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Kuwait- EU trade chief committed to boosting relationship with GCC
26-Aug-2020     MENAFN
The European Union's Trade Commissioner called for the resumption of the stalled EU-GCC Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
Talks on Asian trade megadeal RCEP resume in COVID shadow
26-Aug-2020     Nikkei Asian Review
The trade ministers of participating in talks on an Asia-wide free trade agreement are set to hold an online meeting, hoping to remove the final obstacles to a deal by the end of the year.
Cabinet to consider RCEP pact in October
26-Aug-2020     Bangkok Post
The Commerce Ministry will ask the cabinet for approval to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in October, one month ahead of the pact's official scheduled signing in Vietnam.
Thailand is not ready for the CPTPP
26-Aug-2020     Bangkok Post
In the foreseeable future, Thailand will be shying away from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The country lacks necessary preparedness and consensus for the high-end free-trade arrangement.
UK could seal Japan trade deal this week despite snag over Liz Truss Stilton demands
25-Aug-2020     PoliticsHome
Britain is still aiming to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Japan by the end of the month despite Trade Secretary Liz Truss insisting on preferential treatment for Stilton makers in any deal.
Tanzania keen to protect local goods in new trade pact with Britain
25-Aug-2020     The East African
Tanzania is looking to protect its locally-made goods in the trade negotiations with Britain that are underway.
Rwanda pursues two-pronged approach in agreement with UK
25-Aug-2020     The East African
Rwanda has been chairing the EAC negotiations with the UK and is also pursuing a bilateral post-Brexit trade deal with the UK that aims to replicate the European Union’s “Everything but Arms" scheme.
Deadline looms for signing of UK-EAC Brexit trade pact
25-Aug-2020     The East African
With just four months to the expiry of the current agreement, ideological differences among member states are hampering the progress of the bloc’s negotiations.
US and China hold phone call on phase one trade agreement
25-Aug-2020     CNBC
US and Chinese trade negotiators held a phone call about implementing the phase one agreement between the two countries.
Despite Merkel’s “serious doubts,” German industry defends the Mercosur-EU agreement
25-Aug-2020     MercoPress
The Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce defended the agreement as it “could provide the urgently needed boost to the economy, during the current crisis.”