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India, UAE to wrap up negotiations for trade agreement by next month, says Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal
14-Dec-2021 Swarajya
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said that India and the UAE will wrap up the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by next month.
33 groups call for tougher stance on vaccine apartheid in trade negotiations
13-Dec-2021 Scoop
33 domestic and international groups have written to NZ Prime Minister, calling for NZ to use its bilateral trade negotiations with the United Kingdom and European Union to push for an end to vaccine apartheid.
EAEU-Iran interim free trade agreement extended until 2025
13-Dec-2021 Belta
The interim free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran has been extended until 2025, an Eurasian Economic Commission official said.
Korea is taking the plunge on the CPTPP
13-Dec-2021 Korea JoongAng Daily
Korea is taking the first steps to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a multilateral free trade agreement involving 11 other nations.
Investment governance in Africa to support climate resilience and decarbonization
13-Dec-2021 Afronomics Law
African nations should not be expected to take the lead in addressing a climate emergency they did not create. The priority for Africa is to receive support and investment to build resilience and adapt to climate impacts.
Hope for Kenya–US trade deal as ministers hold talks
11-Dec-2021 The Star
Kenya and the US have revisited discussions on trade policies, giving hope to the stalled Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that started more than a year ago.
AIO seeks insurance sector’s integration into AfCFTA
11-Dec-2021 Punch
The President of African Insurance Organization, Mr Tope Smart, has said the organisation is examining how the insurance sector can best integrate into the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Britain agrees digital trade deal with Singapore
10-Dec-2021 WTVB
Britain said it had agreed a digital trade deal with Singapore, the first digitally-focussed trade pact signed by a European nation.
India-EU free trade talks hit slow lane over labour, environment, investment issues
10-Dec-2021 BusinessLine
There is no clarity now over when formal negotiations on the proposed India-EU trade pact would begin.
China’s BRI gets entangled in Pakistan port protest
8-Dec-2021 Asia Times
Gwadar unrest grows as fishing communities complain of job losses and broken promises linked to Belt and Road Initiative projects
Majority of CPEC projects completed: envoy
8-Dec-2021 The Express Tribune
A majority of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have been completed, revealed Chinese Consul General in Karachi Li Bijian.
Farmers urged senators to junk RCEP
8-Dec-2021 Manila Bulletin
A group of farmers has threatened not to support re-electionist senators if they will not junk the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a mega trade deal.
Singapore, EU in talks on strengthening bilateral digital trade, forming partnership
8-Dec-2021 The Straits Times
Singapore and Europe commenced talks in Brussels to strengthen bilateral digital trade, with a longer-term goal of advancing towards a digital partnership.
Australia urges US to push back on ‘digital authoritarianism’
8-Dec-2021 The Sydney Morning Herald
The Morrison government is pushing the Biden administration to strike a digital free trade agreement with democracies across the Indo-Pacific in a bid to counter China’s “digital authoritarianism”.
Thai civil society urges government to end plans to join CPTPP
7-Dec-2021 Thai PBS World
Thailand’s anti-CPTPP civil society organizations issued an open letter, addressed to Prime Minister, urging the government immediately to cease plans to join the 11-member CPTPP trade bloc.
UK seeks to trade with US states with broader deal on hold
7-Dec-2021 Bloomberg
By building relations at state level, the UK will help ease the approval process for any eventual federal-level free trade agreement.
Putin, Modi urge ministries to finalize talks on mutual protection of investments
7-Dec-2021 TASS
The long-term target of the trade and economic relationship between the two countries is an increase by 2025 in bilateral trade to $30 bln and in mutual investment to $15 bln.
Africa: Dangote Group calls for ports’ reforms to enhance AfCFTA
7-Dec-2021 All Africa
The Commercial Operations Officer, Dangote Group, yesterday called for the reform at ports in Africa as well as the ease of regulations and bureaucracy, in order to realise benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
Tunisia ready to start talks on FTA with Ukraine
6-Dec-2021 Open For Business
Tunisia is ready to start the negotiation process on concluding an agreement on a free trade area (FTA) with Ukraine, negotiations may begin in the first quarter of 2022.
Free trade agreement between India-Israel to conclude by June 2022: Envoy Gilon
6-Dec-2021 ANI
The free trade agreement between India and Israel will conclude by June 2022, stated Israel Ambassador to India Naor Gilon.