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China-Japan-SK FTA to speed up with RCEP push
19-Nov-2020     Global Times
In the wake of the successful signing of the world's largest trade deal - RCEP that encompasses a third of the global economy, a higher level trilateral free trade agreement(FTA) among China, Japan and South Korea is likely to be reached sooner than expected.
Namibia ratifies new Economic Partnership Agreement
18-Nov-2020     New Era Live
Namibia ratified the SACU-Mozambique and United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement (SACUM - UK EPA) in the National Assembly on 20 October 2020.
State puts RCEP pact on fast track
18-Nov-2020     Bangkok Post
Seeing the pact as a vital tool for economic recovery and growth, Thai ministry expects free trade among RCEP members to start by the middle of next year, following almost eight years of talks.
Secretive mega-trade deal rules could harm Asia’s Covid-19 recovery
18-Nov-2020     Inter Press Service News Agency
Fifteen countries will sign a mega-trade deal at the ASEAN conference this weekend imposing secretive restrictions on how governments help workers through the pandemic, trade union leaders and parliamentarians have warned.
What is RCEP and why are Trade Unions in the Asia-Pacific Region concerned about It?
18-Nov-2020     News Click
Even as the new agreement between ASEAN nations and its free trade partners establishes the largest trading bloc in the world, it is vehemently being opposed by labor unions, trade justice groups and women’s movements
Explainer: What happens now the RCEP trade deal has been signed?
17-Nov-2020     Reuters
Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies signed what could become the world’s largest free trade agreement on Sunday, covering nearly a third of the global population and about 30% of its global gross domestic product.
S. Korea, Cambodia to hold 4th round of FTA talks
17-Nov-2020     Yonhap
South Korea will hold the fourth round of free trade talks with Cambodia this week as part of efforts to diversify its export portfolio in Southeast Asia.
Qatar, Tunisia discuss signing free trade agreement
17-Nov-2020     The Peninsula
The two countries aim to increase the volume of trade exchange and diversify it by signing a free trade agreement.
Tensions simmer over EU-Africa trade relations
17-Nov-2020     Euractiv
Trade relations are likely to be at the heart of the delayed EU-Africa ‘strategic partnership’, but only if long-standing tensions can be resolved.
No agreements that are FTAs by stealth with China, to focus on EU, US: India on RCEP
17-Nov-2020     The Economic Times
India will avoid joining agreements which are actually trade pacts by stealth with China and instead explore trade agreements with developed countries with large markets such as the US and EU where Indian products and services would be competitive unlike ASEAN.