBC
Trade imbalance remain key concern at Africa-China forum
The exports and imports mismatch has been highlighted as a key concern as Africa continues to deepen trade with China. -
3-Dec-2021 Bangkok Post
The geopolitics of China’s CPTPP move
Nowhere is the intersection between geopolitics and geoeconomics more evident than the accession negotiations under the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
3-Dec-2021 Ecns
China, Russia may update investment deal
China and Russia are looking into the feasibility of updating their bilateral investment treaty to provide better institutional support for the two nations’ investment cooperation. -
3-Dec-2021 The Hindu BusinessLine
‘Proposed India-Australia early harvest trade pact likely by year-end or early 2022’
Both sides are keen to meet the time-line of having an early harvest agreement by the year-end. Comprehensive agreement aimed by 2022. -
2-Dec-2021 GRAIN
Trade deals pushing UPOV: an interactive map
Which countries use free trade deals to push corporate control over seeds? Which countries are under attack from these deals? -
2-Dec-2021 The Hindu BusinessLine
India wary as US drags labour issues into trade talks
Labour issues may emerge as a tricky area for India in its efforts to further trade ties with the US as the Biden government is keen to make “worker-centric” matters part of the bilateral trade discussions. -
2-Dec-2021 The Sun Daily
Govt proposes to continue with MEUFTA negotiation — MITI
The government has proposed to continue with the Malaysia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (MEUFTA) negotiation that has been delayed since 2012, said Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Senator Datuk Lim Ban Hong. -
2-Dec-2021 CBC News
India pushes renewed trade talks in aftermath of Canada-China tensions
Canada and India are quietly setting the stage to reboot formal free-trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic alternatives to China following the dispute over the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair. -
2-Dec-2021 Vietnam Plus
Switzerland hopes for early signing of FTA between Vietnam, EFTA
Vietnam and Switzerland have agreed to soon conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), of which Switzerland is a member. -
2-Dec-2021 TASS
US Court of Appeal dismisses ex-Yukos shareholders’ case
Former shareholders tried to collect $50 billion from Russia. -
2-Dec-2021 Newshub
New US Ambassador to NZ Tom Udall has free trade agreement on his radar
The United States’ brand new Ambassador to New Zealand is making encouraging noises that a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could finally happen. -
2-Dec-2021 Foodwatch
foodwatch submits complaint to the European Ombudsman against CETA
The complaint addresses the lack of transparency and democratic deficits of the CETA committees’ work. -
2-Dec-2021 La Vía Campesina
“Prosperity for a few, poverty for the lot”, WTO and free trade agreements have failed the people!
We need a multilateral trade system where people and their social movements are at equal footing with governments in defining the trade rules between countries. -
2-Dec-2021 Joy Online
ARSO, AfCFTA Secretariat sign MoU to drive ambitious free trade agreement
The African Organisation for Standardisation and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the AfCFTA agreement. -
1-Dec-2021 Ascent Resources
Non recourse funding secured for claim against the Republic of Slovenia
the Company is now pleased to announce that it has signed a binding damages-based agreement with Enyo Law LLP which will be advancing the disbursements which are expected to be incurred in the pursuit of the claim. -
1-Dec-2021 Business Recorder
Talks begin with Canadian firm to settle Reko Diq dispute
Pakistan and Barrick Gold PLC Canada are said to have started negotiations to settle the dispute on Reko Diq as Antofagasta of Chile is seeking financial settlement of their share in the award of $6 billion. -
1-Dec-2021 Financial Tribune
Bahrain loses case against Iran banks
Bahrain has been ordered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to pay over €200 million in damages plus costs to two Iranian banks for the unlawful moves against their operations. -
1-Dec-2021 National Observer
Greenpeace urges Canada to drop trade deal to save the Amazon
An environmental group is pleading with the Canadian government to reject a controversial trade deal it says would further fuel deforestation in the Amazon in a new letter addressed to Canada’s minister of foreign affairs.