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US rush to Bangladesh revs up economic race with China
8-Oct-2020 Nikkei Asia
The US has ratcheted up economic diplomacy with Bangladesh, holding its first high-level dialogue virtually and signing an open sky agreement in Dhaka as part of Washington’s blueprint to challenge China’s presence in the region.
EU ready to call Johnson bluff, betting he won’t quit talks
7-Oct-2020 Bloomberg
The European Union has no plans to offer concessions to Boris Johnson before next week’s Brexit deadline, betting that the UK prime minister won’t make good on threats to walk away from trade negotiations if he doesn’t get what he wants.
Ex-pres did not wish to implement China-Maldives FTA, claims Nasheed
7-Oct-2020 Avas
Former President of the Maldives, and Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has stated that former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom did not want to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Maldives and China.
Ukraine, EU intend to assess progress of implementation of Association Agreement in 2021
7-Oct-2020 Interfax
Kyiv and Brussels have agreed to assess the progress of the implementation of the Association Agreement in 2021.
Japan-UK trade deal keeps low tariffs for cars made with EU parts
7-Oct-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
The economic partnership agreement between Japan and the UK will maintain preferential tariffs for industrial products manufactured with components made in the European Union in a win for Japanese automakers.
Zelensky, Johnson to sign new large Ukraine-UK strategic partnership deal – envoy
6-Oct-2020 Unian
Ukraine-UK agreement on political cooperation, free trade and strategic partnership, which will be signed in London, contains hundreds of pages.
Rethinking trade: Kenya and the environment
6-Oct-2020 Public Citizen
So-called “trade agreements” such as the US-Kenya trade deal have nothing to do with trade. But rather they impose new limits on government regulatory authority.
Day of action against the US trade deal
6-Oct-2020 Global Justice Now
Saturday 24 October: Take action against the US trade deal to protect services, standards, rights and democracy!
EU-Mercosur mythbuster
6-Oct-2020 Greenpeace
We’ve made this mythbuster to unpick powerful economic interests’ spin on this toxic deal.
Key international legal measures risk making the cost of green energy shift skyrocket
5-Oct-2020 IIED
A complex set of international legal measures protecting the fossil fuel industry risks significantly increasing the cost of moving to green energy and tackling climate change, a new report reveals.
Martin Khor – a life spent fighting for a just global economy
5-Oct-2020
Economist and journalist Martin Khor, whose life was cut short by cancer on 1 April 2020, was a standout figure in the struggle for a radical transformation of global economic relations.
First-generation free trade agreement between Colombia and Israel
5-Oct-2020 Market Screener
The treaty seeks to create better conditions for the exchange of goods, services and investment.
Britain open to Aussie-style EU trade deal but Australia wants more
5-Oct-2020 Reuters
Australia is far from happy with its arrangements with the EU and is pushing for the better market access that only a fully-fledged trade deal with the wealthy 27-member bloc would bring.
Angola and Japan strengthen parliamentary cooperation
5-Oct-2020 EIN news
The two countries are negotiating the signing of a reciprocal investment protection agreement.
Nigeria seeks review of investment agreement with Canada
5-Oct-2020 Journal du Cameroun
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada has called for the review of the investment agreement between Nigeria and Canada.
African countries urged to remove non-tariff barriers to realize AfCFTA
5-Oct-2020 The Independent (Uganda)
The African Union Commission called for addressing non-tariff barriers in order to realize the major aspirations of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.
EU, UK to step up Brexit talks to try to close ’significant gaps’ over trade deal
5-Oct-2020 Reuters
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the head of the EU’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen, agreed to step up Brexit talks to close “significant gaps” barring a new trade partnership.
Costs rise in Vattenfall lawsuit over German government’s nuclear phase-out
5-Oct-2020 Clean Energy Wire
The German government writes that around 21.7 million euros have been spent on lawyers, expert witnesses and court fees.
Petition: No to poisonous pork, fight for health and democracy
5-Oct-2020 No Poison Pig
People cannot accept the sacrifice of democratic values, people’s health, and farmers’ interests in exchange for the opportunity of trade negotiations between Taiwan and the US.
FTA with ROK planned by end of year
5-Oct-2020 Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have pledged to finalise their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations by the end of the year to increase trade and investment between the two countries.