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No higher priority: Why IPEF must include strong digital trade rules
8-Dec-2022     US Chamber of Commerce
The US business community will turn this week to Brisbane, Australia, which will host the first formal negotiating round of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).
Kenya eyes duty-free deal with 3 countries
8-Dec-2022     Business Daily
The cabinet says negotiations with the US, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates on the Free Trade Area are ongoing as Kenya seeks to expand access to its products beyond the regional and traditional markets.
Algeria and China sign two agreements to strengthen bilateral ties
8-Dec-2022     MSN News 360
Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and the Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, He Lifen, signed on Monday two agreements to increase bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Israel and Bahrain expected to close free trade agreement
7-Dec-2022     Haaretz
Israel and Bahrain are close to finalizing a free trade agreement, just over two years after the Gulf state, alongside the United Arab Emirates, signed an agreement to normalize ties with Israel, becoming the first Arab states in a quarter-century to recognize the Jewish state.
UAE eyes 26 CEPAs in 7-8 years: Minister of economy
7-Dec-2022     Khaleej Times
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements will play a key role in the development of UAE’s new economy and the country aims to sign 26 such deals in the next few years, said Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy.
Proposed BIT with Hungary: Differences emerge between BoI, ministries over proposal
7-Dec-2022     Business Recorder
There are two sticking points in the negotiations of the Pakistan-Hungary BIT: one is “Expropriation” and the other is “Subrogation”.
What ‘friend-shoring’ means for trade in a less-friendly world
7-Dec-2022     The Washington Post
The recent escalating series of trade disruptions has called into question the vision of a globalized economy.
Chile to sign modernization of bilateral agreement with the EU next week
7-Dec-2022     Reuters
Chile's President said that the minister of foreign affairs will travel to Brussels at the end of the week to sign a modernization of a bilateral agreement with the European Union.
Uruguay’s free-trade deal ambitions rattle South American trade bloc
7-Dec-2022     WKZO
South America’s major Mercosur trade bloc, which includes regional powerhouses Brazil and Argentina, has been rattled by one of its smaller members, Uruguay, seeking to strike its own free-trade deals, leaders said.
Air Tanzania plane seized in the Netherlands
7-Dec-2022     The Citizen
Air Tanzania Company Limited plane has been seized in the Netherlands after a Swedish firm won a $165 million award against Tanzania due to revoked land title in the Bagamoyo sugar project.