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Parliament gives green light to EU-Singapore trade and investment protection deals
13-Feb-2019     European Parliament News
European Parliament endorsed the free trade and investment protection deals between EU and Singapore, serving as blueprint for further cooperation with Southeast Asia.
Zim not yet ready for full AfCFTA
13-Feb-2019     The Herald
Zimbabwe should ramp up value addition and beneficiation of its products beforehand, says official.
Israel and Iran both set to join Russia-led free trade zone
13-Feb-2019     Times of Israel
After two rounds of negotiations, Jerusalem close to agreement with Eurasian Economic Union; separately, Tehran also set to sign deal ‘in the near future’.
Asean credibility at stake if RCEP not concluded this year, forum hears
13-Feb-2019     The Nation
Concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be the biggest challenge during Thailand’s Asean chairmanship this year.
Corporate sector in China’s Belt & Road: Impact on people’s access to land and water
12-Feb-2019     People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty
China has been receiving flak for its conditional investments and loans that are resulting in land and resource grabbing in Asia and Africa.
Investor-state dispute settlement in Tanzania
12-Feb-2019     The Citizen
Tanzania has embarked on process of regulation of its foreign investment regime by enacting legislation, which exclude international arbitration.
UK signs post-Brexit trade deal with Switzerland
12-Feb-2019     BBC
The "continuity agreement" - based on the EU's existing free trade deal with Switzerland - was agreed in December but ratified on Monday.
EU begins process to hit Cambodia with trade sanctions
12-Feb-2019     Reuters
The European Union started an 18-month process that could lead to the suspension of Cambodia’s duty-free trade access over its record on human rights and democracy.
Bangladesh, Indonesia set to start PTA negotiation
12-Feb-2019     New Age Business
Bangladesh and Indonesia are set to start a negotiation this month for signing a preferential trade agreement to boost bilateral trade
EU-New Zealand FTA: NZ proposals (November 2018)
11-Feb-2019    
As released by the Government of New Zealand