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EAC eyes trade-in-services under AfCFTA Agreement
4-Mar-2022     The Citizen
The East African Community (EAC) is developing a strategy to boost trade-in-services, which will position the bloc better in the negotiations of service liberalisation at the continental level.
IUAE-CEPA fourth round results in substantial agreements
3-Mar-2022     Antara
The fourth round of IUAE-CEPA focused on resolving issues that still needed further discussion such as trade in goods and services, provisions of origin of goods, as well as legal and institutional issues.
Pakistan, Uzbekistan to sign PTA
3-Mar-2022     The Express Tribune
Pakistan and Uzbekistan will sign a preferential trade agreement this week to lower duties on nearly three-dozen products in the range of 20% to 100%.
S. Korea, Mexico agree to resume talks on free trade deal
3-Mar-2022     The Korea Herald
South Korea and Mexico have agreed to resume negotiations to forge a bilateral free trade agreement 14 years after their suspension.
UAE and Israel are closing in a possible free trade deal by summer
2-Mar-2022     Gulf News
Israel wants to be among UAE’s Top 10 trade partners in ‘5 to 10 years’.
I confess, I am an AfCFTA sceptic
1-Mar-2022     The Africa Report
I do not share the view that the AfCFTA is the solution to Africa’s low level of intra-Africa trade. Neither do I believe that it will trigger the great transformation of Africa’s economies that its advocates assert it will.
NZ 'pushing hard' to secure free trade agreement with EU
1-Mar-2022     1News
New Zealand will be "pushing hard" to secure a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU this year, Trade Minister Damien O'Connor says.
Trade agreements must be climate-focused, new IPCC report shows
1-Mar-2022     Policy Options
Governments need to repair the incoherence between climate objectives and the emissions-intensive trajectory of the global economy.
NZ-UK free trade agreement: “a missed opportunity”
1-Mar-2022     Scoop
The announcement of the free trade agreement with the United Kingdom was described by Pita Tipene as “a missed opportunity to set a new bar for honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
FTA with UK: Dairy and meat exporters thrilled, but academic criticises deal
1-Mar-2022     RNZ
New Zealand's key export sectors are lauding a new free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom, while it has received stiff criticism from one academic who said it was "hardly an economic bonanza".