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UK-Mexico deal: Safeguards needed for agri sectors, NFU says
31-May-2022     FarmingUK
The government must install safeguards for sensitive sectors such as horticulture, beef and sugar as the UK opens trade talks with Mexico, the NFU has said.
Ecuador and Mexico move closer to a trade deal in ninth round of talks
31-May-2022     Xinhua
Ecuador and Mexico made "substantial progress" toward a Productive Integration Agreement in the ninth round of negotiations held May 23 to 27 in Quito.
US looks beyond delayed free trade deal in commercial ties with Kenya
31-May-2022     Business Daily AAfrica
The US government and Kenya early this month held a round of trade talks, which raised hopes of a fresh direction after the Biden administration froze Trump-era negotiations on the free trade agreement.
Israel signs first Arab free trade agreement with UAE
31-May-2022     Al Jazeera
The deal is Israel’s first big trade accord with an Arab state, after establishing ties in 2020.
The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA) to coordinate ECOWAS Member States’ positions on the draft AfCFTA protocol on competition
31-May-2022     Ecowas
The purpose of the meeting was to bring together a number of ECOWAS Member States (Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal) and ERCA officials for a brainstorming on the draft AfCFTA Protocol on competition...
Peru close to starting FTA negotiations with Hong Kong and Indonesia
31-May-2022     Andina
Peru Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister reported that exploratory work with a view to starting negotiations for future FTAs between Peru and the economies of Hong Kong and Indonesia will commence shortly.
Pakistan and Gulf Coop Council agree to conclude negotiations on FTA
31-May-2022     Pro Pakistani
Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has agreed to complete the negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
China offers South Pacific nations security, free trade agreements
31-May-2022     France24
China has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock them into "Beijing's orbit"
Russia aims to conclude free trade agreement with Egypt
30-May-2022     Egypt Independent
Russia aims to intensify negotiations on a free trade agreement with Egypt, and also to start similar negotiations with Indonesia and to conclude a Preferential Trade Agreement with the UAE.
Competing US, Canadian strategies in the Indo-Pacific
30-May-2022     CCPA
Minimum core labour standards appear to be a first principle of the US' IPEF whereas Canada has already signalled to the Indonesian government that worker rights are negotiable in its Indo-Pacific trade deals.