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Corporate-led trade deals are coming to Britain – and unions have to be ready
6-Jan-2021     Left Foot Forward
The Tories are trying to shut workers out of Britain's post-Brexit trade deals, writes Unite's Tony Burke.
EU-UK FTA: Draft text (Dec 2020)
5-Jan-2021     European Commission
China-Mauritius FTA goes into effect. But who benefits?
5-Jan-2021     TRT
China’s first FTA with an African country provides a stepping stone into the continent through the geopolitical hotspot Indo-Pacific region.
Japan, Mexico agree to expand membership of TPP free trade pact
5-Jan-2021     The Mainichi
Britain, China and South Korea have recently shown interest in joining the TPP, while Japanese officials are keeping close tabs on whether Washington will return to the framework.
Ukraine-Israel free trade agreement takes effect, expected to double trade
5-Jan-2021     Jewish Press
A free trade agreement between Israel and Ukraine took effect over the weekend and is estimated to double the trade between Israel and Ukraine within the next two to three years to $2 billion.
Ghana-UK reach consensus on new trade agreement
5-Jan-2021     Business Ghana
The agreement provides duty free and quota free access for Ghana and the same preferential tariff reductions for British exporters as provided by the arrangement that is currently in force.
UK and Cameroon secure economic partnership agreement
5-Jan-2021     Business Leader
The United Kingdom and Cameroon have today secured an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that ensures mutual continuity of trade.
S. Korea's FTA networks set to further expand in 2021
4-Jan-2021     Yonhap
South Korea plans to sign more FTAs down the road to diversify its trade portfolio and ease its heavy dependence on China and the United States, which take up around 40 percent of exports.
African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain
4-Jan-2021     Reuters
African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.
China-Mauritius free-trade deal creates model for Beijing’s trade with Africa, observers say
4-Jan-2021     South China Morning Post
Deal will ‘vitalise cooperation between our two countries and strengthen China-Africa economic ties’, head of African affairs at Chinese foreign ministry says.