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8-Nov-2019 The Guardian
Can Britain reach a trade deal with the EU by the end of 2020?
Few experts believe transition period is long enough, raising continued threat of no-deal Brexit. -
8-Nov-2019 Global Times
China, EU reach ’hallmark’ bilateral trade GI agreement: MOFCOM
This is the first comprehensive, high-level bilateral agreement China has ever signed with foreign businesses to protect geographic indication. -
7-Nov-2019 CNN
The UK will never get the US trade deal it wants
The United Kingdom is likely to be confronted by a phalanx of hard-nosed American trade officials who will attempt to pry open British markets to more American goods. -
7-Nov-2019 MENAFN
Kuwait wins int’l property ownership case
ICSID dismisses lawsuit filed by Egyptian company. -
7-Nov-2019 Scroll.in
RCEP: Does free trade reduce inequalities, ask Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in their new book
Data shows that poverty reduction slows down in areas impacted the most strongly by trade liberalisation, says the book. -
7-Nov-2019 Euractiv
Africa offers a test to von der Leyen’s ‘geopolitical Commission’
The African Union Commission’s high representative on Cotonou has warned that keeping the ACP framework will make it harder for the EU to agree on a ‘continent-to-continent instrument’. -
7-Nov-2019 India Briefing
Has India lost its free trade mojo? Or will Delhi substitute the RCEP for the EAEU?
he EAEU deal may well be championed in India as a game-changer, and in certain sectors it will be. But what India really needs is the motivation and initiative to compete with China. -
7-Nov-2019 The Economic Times
China urges RCEP members to include India in trade bloc
A Chinese state-run English daily said, “the countries involved in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership shouldn’t lose the chance to include India." -
7-Nov-2019 The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia still in the cold while NZ lands plum trade deal with China
Australian businesses in China have praised a New Zealand trade deal which overcomes prohibitive red tape and any unofficial go-slow at Chinese ports that can plague Australian exporters. -
7-Nov-2019 Bangkok Post
Somkid affirms interest in Hong Kong FTA talks
Despite the ongoing protests, Thailand remains confident about the potential of Hong Kong and is negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement with the autonomous territory. -
7-Nov-2019 Future Directions International
RCEP agreement no guarantee of increased Australian exports to ASEAN countries
In the short- and medium- terms, however, it seems unlikely that those additional rules will facilitate any significant increase in Australian exports to ASEAN. -
6-Nov-2019 News Click
RCEP: The meaning of India’s exit
Benny Kuruvilla from Focus on the Global South spoke with trade expert, Prof. Biswajit Dhar from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and Ranja Sengupta, senior economist with the Third World Network.
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6-Nov-2019 Madhyam
India exits the RCEP: What happens next?
While India has now opted out of the RCEP negotiations, it has not completely abandoned its policy of pursuing free trade agreements -
6-Nov-2019 Bloomberg
Japan seeks to keep India in China-backed regional trade pact
China aims to press ahead with 15 remaining RCEP members. Japan had sought to balance China by involving India. -
6-Nov-2019 The Hindu
Could join RCEP if demands are met, says Piyush Goyal
But decision to stay out is final for now, says Commerce Minister. -
6-Nov-2019 ABC News
Free trade agreements are often ignored by business. So why has Australia signed a new one?
FTAs can be downright harmful. These agreements often include clauses that deliver power to foreign corporations to launch legal action against democratically elected governments on decisions they believe harm their commercial interests. -
6-Nov-2019 International The News
Thailand awaits Pakistan’s progress on FTA: Thai envoy
Thailand has already submitted a list of around 200 items to be traded between the two countries under the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but Pakistan government’s response and progress was waited. -
6-Nov-2019 First Post
After India opts out of China-led RCEP, Piyush Goyal says India supports FTA with European Union
India should hold talks with the European Union for a free trade agreement, the government said on Tuesday, a day after it refused to join a China-backed regional trade pact for fear of a flood of cheap Chinese imports. -
6-Nov-2019 The Economic Times
Asean may soon conclude review of FTA with India
The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) may soon conclude FTA (free-trade agreement) review with India. The aim is to balance China in the Indo-Pacific. -
6-Nov-2019 Scoop Politics
CTU concerned with "upgrade" of China Free Trade Agreement
The CTU is concerned that the "upgrade" of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement has not removed the threat of investor suits against the New Zealand government.