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Venezuela and Colombia sign agreement on investments protection
28-Mar-2023 teleSUR
The President of Venezuela signed with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments between both nations.
EU digital trade rules: undermining attempts to rein in Big Tech
28-Mar-2023 The Left in the European Parliament
This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through “trade” agreements, which are binding and permanent.
Kenya expects trade partnership deal with US in a year, minister says
28-Mar-2023 Reuters
Kenya expects to finish talks for a trade and investment deal with the United States by the end of this year and to sign the agreement by April 2024, Trade Minister Moses Kuria said.
Kenya, UK in first Economic Partnership Agreement meeting amid plans to expand trade
27-Mar-2023 Nation
Trade and Investments Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria yesterday met the United Kingdom’s Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston in London during the first UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Council meeting.
Vietnam promotes negotiations of FTA with Mercosur
27-Mar-2023 Vietnam Plus
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is taking measures to promote the negotiations of a FTA with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur - including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay), which is expected to be a driving force for Vietnam to tap the Latin American market.
India, EU conclude another round of talks for proposed trade agreement
27-Mar-2023 The Economic Times
India and the European Union (EU) on Saturday concluded the fourth round of talks for a comprehensive free trade agreement in Brussels, a a move aimed at further strengthening economic ties between the two sides.
Cambodia, UAE conclude talks on trade pact
27-Mar-2023 The Phnom Penh Post
The announcement comes after three rounds of formal negotiations. No official date has been given for the signing of the deal.
BIMSTEC nears completion of Free Trade Agreement, says secretary general
27-Mar-2023 The Economic Times
Free Trade Agreement among the BIMSTEC countries is at the final stage of formulation, the secretary general Tenzin Lekphell said.
Israel-UAE free trade deal takes effect
27-Mar-2023 Punjab News Express
A free trade agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has come into effect, the first such economic deal the Jewish state reached with an Arab country.
Ecuador denounced at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for interference in the Chevron Case
24-Mar-2023 UDAPT
Although the Dutch courts have yet to issue a final ruling on the appeal for annulment filed by the State Attorney’s Office, the Government of Ecuador is already complying with the arbitration award as if it were in force.
Free trade deal with Mexico discussion and animal welfare
24-Mar-2023 The Scottish Farmer
Claims that beef imported from Mexico has a lower carbon footprint than UK-reared beef are ‘B-word’, an environment minister has said.
UK free trade deal with GCC on track for fourth round of talks
24-Mar-2023 The National
The British government’s investment minster has said the third round of talks that could eventually lead to a free trade agreement between the UK and the GCC have been completed successfully and a fourth session should be held in London later this year.
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23-Mar-2023
Canada must cancel its free trade deal with Israel
23-Mar-2023 The Monitor
Commitments to “inclusive” trade are meaningless if they support violations of international law.
India-UK trade talks home in on digital trade, investor protection
23-Mar-2023 Nikkei Asia
Indian and British negotiators will be seeking a landing zone on digital trade and investor protection as they hold another round of free trade talks in New Delhi.
EU agri ministers push back against Mercosur deal
23-Mar-2023 Euractiv
A number of EU countries spoke out against reviving the EU-Mercosur trade deal during a meeting of agriculture ministers in Brussels on Monday 20 March. But with an agreement already hammered out, room for change is limited.
Breaking: Civil society denounce leaked joint instrument on EU-Mercosur deal as blatant greenwashing
23-Mar-2023 Friends of the Earth Europe
Documents leaked reveal that the EU-Mercosur deal’s proposed annex, supposedly intended to safeguard the environment, climate and human rights, does nothing to achieve this.
EU-Mercosur FTA: Joint instrument (EU proposal, Feb 2023)
23-Mar-2023 Friends of the Earth Europe
As leaked by Friends of the Earth Europe, Ecologistas en Acción, European Coordination Via Campesina, Collectif national Stop CETA-Mercosur, Aitec, PowerShift e.V. Germany, Handel Anders.
The USMCA’s self-destruct button: Review clause conjures fears of 2018 all over again
22-Mar-2023 CTV
The so-called "sunset provision" reflects the lingering working-class distrust of globalization in the US that helped Donald Trump get elected president back in 2016.
Philippines’ RCEP ratification: a deadly blow for the country’s agriculture
21-Mar-2023 MASIPAG
The country’s economic sovereignty that will supposedly provide a ground for the flourishing of local agriculture and production has been once again gnawed by global corporate interests.