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26-Aug-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
Talks on Asian trade megadeal RCEP resume in COVID shadow
The trade ministers of participating in talks on an Asia-wide free trade agreement are set to hold an online meeting, hoping to remove the final obstacles to a deal by the end of the year. -
26-Aug-2020 Bangkok Post
Cabinet to consider RCEP pact in October
The Commerce Ministry will ask the cabinet for approval to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in October, one month ahead of the pact’s official scheduled signing in Vietnam. -
26-Aug-2020 Bangkok Post
Thailand is not ready for the CPTPP
In the foreseeable future, Thailand will be shying away from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The country lacks necessary preparedness and consensus for the high-end free-trade arrangement. -
25-Aug-2020 PoliticsHome
UK could seal Japan trade deal this week despite snag over Liz Truss Stilton demands
Britain is still aiming to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Japan by the end of the month despite Trade Secretary Liz Truss insisting on preferential treatment for Stilton makers in any deal. -
25-Aug-2020 The East African
Tanzania keen to protect local goods in new trade pact with Britain
Tanzania is looking to protect its locally-made goods in the trade negotiations with Britain that are underway. -
25-Aug-2020 The East African
Rwanda pursues two-pronged approach in agreement with UK
Rwanda has been chairing the EAC negotiations with the UK and is also pursuing a bilateral post-Brexit trade deal with the UK that aims to replicate the European Union’s “Everything but Arms" scheme. -
25-Aug-2020 The East African
Deadline looms for signing of UK-EAC Brexit trade pact
With just four months to the expiry of the current agreement, ideological differences among member states are hampering the progress of the bloc’s negotiations. -
25-Aug-2020 CNBC
US and China hold phone call on phase one trade agreement
US and Chinese trade negotiators held a phone call about implementing the phase one agreement between the two countries. -
25-Aug-2020 MercoPress
Despite Merkel’s “serious doubts,” German industry defends the Mercosur-EU agreement
The Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce defended the agreement as it “could provide the urgently needed boost to the economy, during the current crisis.” -
25-Aug-2020 Earthworks
Mining injustice through international arbitration
El Tambor is a controversial gold mining project in Guatemala. After years of local protests and litigation, it was halted in 2016 for lack of prior consultation with Indigenous people. -
25-Aug-2020 The Economic Times
India should not give concessions in dairy sector to the US: Amul
India should not give any concessions to the US under any trade deal as subsidised imported milk and other dairy products would kill livelihoods in India especially when the sector is expected to create 11 million jobs in rural households. -
24-Aug-2020 Global Justice Now
Trade Secrets
The truth about the US trade deal and how we can stop it. -
24-Aug-2020 TNI
Juggling crisis
Latin America’s battle with COVID-19 hampered by investment arbitration cases. -
24-Aug-2020 The News
Merkel raises ‘doubts’ over EU-Mercosur trade pact
German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed "significant doubts" over the EU-Mercosur free trade deal on concerns over the devastating deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. -
24-Aug-2020 France 24
Algeria chafes against EU trade deal as deadline looms
Days ahead of a final deadline, activation of a long-planned Algeria-EU trade deal risks unravelling as political and business leaders in the North African country warn it will undermine economic sovereignty. -
24-Aug-2020 BBC
Brexit: UK-EU trade deal ’seems unlikely’ says Michel Barnier
A post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU "seems unlikely" at this stage, the bloc’s negotiator has said. -
24-Aug-2020 Indica News
Can US and India agree upon the ‘mini trade deal’?
The so called ‘mini trade deal’ between the US and India that the Trump administration was proud to announce is stuck in limbo for good. -
21-Aug-2020 Down To Earth
A possible Indo-US trade agreement would be an imperialist attack on India’s farmers
Such a deal will have repercussions on our agricultural production and economy. -
21-Aug-2020 Ukrinform
Ukraine interested in concluding FTA with Turkey – Economy Ministry
Ukraine is interested in concluding a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Turkey, which will help expand access to markets for goods and services. -
20-Aug-2020 Yonhap
Justice ministry forms team dedicated to int’l investor-state litigation
The Ministry of Justice in Korea has created a team dedicated to settling investor-state disputes, in order to more actively and effectively respond to intricate international litigation.