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Biden team mulls digital trade deal to counter China in Asia
13-Jul-2021 Bloomberg
White House officials are discussing proposals for a digital trade agreement covering Indo-Pacific economies as the administration seeks ways to check China’s influence in the region.
India is now Africa’s third largest trading partner
12-Jul-2021 RTV News
Indian companies are flourishing well in overseas. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) provides a window to the Indian companies to tap a unified African market.
Vietnam to gain as EU-China investment pact stalls
12-Jul-2021 DW
European investors are likely to look beyond China following the suspension of an investment agreement. Strong diplomatic relations and trade ties with Vietnam mean that the Southeast Asian country is tipped to profit.
Free Trade Agreement with China expected by early next year
9-Jul-2021 Khmer Times
Share The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Cambodia and China has received unanimous support from the National Assembly’s expert committee and is likely to come into force next year.
America now has a ’One China, One Taiwan’ policy: TIFA and TIPA will strengthen it
7-Jul-2021 The Hill
The Biden administration continues to build on the Trump team’s unprecedented efforts to deepen US relations with Taiwan.
RCEP Asia trade pact draws US allies toward China – analysis
7-Jul-2021 Eurasia Review
US trade experts are watching warily as the world’s biggest free trade pact advances slowly toward ratification and brings some of America’s closest Asian allies into an economic bloc that includes China but leaves the United States on the sidelines.
Ratification of FTA between Cambodia and China in sight
7-Jul-2021 The Star
The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce expects the bilateral Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) to be ratified by the National Assembly “soon”.
TIFA talks strategically affect US-Taiwan ties
7-Jul-2021 Taipei Times
Taiwan and the US on June 30 resumed the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks.
CAI rears its ugly head again
6-Jul-2021 Euro Intelligence
Hope for the EU-China comprehensive agreement on investment (CAI) springs eternal, after Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel had another call with Xi Jinping.
Can Cambodia’s farmers reap the benefit of China trade deal?
5-Jul-2021 Nikkei Asian Review
How inclusive development of the agriculture sector will be, given that many of Cambodia’s larger fruit plantations are owned by, or are joint partnerships with, Chinese investors?
Taking the EU reins, Slovenia plans to press ahead on China investment deal
1-Jul-2021 South China Morning Post
Technical work will continue to ready the deal if it is enacted, even though the European Parliament froze its consideration after Beijing sanctioned several of its members, Slovenian ambassador says.
Concerns over RCEP
1-Jul-2021 The Star
The ongoing US-China tensions can be a potential wildcard to the mass ratification and adoption of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by its country member signatories.
MEPs push Brussels to follow Biden on Taiwan trade
21-Jun-2021 Politico
EU lawmakers are fed up with the European Commission’s reluctance to start an investment deal with Taiwan, while U.S. President Joe Biden has his sights set on trade talks with Taipei.
Taiwan, US trade officials set to meet in ‘coming weeks’
14-Jun-2021 The Diplomat
Taiwan and the United States are set to convene a meeting of their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council in the “coming weeks,” Trade talks might be back on the agenda, picking up the momentum from a flurry of late action by the Trump administration.
China warns US against trade deal with Taiwan
8-Jun-2021 Aljazeera
China has warned the United States against pursuing a trade deal with Taiwan after Washington signalled a possible resumption of economic talks with the self-ruled island.
China begins TPP groundwork as UK moves closer to entry
4-Jun-2021 Nikkei Asia
Wednesday’s decision to begin talks on having the U.K. join the Trans-Pacific Partnership has refocused attention on the 11-member trade agreement’s expansion plans, as China puts out unofficial feelers about getting on board.
US-China tech war: why a digital trade deal with Japan and South Korea is key to gaining the upper hand
3-Jun-2021 South China Morning Post
In this competition over standards, whichever nation first strikes a trilateral deal with technology leaders Japan and South Korea will secure a strategic chokepoint in the digital architecture of Asia.
Taiwan calls on Australia to restart free trade agreement talks
31-May-2021 The Epoch Times
Taiwan wants the Australian government to resume free trade agreement talks after they were halted several times from pressure by Beijing.
US-China trade war: top negotiators hold ‘candid and constructive’ talks, first of Joe Biden presidency
27-May-2021 South China Morning Post
USTR said the phase one trade deal was important but only one part of a challenging and complex relationship between the world’s two largest economies.
China’s embrace of sanctions costs it an investment deal with EU
21-May-2021 Bloomberg
European lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a resolution to withhold ratification of the investment deal with China, so long as its “baseless and arbitrary” penalties were in place.