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22-Jan-2021
News Ghana
Zambia has become the latest country to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area, bringing the number of countries that have ratified the agreement and deposited the instruments to nine. The agreement, being pursued by COMESA, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), needs a total of 14 countries to enter into force.
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22-Jan-2021
DW
UK has already inked post-Brexit trade deals with 13 African countries.
These new agreements, which offer duty-free and quota-free access to
British markets, aren’t much different to the old ones, as they are mainly transferring the conditions in the EU deals into bilateral agreements between the UK and the African nation, or blocs.
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22-Jan-2021
IISD
The EU-China agreement-in-principle on investment includes language that would aim to prevent forced technology transfers, and describes a “positive list” approach for market access.
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22-Jan-2021
Memesita
Nuevo Pudahuel had asked the Ministry of Public Works to extend the term of the concession contract as a result of the pandemic, but the MOP was closed to changes in the contract.
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22-Jan-2021
European Commission
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21-Jan-2021
Finance Uncovered
The battle between ConocoPhillips and Vietnam result could mark a significant shift in the way huge multinationals fight off the threat of taxes from desperate revenue authorities in developing countries.
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21-Jan-2021
UrduPoint
Switzerland intends to begin negotiations with Moldova this year on the creation of a free trade deal.
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21-Jan-2021
Reuters
Britain will soon submit its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, trade minister Liz Truss said.
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21-Jan-2021
Fiji Times
The Melanesian Free Trade Agreement is a comprehensive and progressive free trade agreement that aims to achieve regional integration of economies in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
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21-Jan-2021
Club of Mozambique
An economist at the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP) argues that Mozambique is not in a position, in the short-to-medium term, to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
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20-Jan-2021
Connaissance des Energies
Un juge américain a estimé que le processus de la vente d’actions de Citgo, filiale aux États-Unis de la compagnie pétrolière d’État vénézuélienne PDVSA, pour le dédommagement de Crystallex, pouvait débuter.
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20-Jan-2021
The Guardian
The government has narrowly defeated a move requiring the government to reconsider any trade deal with a country found by the high court to be committing genocide.
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20-Jan-2021
Taiwan News
Potential gains not worth cost of overlooking ’blatant human rights violations’ in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet, and against Taiwan’: French senator
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20-Jan-2021
Yahoo
The compensation is valued at $1.75 billion to dairy producers for the market access concessions made under CETA and the CPTPP.
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19-Jan-2021
Anadolu
Turkey ratified the free trade agreement with Azerbaijan, according to a notice issued in the Official Gazette.
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19-Jan-2021
The Guardian
The US has said the proposed legislation could run counter to the US-Australia free trade agreement.
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19-Jan-2021
Citizen Digital
Trade and Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina says the country is ready to return to the negotiating table once the new administration in the US settles.
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19-Jan-2021
Reuters
Alberta believes there was a “very solid” legal basis to seek damages under international free trade agreements if the pipeline is effectively killed, said Alberta Premier
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18-Jan-2021
Trade Justice Movement
Tackling the climate and environmental crises is more urgent than ever and global momentum to do so is building rapidly. Yet international trade law lags behind and threatens to choke off serious action.
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18-Jan-2021
Star Phoenix Group Ltd
Star Phoenix Group Ltd has formally notified the government of Georgia of the existence of an investment dispute under the Energy Charter Treaty.
