15-Sep-2020
Huffington Post
Campaigners had challenged the Department for International Trade (DIT) over its "hostile approach to freedom of information law".
15-Sep-2020
Left Foot Forward
Panelists highlighted the risks a UK-US trade deal posed to food standards, workers’ rights and the environment.
15-Sep-2020
The Straits Times
European Union leaders told Chinese President Xi Jinping to speed up negotiations to conclude a China-EU investment deal.
15-Sep-2020
The Daily Star
The government has finalised a draft of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) to be signed between Bangladesh and Bhutan within the next month.
15-Sep-2020
Nikkei Asian Review
Taiwan is set to open an economic dialogue with the US, laying the groundwork for talks on a free trade agreement while the island unwinds cross-strait economic integration with Beijing.
15-Sep-2020
The Korea Herald
South Korean exporters need to be on alert as India has been strengthening trade remedies such as anti-dumping measures to protect its industries, said a local trade association.
15-Sep-2020
The Economic Times
The two aim for a free trade agreement (FTA) in the long run and have been working on an initial trade deal for almost two years amid a plethora of bilateral issues ranging from medical devices, agriculture, Harley Davidson motorbikes, e-commerce, totalisation pact, visa issues and disputes at the World Trade Organization.
14-Sep-2020
Nikkei Asian Review
The UK will hold multiple rounds of talks with the 11 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership with an eye on joining the trade pact, its trade minister said.
14-Sep-2020
Food & Beverage
Australia’s agricultural export performance over the past 15 years has been supported by the proliferation of free trade agreements.
14-Sep-2020
The Brussels Times
EU aims at accelerating and concluding the negotiations on an ambitious investment agreement by the end of the year.
14-Sep-2020
KBS World Radio
Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said that South Korea seeks to launch formal negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement with Uzbekistan by the end of this year. The minister unveiled the plan during a meeting with economy-related ministers in Seoul.
14-Sep-2020
New Straits Times
Pakistan fishermen in two provinces said they will protest the arrival of 20 Chinese deep-sea trawlers given licences to fish in their waters.
11-Sep-2020
National Magazine
Tensions are likely to surface between the public-policy directions of governments managing a challenging economic climate and foreign investors’ private interests.
11-Sep-2020
Afronomics Law
Tanzania’s reforms show that the claim that African states should regard ISDS mechanism as the preferred method for resolving investment disputes is not only very contested, but that there are legitimate grounds for those contestations.
