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Dhaka drops plan to negotiate FTA with US
11-Jan-2021     Financial Express Bangladesh
The government has backtracked from a plan to propose the United States for signing a free trade area deal considering its lack of preparedness, an official says.
Tehran, Kabul to ink preferential trade agreement
11-Jan-2021     Tehran Times
Director General of the Asia-Pacific Office at Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said that a preferential trade agreement with Afghanistan is going to be signed in the near future.
China tried to punish European states for Huawei bans by adding eleventh-hour rule to EU investment deal
11-Jan-2021     South China Morning Post
Draft text shows Beijing looked to withhold telecoms sector benefits to firms from countries with restrictions on Chinese telecoms companies.
The multinationals suing governments over their pandemic response
11-Jan-2021     New Statesman
Law firms have been drawing investors’ attention to how they could pass their Covid-19-related losses onto states.
US Consulate a turning point for disputed Western Sahara
11-Jan-2021     AP
Trump said the goal of the Western Sahara consulate would be “to promote economic and trade opportunities in the region.”
US assesses potential losses in agricultural exports to EU if the Mercosur deal is finally ratifies
11-Jan-2021     MercoPress
Analysis by the United States Department of Agriculture point out that the country has US$ 4 billion in agricultural exports that may be affected to some extent by the European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
S. Korea to accelerate free trade talks with Russia - President
11-Jan-2021     UrduPoint
South Korea plans to speed up negotiations on free trade in the investment and services areas with Russia and China, President Moon Jae-in said.
South Korea to 'actively' consider joining CPTPP this year
11-Jan-2021     The Edge Markets
South Korea said today it plans to "actively" consider joining a mega Asia-Pacific free trade agreement (FTA) initiated again by the US in an effort to diversify the country's export portfolio amid growing trade protectionism.
China set to expand free trade network
11-Jan-2021     The Phnom Penh Post
China will step up efforts to expand its free trade area network with trading partners across the world to enlarge its “circle of friends”, while eliminating more tariffs on goods and broadening market access for services trade and investment, according to commerce minister Wang Wentao.
ASEAN-Hong Kong FTA set for Feb 12
11-Jan-2021     The Phnom Penh Post
The part in relation to Cambodia under the ASEAN-Hong Kong free trade agreement (FTA) and Investment Agreement (IA) is set to take effect on February 12, according to Hong Kong’s Trade and Industry Department.