bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

Latest

Asean members reaffirm 90 per cent tariff cuts under RCEP
14-Mar-2017     Bangkok Post
ASEAN members are holding to their vow to cut import tariffs on 90 per cent of products under RCEP
Vietnam to test Trump on signing solo trade pacts
13-Mar-2017     Voice of America
Vietnam will test U.S. President Donald Trump's openness to one-on-one trade deals as it starts nudging Washington for an eventual agreement to replace its role in the defunct Trans Pacific Partnership.
Sugar breakthrough paves way for Indonesia-Australia trade deal
13-Mar-2017     Bloomberg
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalize exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly a decade.
Jordan, Kenya to sign FTA before year-end — minister
13-Mar-2017     Jordan Times
Jordan and Kenya are expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) before the end of the year, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said.
UK looks to supercharge EU trade deals post-Brexit
13-Mar-2017     The Telegraph
Britain is looking for ways to take on the EU’s free trade deals with countries around the world after Brexit - then use its new independence to cut taxes and regulatory barriers to trade, boosting the power of the deals.
China says Chile Pacific trade meeting not about TPP
13-Mar-2017     Reuters
China said that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact.
S. Korea tentatively signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
13-Mar-2017     KBS
South Korea and a group of Central American countries have tentatively signed a free trade agreement.
ASEAN economic ministers eye RCEP to shape trade and economic liberation in Asia
13-Mar-2017     Xinhua
ASEAN ministers agree to push to achieve considerable progress on the the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
EU capitalizing on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies
12-Mar-2017     Reuters
The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the bloc, which will make the most of uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. trade policy.
Japan hopes to leave farms out of U.S. economic talks: sources
10-Mar-2017     Reuters
Japan will push to leave agriculture out of its first economic talks with the Trump administration next month.