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AfCFTA/China sign MoU on establishing Expert Group on Economic Cooperation
1-Nov-2021     Ghana News Agency
The AfCFTA Secretariat and the Ministry of Commerce of China agreed to establish an Expert Group to collaborate in areas such as experience-sharing on intellectual property rights, digital trade, competition policy, and others.
Prime Minister calls for early review of India-ASEAN FTA
1-Nov-2021     The Hindu Businessline
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an early review of the ASEAN India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in goods that the country has been insisting on to help Indian businesses gain better market access in the region.
FTAs need to be reworked
1-Nov-2021     The Hindu Businessline
India is currently faced with the challenge of rebalancing its trade strategies because of some significant changes occurring in the global economic environment. Further, India is looking to fast-track its FTA negotiations with countries such as the US, the UK, Australia, the EU, Canada and the UAE.
The Asia-Pacific’s Free Trade Disagreements
1-Nov-2021     The Diplomat
While competition among FTA styles can drive innovation, it does present a key problem for non-super-sized economies: knowing which one to adhere to. For all the new ideas they offer, the various deals available within the Asia-Pacific are often inconsistent and cannot exist comfortably side by side.
Thailand ratifies RCEP pact
1-Nov-2021     Bangkok Post
Thailand has already submitted the ratification for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact and reaffirmed that the world's biggest free trade deal will come into force on Jan 1 next year as scheduled.
Big Coal tapping obscure treaty could chill green revolution
29-Oct-2021     Bloomberg
Coal plant owners are using this little-known mechanism to try and recoup billions from governments who are forcing them to shut down polluting plants
What EU's farm-to-fork strategy will mean for SA agriculture
29-Oct-2021     Zawya
The European Union's (EU) Farm-to-Fork Strategy is set to be implemented in 2022 and will come with an additional layer of regulations.
India-EU trade talks to resume by December
29-Oct-2021     The Hindu
After an eight year hiatus, India and the European Union (EU) are set to resume negotiations for a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) by December, according to a Government official.
France seeks to freeze EU trade talks until after April vote
29-Oct-2021     Bloomberg
New Zealand, Chile talks among those Paris seeks to pause. Trade pacts have been weaponized in previous French elections.
Israel and Australia discuss free trade agreement, boosting trade relations
29-Oct-2021     J-Wire
The two trade ministers agreed on preliminary talks as early as January, with a desire to create new initiatives that will serve as a lever for economic cooperation between the two countries.