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House of Commons passes new Ukraine free trade deal over Conservative opposition
7-Feb-2024     CBC
The House of Commons passed an updated free trade agreement with Ukraine over the objections of Conservative MPs, who have attacked the bill for containing a reference to "carbon pricing."
AfCFTA: Digital trade protocol (draft, Oct 2023)
6-Feb-2024    
EU-Japan economic partnership agreement: EU and Japan sign protocol to include cross-border data flows
1-Feb-2024     Council of the EU
The Belgian Presidency of the Council has signed the protocol to include provisions on cross-border data flows in the agreement between the EU and Japan for an Economic Partnership.
How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed
1-Feb-2024     The Guardian
Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California’s coast in 2018. But then an obscure international legal process was put into motion.
India should not cut customs duty on auto sector in any free trade pact: GTRI
1-Feb-2024     Money Control
The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said India has not given tariff or duty reductions for cars in its free trade agreements with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Japan, and Korea.
IPEF supply chain deal to take effect Feb. 24
1-Feb-2024     Nippon.com
The US Commerce Department said Wednesday that an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity agreement on supply chains will come into effect Feb. 24.
Anti-China sentiment could sink a free trade deal with Ecuador
1-Feb-2024     World Politics Review
The ratification of the Ecuador-China Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2022, faces significant hurdles in the nation's National Assembly, as the dissolution of the assembly by President Lasso and subsequent snap elections, along with concerns about transparency and public engagement during the negotiation process.
India seeks service inclusion, investment commitment from Switzerland in EFTA trade deal
31-Jan-2024     CNBC TV18
India and EFTA have held negotiations on several chapters including trade in goods & services, intellectual property rights, investment promotion and cooperation, rules of origin, trade facilitation and trade and sustainable development.
Cars v cows: German automakers call to split EU-Mercosur deal to bypass French ‘non’
31-Jan-2024     Euractiv
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement should be split into two distinctive parts to circumvent French resistance based on agricultural issues, the German car industry has proposed, in a bid to boost export markets other than China.
EU-Mercosur trade talks still alive, Brussels says in rebuke to France's Macron
31-Jan-2024     Euronews
The European Commission assured that talks on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement continue after a French official claimed President Emmanuel Macron had convinced the bloc's executive to bury the deal.