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Legal review for Vietnam-EU FTA concludes
26-Jun-2018     Vietnam+
Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have finished the legal review process for their free trade agreement (FTA) and reached agreement on the entire of the bilateral investment protection deal.
Tunisia, Indonesia sign preferential trade agreement
26-Jun-2018     Xinhua
Tunisia and Indonesia signed a preferential partnership agreement at the Tunisia-Indonesia Business Forum held in Tunis.
Revised Turkey-EFTA FTA to shed light on customs union with EU
25-Jun-2018     Daily Sabah
Turkey and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will sign a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at EFTA Trade Ministers Conference.
India, Australia trade ministers to discuss bilateral, regional trade pacts
25-Jun-2018     The Hindu BusinessLine
India and Australia will discuss ways to re-start the long pending proposed bilateral free trade pact and iron out obstacles in the on-going negotiations for the ambitious Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at the Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in Canberra next week.
RCEP negotiations to start in Tokyo
25-Jun-2018     NHK World
16 members meg trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being held in Toyko, Japan. This is 23rd round of negotiations.
Should Canada reject NAFTA? Yes
24-Jun-2018     Toronto Star
NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement, not a free-trade agreement in the original sense.
EU Parliament critical of Commission’s Western Sahara approach
24-Jun-2018     WSRW
The EU Commission received heavy critique from the European Parliament for its suggestion to include occupied Western Sahara in a trade deal with Morocco.
COMESA seeks solutions to digital free trade area
24-Jun-2018     KT Press
Implementation of the much anticipated Digital Free Trade Area (DFTA) in central-Eastern Africa bloc will have to wait until member states agree on harmonization of policies.
International trade pacts harming Kerala: Minister
23-Jun-2018     The Hindu
International trade agreements signed by the Centre without taking the States into confidence are posing a serious crisis to farmers in the state of Kerala, India Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar has said.
Seoul, Moscow to seek start of FTA negotiations for service, investment: Moon
22-Jun-2018     Yonhap
South Korea and Russia will soon launch negotiations for their first free trade agreement , South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.