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14-Dec-2020 The Daily Star
Negotiations for FTA with Asean underway
Bangladesh has formally initiated negotiations with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) to sign a free trade agreement. -
13-Dec-2020 The RCEP Secretariat
RCEP legal text (Nov 2020)
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12-Dec-2020 Stop Corporate Impunity
Urgent call from international CSO to Ecuador on the Chevron case
150 organizations are asking the government of Ecuador to appeal the arbitration award issued by the Dutch justice system in favor of the oil transnational Chevron. -
12-Dec-2020 SOL
In spite of its many sponsors, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) goes into the wall
The sharp decline in manufactured goods trade and the growing food deficit over the past 25 years call for the African Union to be more modest in its ambitions to become “the next world manufacturing center”, far from the free trade illusion of the AfCFTA. -
11-Dec-2020 The Globe and Mail
Digital trade top agenda item in pending Canada-UK trade talks
When Canada and Britain begin negotiations as early as next year on a bilateral, post-Brexit trade deal, digital trade will be a top priority. -
11-Dec-2020 Reuters
Vietnam, Britain close in on post-Brexit trade deal
Britain and Vietnam have concluded talks to negotiate a new free trade agreement, weeks before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union on Dec. 31. -
10-Dec-2020 TNI
Deep and comprehensive dependency
How a trade agreement with the EU could devastate the Tunisian economy. -
10-Dec-2020 CGTN
African ambassadors expect more cooperation with China under new FTA
The AfCFTA requires strong infrastructure linkage across the African continent, an area where China can reach out to help. -
10-Dec-2020 MENAFN
GCC ministers discuss increasing free trade agreements with other countries
GCC states need to ensure the adoption of economic diversification plans through free trade agreements, UAE Foreign Trade Minister said. -
10-Dec-2020 BBC
Brexit: Ratcheting up the pressure for a trade deal
Some in the UK will find level playing field controversial. For them, the very point of Brexit was to undercut EU rules and regulations. -
10-Dec-2020 Interfax
Philip Morris to soon submit motion to intl arbitration in case of AMCU fine of UAH 1.2 bln
Philip Morris Ukraine, a large tobacco manufacturer, will file a motion with the ICSID in response to the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on a UAH 1.2 billion fine. -
10-Dec-2020 CBC
Canada-UK trade deal signed — but implementing bill unlikely to meet deadline
Officials met privately to ink agreement with current trade rules set to expire January 1. -
10-Dec-2020 i24 News
Israel, Korea to sign free trade agreement within days
Israel and South Korea are set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) next week, according to Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry’s confirmation. The FTA will be signed over Zoom and in the presence of the ambassadors of the two countries and senior government ministers. -
10-Dec-2020 The Star
Singapore and Britain ink free trade deal
Singapore signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom to ensure that companies from both countries continue to enjoy the same benefits that they are receiving under the Republic’s FTA with the European Union. -
10-Dec-2020 The New Indian Express
India-UK trade agreement may be in the offing
Indian apparel manufacturers are keen on the trade deal as they fear India will lose out to rivals like Bangladesh and Vietnam without a trade pact. -
9-Dec-2020 TheGuardian.ng
‘No African nation yet to meet AfCFTA requirements’
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) said no nation had met the requirements for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), despite the political will to get the pact ratified in good time. -
9-Dec-2020 The Guardian
Lords vote to revoke UK trade deals with countries committing genocide
Ministers’ scope to sign trade deals with governments that abuse human rights have been severely reduced after a double defeat in the House of Lords. -
9-Dec-2020 IntraFish
Norway inks interim trade agreement with UK, Iceland; deal means no new tariffs on seafood products
The parties inked an interim trade continuity agreement and are also negotiating a free trade agreement, to be completed as soon as possible. -
9-Dec-2020 Mining Review Africa
Indiana Resources to begin arbitration again Tanzanian govt in Q1, 2021
Indiana Resources expects to begin arbitration with Tanzania over the expropriation of the Ntaka Hill nickel project and other alleged breaches of the UK-Tanzania BIT early 2021. -
9-Dec-2020 The East African
Kenya and UK sign trade deal
The trade deal will enable Kenyan exporters of flowers and other fresh vegetables will continue accessing the UK market under a duty free, quota-free arrangement, just the way they did when the UK was in the European Union.