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ASEAN – Hong Kong FTA likely to come into force in 2019
14-Feb-2019     SGGP Online
The ASEAN – Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is now in its final stage and is hoped to take effect within 2019.
Names of wines, cheeses hold back Australia-EU free trade deal
14-Feb-2019     Xinhua
Progress on a free trade agreement between Australia and the European Union has been interrupted by the names of cheeses and wines.
Free Trade Agreement top of mind in EU meeting
14-Feb-2019     Scoop
A New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement was top of mind in discussions between Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and the EU’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan.
SA-UK post-Brexit deal just about finalised
14-Feb-2019     Business Day
SA’s negotiations with the UK to ensure that a trade agreement is in place in the event that it exits the EU without a deal is 99% complete, trade and industry director-general Lionel October said.
Nouvelle-Calédonie et Vanuatu dans un accord de libre-échange
14-Feb-2019     Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes
Les gouvernements calédonien et vanuatais s’engagent dans un accord de libre-échange, facilitateur du développement des affaires entre les deux pays.
Comoros and Samoa join trade and development agreements with the European Union
14-Feb-2019     European Commission
The island states Comoros and Samoa have joined the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and the group of countries from their respective regions. The EU now has 40 trade agreements in place with 72 countries.
Liam Fox rushing through Brexit trade deals would mean bypassing democracy
13-Feb-2019     Huffington Post
Although they will affect huge areas of society, many of these 'rollover' deals would pass through parliament without any debate or vote.
Cotonou successor: EU-Africa relations at the crossroads
13-Feb-2019     Euractiv
Negotiators are hoping to break the back on talks for the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in May 2020, between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).
European Parliament disregards Court and adopts Morocco fish deal
13-Feb-2019     WSRW
European Parliament has voted in favour of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement that will be applied to the waters of occupied Western Sahara.
China-backed coal projects raise heat in Pakistan
13-Feb-2019     Nikkei Asian Review
China-backed coal plants are raising environmental concerns locally.