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Fate of trade pact hangs in the balance amid Beijing-Taipei tensions
6-Apr-2021     South China Morning Post
A 10-year deadline for the ECFA to become a full free-trade deal has passed and neither side has taken action
India, Canada may explore possibility of inking mini trade deal this month
6-Apr-2021     Live Mint
India and Canada may come back to the negotiating table later this month after a gap of almost four years to explore the possibility of signing a mini trade deal.
Cambodia, ASEAN likely to teeter off balance with RCEP
5-Apr-2021     Phnom Penh Post
Four months after RCEP was signed, a study surfaces, with gloomy trade data, portending a shaky future for the Kingdom and ASEAN as a whole
Federal cabinet defers BIT strategy
5-Apr-2021     Business Recorder
The federal cabinet said to have deferred bilateral investment treaty (BIT) strategy for Pakistan proposed by the Board of Investment (BOI) to draw a roadmap for the future bilateral investment treaties.
Philippines explores joining TPP to expand free trade network
5-Apr-2021     Nikkei Asia
The Philippines has formally expressed interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, with the goal of building new relationships with countries outside its existing bilateral free trade agreements.
“Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” Agreement and the future of Sino-Iranian relations
5-Apr-2021     Modern Diplomacy
As a result, although Sino-Iranian relations have developed over the past 10 years in terms of economic, energy, and security relations, and the two countries have similar views on the international system, the security interests of the two countries, especially China, outweigh its economic interests with Iran.
Japan diet starts debates on RCEP free trade deal
5-Apr-2021     Nippon
The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Friday started debates on whether to approve the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade deal, which was agreed on by Japan and 14 other nations in November last year.
SADC urges Member States to sign and ratify AfCFTA and TFTA
5-Apr-2021     SADC
The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community has urged Member States that have not yet signed and ratified the AfCFTA and the TFTA to do so to allow for the implementation of the agreements.
'Turkey, Azerbaijan should target free trade agreement'
2-Apr-2021     Anadolu
Existing preferential trade agreement only includes limited number of products, says Turkish trade minister.
Islamabad, Kabul give three-month extension to transit trade agreement
2-Apr-2021     Dawn
A protocol was signed here on Thursday to give a three-month extension to Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 2010 to continue the facility for the landlocked country.