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AfCFTA: Ambitions of free trade must move beyond talk
8-Feb-2023     The Africa Report
How can Africa’s continental free trade agreement be moved forward from talk to action? An eventful week in Ghana ended with new promises from African governments and state parties to speed up processes towards the full realisation of the world’s largest free trade area – AfCFTA
Second round of IPEF negotiation to start in India on Wednesday
8-Feb-2023     Business Standard
India has opted out of the trade pillar as broad consensus had not emerged on issues pertaining to labour, environment, digital trade, and public procurement.
Canada, Taiwan to begin formal talks to spur foreign investments
8-Feb-2023     Reuters
The talks about a so-called "Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Arrangement" aligns with Canada's plan to increase trade and influence in the fast-growing Indo-Pacific region.
Peru and Hong Kong begin the first round of trade negotiations for the signing of an FTA
8-Feb-2023     Fresh Plaza
The first round was held online for some groups, from January 30 to Friday, February 3, while other groups will meet in person during the week of February 6 to 10, in Hong Kong.
Brussels says EU exit from Energy Charter Treaty 'unavoidable'
8-Feb-2023     Reuters
The European Commission has told member countries that a joint EU exit from a controversial international energy treaty appears inevitable.
Spain sticks with decision to block Berkeley’s uranium mine
8-Feb-2023     Mining.com
Berkeley said it also believes the rejection is not legal as it infringed on its rights under an international agreement known as the Energy Charter Treaty.
AFL-CIO wants bigger say in US digital trade deals for workers
8-Feb-2023     Yahoo
The largest US labor organization issued a set of principles that it says is needed to protect workers, the public's privacy and governments' ability to regulate a rapidly evolving sector as the USTR negotiates digital trade agreements.
Sunak ‘risks full-scale trade war’ with Brussels by scrapping EU laws
7-Feb-2023     The Guardian
The UK's plan to lower standards in areas such as environmental protection and workers’ rights could breach “level playing field” provisions that were at the heart of the post-Brexit trade and cooperation agreement, say EU politicians.
EU, Mercosur accelerate trade deal against backdrop of Sino-American tussle
7-Feb-2023     Buenos Aires Times
For more than two decades, the European Union and Mercosur laboriously negotiated a trade deal they agreed but never signed. Now, both sides want to finalise it to create a necessary partnership amid the global dispute between the United States and China.
India, EU set up new working groups for better cooperation
7-Feb-2023     India Narrative
India and the EU have set three working groups under the India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The TTC will deepen strategic engagement on trade and technology between the two partners.