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2-Jul-2019
The Edge Markets
It claim that the CPTPP would boost Malaysia’s economic growth by greatly increasing export, but potentially would increase more in imports.
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2-Jul-2019
The Times of India
Three harmful provisions concerning pharmaceuticals and agriculture which were part of the RCEP have been withdrawn.
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1-Jul-2019
The Namibian
The Namibian mines and energy ministry has called on trade experts to find innovative ways to contribute to the success of the review process of the free trade area agreement between the European Free Trade Association (Efta) and the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).
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1-Jul-2019
France24
The European Union and Vietnam on Sunday signed a long-awaited free trade deal that will slash duties on almost all goods, an agreement that pushes back against a rising tide of global protectionism.
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1-Jul-2019
Business Korea
The South Korean and Malaysian governments declared the initiation of bilateral FTA negotiations on June 27 and will be going to complete the negotiations by November this year.
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1-Jul-2019
The Hindu Business Line
Malaysia bets big on RCEP with India as RCEP is set to pose a major challenge of cheaper imports of refined products.
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29-Jun-2019
UNECA
The European Union Commission fully supports the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and is proposing a 40 billion Euro package to attract investments that would create at least 10 million jobs in Africa.
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29-Jun-2019
France 24
European farmers and environmentalists have denounced a historic trade deal signed between the EU and South American countries as a "dark moment", warning of unfair competition and dire consequences for the climate.
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28-Jun-2019
Punch
“Africa needs not only a trade policy, but also a continental manufacturing agenda,” Buhari said. “Our vision for intra-African trade is for the free movement of made-in-Africa goods."
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28-Jun-2019
France 24
A blockbuster trade deal between Europe and South America remained uncertain on Thursday as key negotiators tried to clinch a breakthrough and deliver a blow against Trump-led protectionism.
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28-Jun-2019
Euractiv
While France is challenging the meat quotas provided for in the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, it plans to ratify the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA), which has been criticised by French beef producers.
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28-Jun-2019
Xinhua Net
Trade officials from 16 nations across the Asia-Pacific region will sit down in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday, to negotiate the terms of RCEP.
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28-Jun-2019
The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government is seeking better market access to the Latin American region through the establishment of a working group with Argentina, a member state of South American economic bloc Mercosur.
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27-Jun-2019
Xinhua
Rules of origin must be simple, transparent, business-friendly and predictable to work, said UNCTAD.
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27-Jun-2019
Stratfor
Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Latvia expressed their support of Brussels’ intention to close on a "balanced and reasonable" free trade agreement with the South American trade bloc.
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27-Jun-2019
Morocco World News
The Italian company claims that Morocco has breached the 1990 Italy-Morocco bilateral investment treaty provisions.
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27-Jun-2019
Le Courrier du Vietnam
Les deux parties ont échangé des solutions pour augmenter la valeur d’échanges commerciaux bilatéraux dans les temps à venir dont la diversification des produits à l’export, la possibilité pour élaborer un accord de libre-échange bilatéral.
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27-Jun-2019
The Sydney Morning Herald
Trade representatives from more than a dozen countries have flown into Australia to conduct highly secretive negotiations on a mega deal that will sideline the US amid the ongoing economic fall-out from the US-China trade war.
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27-Jun-2019
Argus
A landmark free-trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the EU will open up options for new petrochemical trade flows, but may not lead to a quick shift away from Hanoi’s main export markets in China and southeast Asia.
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27-Jun-2019
The Hindu
India cannot afford to fall out of the free trade agreement negotiations.