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India, UK hold trade talks in Brexit’s shadow, eye FTA
14-Jan-2018     The Hindu
Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu held talks with his British counterpart, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox on Thursday, as the two countries look for opportunities to boost trade and investment, including via a potential Free Trade Agreement, as Britain prepares to leave the European Union.
US looking at free trade agreement with India
14-Jan-2018     The Hindu BusinessLine
Major defence agreements between India and US can be expected in the year 2019.
Mexico signs the ICSID Convention
12-Jan-2018     Public Now
Mexico's Secretary of the Economy signed theConvention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between states and nationals of other states.
Trump: NAFTA revisions could pay for border wall
12-Jan-2018     The Hill
President Trump said a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could yield the money to pay for his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kenya moves to secure post-Brexit trade deals with the UK
12-Jan-2018     Business Daily
Kenya has initiated informal bilateral talks with Britain as it seeks to establish a new trade deal to protect its exports to the European market now that Brexit will likely affect duty free access of Kenyan goods to the country.
Indonesia-EU CEPA 4th round to be held in Surakarta
12-Jan-2018     Jakarta Post
The fourth round of the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is scheduled to be held in Surakarta in February.
Suez accepts 25% haircut from Argentina to end dispute
12-Jan-2018     Bloomberg
French co. agreed to $275 million to settle 12-year dispute. Engie is the biggest shareholder in water, sewer company.
India-Peru FTA talks to take stage in March
12-Jan-2018     Financial Express
With bilateral trade between India and Peru touching an all-time high of $1.57 billion, the second round of talks for the trade agreement between the two countries is scheduled to take place in March.
Indonesia, Turkey begin CEPA talks
12-Jan-2018     Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Turkey held first round on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in Jakarta. Delegations from both the countries discussed the agreement’s terms of reference (ToR) as well as trade issues, such as legal matters and customs.
Israel set to make a strong push for goods FTA
12-Jan-2018     The Hindu BusinessLine
The present Indian government has relaunched the talks with Israel. Israel wishes to conduct talks on regular basis to conclude the deal at the earliest. Indian patent system and pharmaceutical related issues have been the reasons why the deal couldn't progress.