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UAE FM stresses signing of Cepa, activating JBC for economic partnership with Bangladesh
11-Mar-2024     Dhaka Tribune
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of signing the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and activating the Joint Business Council for economic partnership with Bangladesh.
Key details of India's pact with four-nation European trade bloc
11-Mar-2024     Reuters
India and the members of the European Free Trade Association held 21 rounds of talks over 16 years to clinch the broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement.
Switzerland signs free trade deal with India
11-Mar-2024     Swiss Info
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA), of which Switzerland is a member, has inked a free trade agreement with India that is expected to be ratified in 2025.
Romania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine
11-Mar-2024     ABC News
The Romanian government has won a years long legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed plans to open a gold and silver mine in the Eastern European country.
The two faces of free trade
8-Mar-2024     Project Syndicate
Whereas free trade was once the central cause of progressive reformers seeking to combat entrenched interests on behalf of ordinary people, now it is the bête noire of both right-wing nationalists and the mainstream left. To understand why attitudes changed so radically, one must follow the money.
APEC pursues new approaches to reignite FTAAP
8-Mar-2024     Antara
APEC member economies are considering innovative and improved approaches to revitalize the Free-Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) as a major instrument to further APEC’s regional economic integration agenda.
EFTA trade deal to include investment commitment
8-Mar-2024     Financial Express
The EFTA that includes Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein will be encouraging $ 50 billion of investments by their companies in India in the first 10 years of the FTA coming into force.
Tehran, Hanoi mulling over preferential trade agreement
8-Mar-2024     Tehran Times
Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization Mehdi Zeighami has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Vietnam have expressed hope to reach an agreement on preferential trade.
EU countries to exit energy treaty over climate concerns, officials say
8-Mar-2024     Reuters
European Union countries agreed to jointly quit an international energy treaty over concerns that it undermines efforts to fight climate change, officials said.
Farmers' protest: March to restart amid tight security at Delhi's borders
8-Mar-2024     BBC
The farmers want India to withdraw from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and scrap all free trade agreements.