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US-UK trade deal needs labor, climate protections, enforcement: US lawmaker
3-Feb-2020     Reuters
A future US-UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights, environmental protection, US House Ways and Means Committee Chairman said.
SA's trades with the UK continues unchanged as the UK leaves the EU
3-Feb-2020     Business Report
The SACUM-UK EPA effectively retains the terms of trade present in the existing SADC-EU EPA.
Brexit battle returns with UK and EU sparring over trade
3-Feb-2020     Bloomberg
The UK and the European Union begin their battle over a future trade deal, setting up 11 months of negotiations that risk ending in economically damaging failure at the end of the year.
US-China "Phase 1" FTA text (Jan 2020)
3-Feb-2020     USTR
Signing of Switzerland-Turkey trade deal put on pause
3-Feb-2020     Swiss Info
The Swiss government has delayed fully signing off on the expanded free-trade deal between EFTA and Turkey amid concern about human rights abuses.
Brazil to seek a Mercosur-UK trade deal similar of agreement with EU
3-Feb-2020     Reuters
Brazil will seek to strike a Mercosur-United Kingdom trade deal post Brexit that could be similar to the trade agreement signed between the South American bloc and the European Union.
Trump will insist NHS pays more for drugs in trade deal, says ambassador
31-Jan-2020     The Guardian
Donald Trump will put the interests of corporate America first and demand that the NHS pays higher prices for US drugs in a free-trade deal with the UK, the outgoing British ambassador to Washington said.
Pakistan aims to double trade with Africa in five years
31-Jan-2020     The News
Pakistan is already in touch SACU, ECOWAS and EAC to negotiate trade agreements and also plans to take advantage of the opportunities that exists under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
ICSID approves Pakistan's review plea against $6bn Reko Diq fine
31-Jan-2020     Geo TV
The World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes has approved Pakistan’s petition for a review in the Reko Diq case in which the country was slapped with a $6 billion fine.
Australia eyeing post-Brexit trade agreement by end of the year
31-Jan-2020     Express & Star
Simon Birmingham, Australia’s minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, said he wanted to see ‘eliminated tariffs, quotas, and trade barriers’.