Malaysia, Turkey FTA protocol enters into force
The amending protocol to the 2014 free trade agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and Turkey entered into force on 1 August 2024. The FTA covers trade in goods, including market access, rules of origin, customs procedures and facilitation, sanitary and
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UK to join CPTPP by 15 December’ 24
The UK Department for Business and Trade has revealed that the agreement for the UK's entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will take effect by 15 December 2024. The CPTPP, signed by 11
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El Salvador, Peru resumes talks for FTA
Peru’s government announced that El Salvador and Peru will restart negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) on 22 August 2024. This decision follows a meeting between officials from both nations in El Salvador. Both countries aim to
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Belarus, China sign FTA
Belarus and China have signed a free trade agreement – strengthening cooperation in a range of sectors including trade, security, energy and finance, in services and investments – on 22 August 2024. China is Belarus's second-largest trading
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Guatemala, Ukraine to continue FTA negotiations
Ukraine's Ministry of Economy announced that Guatemala and Ukraine will continue negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) and deepening bilateral economic cooperation on 17 August 2024. This was agreed upon in a meeting in the Dominican
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Turkey approves free trade agreement with Ukraine
Turkey has approved the free trade agreement with Ukraine, according to the country's official gazette No. 32620 on 2 August 2024. The agreement was signed on 3 February 2022 and was later approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along with
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FTA between Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Moldova enters into force
The free trade agreement (FTA) between Moldova and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, will take effect on 1 September, 2024. The agreement between the EFTA member states
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Indonesia, GCC announce launch of FTA negotiations
Indonesia’s Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan, and Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, launched the Indonesia-GCC Free Trade Agreement (I-GCC FTA) negotiations on 31 July, 2024. The event was marked
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Egypt, Serbia sign FTA
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic oversaw the signing of several key cooperation agreements on Saturday in Cairo, aimed at enhancing bilateral relations across multiple sectors. According to a statement
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UAE, Georgia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement enters into force
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Georgia went into effect on 27 June, 2024. The CEPA agreement is set to deepen trade and investment ties, accelerate growth in priority industries,
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Kenya, EU EPA enters into force
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Kenya and the European Union (EU) has gone into effect on 1 July, 2024. Signed on 18 December 2023, the EPA will boost bilateral trade in goods and investment flows and contribute to sustainable
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Luxembourg ratifies Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with EU, Malaysia
Luxembourg has ratified the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Union and Malaysia on 5 June, 2024. The agreement was signed on 14 December, 2022, at Brussels, and published in the Journal Officiel du Grand-Duché de
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Kazakhstan ratifies FTA with Singapore
The Kazakhstani Senate, the upper chamber of parliament, ratified a free trade agreement in services and investments with Singapore on 27 June, 2024. This agreement, signed on 22 May 2023, aims to enhance trade and economic cooperation between the
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Bangladesh and Thailand set sight on FTA in 2024
Bangladesh and Thailand have set their sights on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the end of 2024, according to a joint announcement following a meeting in Bangkok on 26 April, 2024. Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, at the joint press
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UN: Conference of African Ministers Discusses Domestic Resource Mobilisation
The fifty-sixth session of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development was held from 28 February to 5 March 2024 in Zimbabwe. The theme of the conference was on
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ASEAN Requests a Review of the Global Minimum Tax
On 19 August 2023, at the ASEAN Economic Ministers' meeting, the Chair of the ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council called for a review of the global minimum tax that is being implemented under Pillar Two of the OECD two-pillar international tax
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WTO Trade Policy Review of EU
The WTO is reviewing the trade policies and practices of the EU on 5 and 7 June 2023. The WTO Secretariat has produced a report as a basis for the review. During the period under review the EU made progress on major policy initiatives including
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WTO: Lessons learned from the pandemic
On 21 November 2022 the WTO’s Committee on Market Access held the fifth of a series of experience-sharing sessions on trade in goods related to the pandemic. The session looked at the main lessons learned from the pandemic and was preceded by a
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