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EU-Mercosur FTA: draft text (June 2020)
9-Oct-2020     Greenpeace
As leaked by Greenpeace
The UK-SACUM economic partnership agreement
8-Oct-2020     Tralac
In the SACUM-UK EPA, commitments on tariffs for both the UK and SACUM have been transitioned from the SADC-EU EPA without changes.
Indonesia keen to finalize preferential trade agreement with Bangladesh
8-Oct-2020     Dhaka Tribune
Indonesia has shown its keen interest to finalize the preferential trade agreement with Bangladesh, with an aim to boost bilateral trade between the two countries.
India hopeful of FTA with EU: Goyal
8-Oct-2020     SME Times
Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that trade & economy is one of the most important pillars of India- European Union (EU) partnership, and India is looking forward enhancing this relation.
US rush to Bangladesh revs up economic race with China
8-Oct-2020     Nikkei Asia
The US has ratcheted up economic diplomacy with Bangladesh, holding its first high-level dialogue virtually and signing an open sky agreement in Dhaka as part of Washington's blueprint to challenge China's presence in the region.
EU ready to call Johnson bluff, betting he won’t quit talks
7-Oct-2020     Bloomberg
The European Union has no plans to offer concessions to Boris Johnson before next week’s Brexit deadline, betting that the UK prime minister won’t make good on threats to walk away from trade negotiations if he doesn’t get what he wants.
Ex-pres did not wish to implement China-Maldives FTA, claims Nasheed
7-Oct-2020     Avas
Former President of the Maldives, and Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has stated that former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom did not want to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Maldives and China.
Ukraine, EU intend to assess progress of implementation of Association Agreement in 2021
7-Oct-2020     Interfax
Kyiv and Brussels have agreed to assess the progress of the implementation of the Association Agreement in 2021.
Japan-UK trade deal keeps low tariffs for cars made with EU parts
7-Oct-2020     Nikkei Asian Review
The economic partnership agreement between Japan and the UK will maintain preferential tariffs for industrial products manufactured with components made in the European Union in a win for Japanese automakers.
Zelensky, Johnson to sign new large Ukraine-UK strategic partnership deal – envoy
6-Oct-2020     Unian
Ukraine-UK agreement on political cooperation, free trade and strategic partnership, which will be signed in London, contains hundreds of pages.