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30-Aug-2019 Mehr
EAEU-Iran trade deal to take effect on October 27: report
Officials from both parties exchanged messages about completing the necessary procedures to enforce an interim agreement leading to the formation of the free trade area. -
30-Aug-2019 Euronews
EU warns Serbia to cancel free trade pact with Russia if it wants to join bloc
Brussels has warned Serbia it must dissolve a proposed new free-trade deal with Russia if it wants to join the European Union. -
29-Aug-2019 CEO
Trading away protection
Emerging threats from the EU-US trade talks on confomity assessments and regulatory cooperation. -
29-Aug-2019 South Centre
‘Phase 1B’ of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiations
This policy brief focuses on the expected economic impacts of tariff liberalization under the AfCFTA. -
29-Aug-2019 Xinhua
Russia, India ready to negotiate FTA agreement
Russia is ready to start negotiating with India to set up a Free Trade Area with the Eurasian Economic Union. -
29-Aug-2019 Reuters
EU-Mercosur trade deal could be ready by late 2020 in best case: EU official
The European Union should be able to conclude a free-trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South American countries by late 2020 in an optimistic scenario, a senior EU trade official said. -
29-Aug-2019 MercoPress
Canada will continue trade negotiations with Mercosur, despite the current Amazon policy of Brazil
Canada will continue its trade negotiations with Mercosur, the South American trading bloc that includes Brazil, despite demands to call a halt to the talks until more action is taken to protect the Amazon rainforest. -
29-Aug-2019 The Slovak Spectator
Slovakia reportedly ready to block the deal between the EU and Latin America
Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matečná said Brazil’s approach to the Amazon fires is unacceptable. -
29-Aug-2019 QHA
Ukrainian energy company Ukrenergo filed lawsuit against Russia due to lost assets in occupied Crimea
The energy company Ukrenergo submitted claims in a dispute with Russia to the arbitration court regarding the illegal seizure of the company’s infrastructure in the annexed Crimea. -
28-Aug-2019 Indonesia for Global Justice
Seed patent protection in FTA castrated the farmers’ rights
The government of Indonesian is aggressively increasing the negotiation of international trade agreements governing seed patents for corporations. -
28-Aug-2019 The Irrawaddy
W. Myanmar locals worried BRI projects threaten their livelihoods
If China wants to fish in Myanmar’s troubled waters, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-linked Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Rakhine State is a good place to cast a line. -
28-Aug-2019 The Guardian
Australia should delay free trade deal with Hong Kong, ACTU says
Canberra must tread cautiously amid the political instability, the peak union body tells a parliamentary committee. -
28-Aug-2019 Reuters
Glencore awarded just $19 mln by tribunal in Colombia lawsuit
A World Bank tribunal has ordered Colombia to repay a $19 million fine it levied on Glencore’s coal mining subsidiary Prodeco. -
28-Aug-2019 Mining Review
What the AfCFTA means for the energy sector
Major new opportunities for cross-border energy collaboration arise from the signature of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. -
28-Aug-2019 Anadolu
Turkey, Mexico begin free trade deal talks: Trade body
Turkey’s Trade Ministry plans to visit Mexico in fall with larger business delegation. -
28-Aug-2019 AFTINET
Indonesian civil society groups protest RCEP trade deal
Indonesian civil society groups protested against the RCEP trade agreement last Friday, arguing that the agreement promotes corporate rights over people’s rights -
28-Aug-2019 Outlook India
RCEP trade ministers to meet in Bangkok on Sep 8
Commerce ministers of 16 countries, which are negotiating mega free trade agreement RCEP, will hold a crucial meeting in Bangkok on September 8 to iron out differences and push the negotiations forward. -
27-Aug-2019 Wall Street Journal
Trump-backed US-British free-trade deal faces hurdles
Resistance rises on both sides of the Atlantic to a pact, and no deal can be made if the UK remains in the EU customs zone. -
27-Aug-2019 Reuters
Trump sees possible US-EU trade deal that would avert car tariffs
Trade talks between the United States and Europe have moved slowly, given disagreements over whether to include agricultural products in a deal. -
27-Aug-2019 Mining
Lydian’s gold project in Armenia faces yet another environmental review
Lydian International’s Amulsar gold project in Armenia may have to go through a fourth environmental review in less than a year.