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Commerce chief signs HK-Asean FTA protocol
10-Jan-2024     The Star
This will enable Hong Kong businesses to more easily and effectively gain Hong Kong-originating status for more of their products, providing them with preferential tariff treatment when expanding into the growing Asean market.
The EU-Mercosur deal would be a setback for people and planet – let’s put it in the past
10-Jan-2024     The Greens/EFA
Time to call off this deal. Free-traders have been pushing desperately but the mobilisation for the environment and social rights has worked and the Commission has been unable to sign the deal this autumn.
Scholz, Milei in favour of a swift conclusion to EU-Mercosur deal
10-Jan-2024     Buenos Aires Times
President Javier Milei spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with the two calling for a swift conclusion to the European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
How Uganda AGOA ban impacts East Africa investments
10-Jan-2024     The East African
The decision by the Biden administration to kick out Uganda from its African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) programme could have far-reaching consequences on the investment climate in the East African region.
AGOA trade program adjustments: what they could mean for US-Africa relations amid global power shifts
10-Jan-2024     Africa Forbes
The United States’ recent modifications to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) signal a significant shift in its trade relations with Africa, intertwined with broader geopolitical implications and the emerging contest for influence on the continent. Experts weigh in.
USD 12 billion dispute decided in Tunisia’s favour
10-Jan-2024     CDR
A wrangle over a shareholding in a Tunisian bank which dates back to the 1980s has finally been resolved in arbitration.
Tanzania signs Samoa agreement
9-Jan-2024     Daily News
TANZANIA government has signed new partnership agreement with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union (EU) with its member states.
Algeria wants to create a free trade zone with Mauritania
9-Jan-2024     Yabiladi
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune chaired a council of ministers on Sunday, December 24. The Head of State ordered the Prime Minister, Nadir Larbaoui, to launch an in-depth study for the creation of a free trade zone with Mauritania.
US formally removes Uganda from AGOA
9-Jan-2024     The East African
The United States has officially struck off Uganda and three other African countries as beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), effectively ending Kampala’s ability to export certain commodities to the US duty-free.
Egypt nears completion of free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union
9-Jan-2024     BNN
In a significant stride towards economic integration, Egypt is nearing final negotiations to establish a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).