South Korea has officially acceded to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, becoming the first member country outside of its founding partners, Seoul’s Trade Ministry said.

The government of Maldives has welcomed the announcement by the government of the United Kingdom, to commence negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.

The agreement with Cambodia will reduce or remove tariffs, eliminate barriers to trade and create new avenues for strategic investment.

The Spanish Prime Minister will attempt to persuade the French President the Mercosur pact would help the EU to broaden its alliances with other open, democratic nations and to "rebalance" the geopolitical map.

The European Commission said it would be unwise to renegotiate parts of its proposed free trade agreement with Brazil and other countries of the Mercosur bloc, given it took two decades to reach an initial deal.

Speakers at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Industry (UNCTAD) workshop have indicated that Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are crucial for pushing Africa’s industrialisation agenda in the context of the AfCFTA.

The EU will import more meat and other agricultural products - with them, emissions, deforestation, soil contamination and human rights abuses - while endangering local farmers’ livelihoods in the Mercosur region and in the European Union.

The primary objective in the trade negotiations with the GCC is to have “an ambitious and comprehensive agreement,” said the British Trade Commissioner to the Middle East and Pakistan.

As trade negotiations in Brussels heat up, Australia and the European Union are still yet to overcome major impasses over naming rights of beloved products and market access.

French government official says European Union and Mercosur both want to "take their time" to finalise trade deal.

The EU will prioritise concluding a long-delayed trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc and closer institutional cooperation as it seeks new allies to reduce economic dependencies on China and counter Russia.

While the Liberals insist a Pacific Rim trade bloc should welcome any country that meets its standards, an internal document suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants China kept out of the deal.

Zulkifli Hasan, the minister of trade, said frankly that recent difficulties have made cooperation with the EU challenging. As a result, he acknowledged that he was developing a plan to predict how the EU would act.

The US aims to wrap up negotiations on the 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework this year, but not before key provisions on sustainability are added to the agriculture chapter of the deal, Chief US Agriculture Negotiator Doug McKalip said.

Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual will be in Brussels this month to continue talks on the Philippines’ trade with the European Union and the country’s bid to have a free trade deal with the EU.

The exporters’ body warned the EU plan could make India’s free trade agreements with other countries and a proposed pact with the EU "redundant" as the prices of many exporters’ goods would rise.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that she is calling for dispute consultations with Mexico over the country’s efforts to ban genetically modified corn and its recent history of rejecting biotech seed traits.

The objective was the agricultural development of Morocco’s rural population and traditional farmers. It’s been a fallacy because the rural population hasn’t developed and Moroccan farmers haven’t improved their situation.

Cambodia and Vietnam have signed an agreement to promote bilateral trade for 2023-2024, noting that it is an important mechanism that will promote and enhance bilateral cooperation in all sectors.

A dispute between the European Union and major palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia over a new deforestation law will have no bearing on the two countries’ stalled negotiations with the bloc on free trade agreements, a Malaysian minister said.

The still not yet ratified EU-Mercosur trade deal could be among the main keys to the rapprochement of like-minded democratic states as it would “make it clear that democracies when they work together, can solve global challenges,” said German Foreign Minister.

Econews Africa, in a memorandum to the Kenya/United States Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) has highlighted lack of transparency in the negotiation process and the devastating consequences of negotiating a chapter on Agriculture have been highlighted.

El canciller actualizó el estado de las negociaciones con China por un acuerdo de libre y comercio e insistió en sus críticas al bloque regional.

Mientras se prepara una posible visita del presidente Luis Lacalle Pou al país asiático, en Cancillería ven difícil que avancen el acuerdo comercial.

Australia sopesa salirse de las negociaciones para un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) con la Unión Europea (UE) por la polémica en torno a las denominaciones de origen, como el feta y prosecco, dijo este jueves el ministro de Agricultura del país oceánico, Murray Watt.

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Respecto al ritmo con el que se están llevando las negociaciones, Albertoni apuntó: “Si se hubieran hecho cosas antes, no estábamos en este lugar”.

La Unión Europea busca acelerar los tiempos con el bloque regional, lo que podría dar vía libre para negociar un TLC conjunto con el país asiático.

El conflicto con las isapres -aseguradoras de salud privadas- se agudiza en Chile que ya ha sido notificado por dos aseguradoras, una británica y otra estadounidense, de la intención de acudir a arbitraje de inversiones denunciando desprotección, incertidumbre o inviabilidad financiera.

El Acuerdo de Asociación Económica Integral Regional (RCEP) entró en vigor para Filipinas el 2 de junio, 60 días después de que haya depositado su Instrumento de Ratificación ante el secretario general de la ASEAN en su calidad de Depositario del Acuerdo RCEP.

El empeño europeo para calmar la inquietud pública sobre el tema no logra ocultar que, en esencia, el mecanismo incorporado al nuevo Tratado Chile/UE presenta características muy similares al criticado Sistema de Resolución de Controversias (ISDS) del TPP11 y a los tratados bilaterales de inversión que ya existían con países de la Unión Europea.

Las prácticas coloniales todavía se sienten hoy, ya que los Estados exportadores de capital y sus inversionistas modelan las reglas del comercio y la inversión ignorando a las poblaciones de los países que importan estos capitales.

El colonialismo terminó imponiendo un régimen de comercio e inversiones legal, favorable a los europeos.

L’Australie a menacé de se retirer d’un accord de libre-échange avec l’Union européenne qui, en l’état, n’autorise pas ses producteurs de fromage, de vin et de charcuterie à employer des appellations d’origine contrôlée.

L’UE mettra la priorité sur la conclusion d’un accord commercial avec le bloc sud-américain Mercosur alors qu’elle cherche de nouveaux alliés pour réduire les dépendances économiques envers la Chine et à contrer la Russie.

L’UE importera davantage de viande et d’autres produits agricoles, et avec eux, des émissions, de la déforestation, de la contamination des sols et des violations des droits de l’homme.

Les EAU ne font pas de distinction entre les articles fabriqués dans les frontières internationalement reconnues de l’Etat hébreu et ceux qui proviennent des territoires illégalement occupés en 1967.

Le ministre français chargé du Commerce extérieur a déclaré lors d’une visite à Brasilia que l’Union européenne et les pays du Mercosur devaient « se donner du temps » pour ratifier un accord commercial dans des termes « qui conviennent à toutes les parties ».

Alors que le gouvernement libéral fédéral insiste publiquement sur le fait que le Partenariat transpacifique devrait accueillir tout pays qui respecte les normes de cet accord, un document suggère que Justin Trudeau préférerait que la Chine ne puisse pas y adhérer.

L’objectif était le développement agricole de la population rurale et des agriculteurs traditionnels au Maroc. Tout cela s’est avéré faux, car ni la population rurale n’a été développée, ni l’agriculteur marocain n’a amélioré sa situation.

Réclamant 48 millions de dollars à la Tunisie, la société canadienne de pétrole Zenith Energy a lancé une procédure internationale d’arbitrage.

L’accord commercial UE-Mercosur pourrait être l’une des principales clés du rapprochement des États démocratiques partageant les mêmes idées, a affirmé la ministre allemande des Affaires étrangères.

Le commerce international moderne n’est pas né d’un phénomène naturel ; il a été imposé aux sociétés.

Face à une Commission européenne qui persiste à vouloir finaliser un accord nocif pour la planète puisqu’il vise à approfondir la mondialisation, le collectif Stop CETA-Mercosur appelle le gouvernement français à s’y opposer.

Menteri Perdagangan (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) terang-terangan sebut menjalin kerja sama dengan Uni Eropa (UE) belakangan ini menyulitkan. Karena itu, dia mengaku tengah menyiapkan strategi untuk mengantisipasi tingkah UE tersebut.