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Israel’s ministerial visits to India might include FTA talks
13-Apr-2023 The Hindu
India-Israel free trade agreement (FTA) is expected to be on the agenda during the upcoming visit of Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat. The back-to-back official interactions are being interpreted as the prelude to the arrival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in India.
China, Serbia announce official launch of FTA negotiations: MOFCOM
13-Apr-2023 Global Times
China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with Serbia’s Minister of Domestic and Foreign Trade Tomislav Momirovic, jointly signing a memorandum of understanding to start negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
China pushes Sri Lanka to sign FTA in guise of debt restructuring
12-Apr-2023 ANI
Critics argue that the deal would be heavily skewed in favour of China, leading to a flood of cheap Chinese goods into Sri Lanka and undermining the country’s domestic industries.
Ukraine, Canada agree to expand bilateral free trade deal
12-Apr-2023 Yahoo
The modernized trade deal would implement the most modern liberalization regime for service and investment markets and revamping digital goods trade rules.
Ukrainian billionaire seeks compensation from Russia in arbitration for losses incurred
12-Apr-2023 Euromaidan Press
Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, who is the founder and beneficiary of the holding company SCM, has announced that he is initiating an arbitration process against Russia.
Rough trade
12-Apr-2023 The Ecologist
UK accession to Pacific trade deal empowers fossil fuel firms to sue governments.
Ethiopian ambassador to Pakistan stresses preferential trade agreement between both countries
11-Apr-2023 Bol News
Ethiopian Ambassador to Pakistan Jemal Beker Abdula visited the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce today and said that a preferential trade agreement between Pakistan and Ethiopia is indispensable for the promotion of mutual trade.
Liberia, the only country in Africa yet to ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area
11-Apr-2023 Front Page Africa
Liberia, an ECOWAS member state where importers mostly experience high tariffs on goods, which lead to inflation of prices on the local market, is yet to ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Somalia pursues AGOA membership to bolster trade
11-Apr-2023 Busiweek
The Somali government officially applied to join the 36 African countries on Thursday, benefiting from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Trade Committee delegation to visit South Africa
11-Apr-2023 News European Parliament
From 3 to 7 April, MEPs will travel to South Africa to discuss trade and investment relations as well as regional integration.
CEPA with India: Bangladesh forms two panels to start talks
11-Apr-2023 Apparel Resources
Bangladesh has formed two separate committees to start negotiations with India over signing of a proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or CEPA.
Mercosur, Canada to resume trade deal talks
11-Apr-2023 MercoPress
Negotiations for an agreement between Mercosur and Canada to eliminate tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods, services, intellectual property, and government purchases are to resume after more than three years.
Eurasian Economic Union discusses launch of digital currencies in EAEU financial markets
11-Apr-2023 Silk Road Briefing
The EAEU has trade agreements with China, Iran, Serbia, and Vietnam. Numerous other countries, including India and Indonesia, are currently discussing EAEU FTA, meaning an EAEU digital currency agreement will impact on trade with each of these countries.
Ghana and Netherlands commence Bilateral Investment Treaty renegotiation
8-Apr-2023 GNA
Ghana and the Kingdom of Netherlands have commenced renegotiations of their Bilateral Treaty (BIT) in Accra. The current BIT between Ghana and the Kingdom of Netherlands was signed in 1989, and entered into force on 1st July, 1991.
UK membership in Pacific trade deal threatens Canadian climate action
7-Apr-2023 The Monitor
Canada should join Australia and New Zealand in neutralizing lopsided corporate protections in CPTPP.
Asean nations in IPEF pushing for all members to join trade pact: Indonesia’s chief negotiator
7-Apr-2023 The Straits Times
The Asean members who are part of the framework have been pushing for the inclusion of Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.
UAE and Vietnam begin talks for Cepa deal
7-Apr-2023 The National
The UAE and Vietnam have agreed to start Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations to strengthen bilateral trade ties as the Emirates pushes ahead with its plans to develop trade and investment relations with partners around the world.
S. Korea, Dominican Republic sign bilateral trade promotion agreement
7-Apr-2023 Yonhap
South Korea will make efforts to sign a free trade agreement for a greater market opening and economic cooperation.
The EU-Mercosur joint instrument fails to pass the EU’s own sustainability tests
6-Apr-2023 E3G
A recent leak of the European Commission’s additional instrument of the EU-Mercosur trade deal fails to meet the criteria outlined in the Commission’s own Trade and Sustainable Development review.
EU’s green regulations drive ’reasonable’ demand amid global decarbonization: German biz lobby chief
6-Apr-2023 The Korea Times
The CEO of the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, also called for Seoul and Brussels to launch the renegotiation process for the Korea-EU free trade agreement to reflect changes in green regulations.