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Post RCEP walk out, Centre to focus more on bilateral trade agreements in 2020
6-Jan-2020     Indian Express
Despite the country now having backed out of the mega trade deal, its renewed interest on its other trade pacts, several of which have failed to deliver the results expected, has set the tone for its focus in the coming year.
Korea in FTA talks with Asian, South American powerhouses
6-Jan-2020     Korea Herald
South Korea has secured 16 free trade partners -- 12 countries and four trade blocs -- around the globe since it started pursuing bilateral free trade agreements two decades ago.
Moon, Li agree to facilitate follow-up FTA talks on service, investment sectors
6-Jan-2020     Korea Herald
The leaders of South Korea and China to expedite talks on supplementing a bilateral free trade agreement, Cheong Wa Dae said.
Cabinet lines up FTAs with Bangladesh, Turkey
3-Jan-2020     Bangkok Post
Thailand and Bangladesh will kick off talks to establish a free trade agreement. The Thai cabinet has also approved a proposal to sign an FTA with Turkey.
Phase two of US-China trade deal will be more challenging and less transparent than phase one
3-Jan-2020     The Hill
The hard part of the trade dispute will cover long-standing issues relating to intellectual property violations and forced technology transfer by China, as well as subsidization of Chinese industries.
The European Commission is urging Canada to adopt stricter piracy rules
3-Jan-2020     TechNadu
Canada’s intellectual protection rights system was also slammed for being too clement.
PH trade deficit ‘alarming,’ says BOI official
3-Jan-2020     Rappler
The trade deficit of the Philippines has been growing at a “quite alarming” rate, said Board of Investments (BOI) executive director Ma. Corazon Dichosa.
India speeding up FTA talks with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland
3-Jan-2020     The Hindu Business Line
India is making efforts to speed up free trade negotiations with the EFTA countries comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Leichtenstein in parallel with its discussions with the European Union on a similar pact.
Iran-EAEU free trade agreement to take effect in 2,3 years: Official
2-Jan-2020     Tasnim News
An Iranian official said an accord between Tehran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries will turn into a free trade agreement within the next two or three years.
Telenor’s legal notice through the eyes of int’l investment law
2-Jan-2020     Daily Star
Telenor, the principal investor of Bangladesh’s leading mobile phone operator Grameen Phone, has served a legal notice to the President of Bangladesh seeking arbitration.