bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo

All articles

Thai civil society urges government to end plans to join CPTPP
7-Dec-2021 Thai PBS World
Thailand’s anti-CPTPP civil society organizations issued an open letter, addressed to Prime Minister, urging the government immediately to cease plans to join the 11-member CPTPP trade bloc.
UK seeks to trade with US states with broader deal on hold
7-Dec-2021 Bloomberg
By building relations at state level, the UK will help ease the approval process for any eventual federal-level free trade agreement.
Putin, Modi urge ministries to finalize talks on mutual protection of investments
7-Dec-2021 TASS
The long-term target of the trade and economic relationship between the two countries is an increase by 2025 in bilateral trade to $30 bln and in mutual investment to $15 bln.
Africa: Dangote Group calls for ports’ reforms to enhance AfCFTA
7-Dec-2021 All Africa
The Commercial Operations Officer, Dangote Group, yesterday called for the reform at ports in Africa as well as the ease of regulations and bureaucracy, in order to realise benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
Tunisia ready to start talks on FTA with Ukraine
6-Dec-2021 Open For Business
Tunisia is ready to start the negotiation process on concluding an agreement on a free trade area (FTA) with Ukraine, negotiations may begin in the first quarter of 2022.
Free trade agreement between India-Israel to conclude by June 2022: Envoy Gilon
6-Dec-2021 ANI
The free trade agreement between India and Israel will conclude by June 2022, stated Israel Ambassador to India Naor Gilon.
India, Russia set a new trade target of USD 50 bn by 2025; India-EAEU FTA talks to start soon
6-Dec-2021 Financial Express
According to government sources, “A feasibility study was conducted and it indicated having a FTA with EAEU is going to be favourable. The negotiations are expected to take off soon. Discussions have started. ”
US pork exports surging despite challenges
6-Dec-2021 National Hog Farmer
The biggest reason our exports have continued growing is trade deals, whether free trade agreements, trade and investment framework agreements or one-off market access deals.
India, UAE aim to conclude trade pact talks next week
6-Dec-2021 The Economic Times
India and the UAE aim to conclude the negotiations for a free trade pact next week when the two sides meet for the third round of talks in New Delhi.
EU in battle with its own states as it threatens countries with court over bilateral deals
6-Dec-2021 Daily Express
The EU Commission has launched infringement proceedings against seven member states over their failure to end intra-bilateral investments agreements.
Africa: a false start for Africa’s free trade deal?
5-Dec-2021 All Africa
To sustain momentum after the AfCFTA’s January launch, traders must be kept in the loop about why implementation is slow.
Huge potential to boost Arab-Africa trade
5-Dec-2021 African Business
Arab-African trade has enormous potential but is held back by a number of bottlenecks. The Second Arab-Africa Trade Forum in Cairo revealed new ways to take trade forward.
Trade imbalance remain key concern at Africa-China forum
5-Dec-2021 KBC
The exports and imports mismatch has been highlighted as a key concern as Africa continues to deepen trade with China.
The geopolitics of China’s CPTPP move
3-Dec-2021 Bangkok Post
Nowhere is the intersection between geopolitics and geoeconomics more evident than the accession negotiations under the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
China, Russia may update investment deal
3-Dec-2021 Ecns
China and Russia are looking into the feasibility of updating their bilateral investment treaty to provide better institutional support for the two nations’ investment cooperation.
‘Proposed India-Australia early harvest trade pact likely by year-end or early 2022’
3-Dec-2021 The Hindu BusinessLine
Both sides are keen to meet the time-line of having an early harvest agreement by the year-end. Comprehensive agreement aimed by 2022.
Trade deals pushing UPOV: an interactive map
2-Dec-2021 GRAIN
Which countries use free trade deals to push corporate control over seeds? Which countries are under attack from these deals?
India wary as US drags labour issues into trade talks
2-Dec-2021 The Hindu BusinessLine
Labour issues may emerge as a tricky area for India in its efforts to further trade ties with the US as the Biden government is keen to make “worker-centric” matters part of the bilateral trade discussions.
Govt proposes to continue with MEUFTA negotiation — MITI
2-Dec-2021 The Sun Daily
The government has proposed to continue with the Malaysia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (MEUFTA) negotiation that has been delayed since 2012, said Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Senator Datuk Lim Ban Hong.
India pushes renewed trade talks in aftermath of Canada-China tensions
2-Dec-2021 CBC News
Canada and India are quietly setting the stage to reboot formal free-trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic alternatives to China following the dispute over the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair.