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Kenya-Pakistan end tariff wars, draft MoUs for more trade
2-Sep-2021     The Star
Kenya and Pakistan have ended a long-standing tariff war that hurt trade between the two countries, mainly Kenyan tea exports.
Examining trade disputes in AfCFTA agreement: The need to engage private sector in Nigeria
2-Sep-2021     Vanguard News Nigeria
AfCFTA roundtable brought together business leaders, academia, government representatives, trade, and legal experts to discuss and deliberate on dispute issues in implementing the agreement in Nigeria.
A turning point for Dubai-Africa trade
2-Sep-2021     Forbes Africa
Dubai’s trade with Africa has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade, thanks to several important developments that have established new business links between the emirate and promising markets across the continent.
What's going on between African nations and the EU?
2-Sep-2021     Devex
African leaders still have incentives to maintain the partnership between the two continents, not least because of the trade links and development assistance Europe offers. But they also have a strong interest in revising that relationship.
Government bars unions from ‘seat at the table’ in trade talks
2-Sep-2021     The Independent
UK Prime Minister and the trade department are blocking trade unions from sensitive trade talks despite unions’ offers to sign confidentiality agreements, according to leading labour representatives.
Timeline shifts for UK-NZ free trade deal
2-Sep-2021     RNZ
A free trade deal with the UK is taking longer than both sides had hoped.
Beijing will back Hong Kong’s entry into world’s biggest free-trade deal, China’s commerce minister tells belt and road summit
1-Sep-2021     South China Morning Post
Wang pledged to support Hong Kong in joining “as soon as possible” the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s biggest free-trade deal covering China and 14 other nations in the Asia-Pacific region.
First meeting for UK's CPTPP inclusion to be held in a month, Japan minister says
1-Sep-2021     Reuters
Member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreed to hold within a month a first meeting with Britain to discuss its inclusion in the trade deal.
Ecuador will seek a trade agreement with Russia after the elimination of preferences
31-Aug-2021     Fresh Plaza
Ecuador to promote a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), as the generalized system of preferences granted by Russia expires on October 11.
Mercosur-Arabs: Brazil wants to resume talks on agreements
31-Aug-2021     MENAFN
The Brazilian government is interested in resuming negotiations for free trade agreements between Mercosur and Arab countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon.