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China readying for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
23-Mar-2020     The Maritime Executive
China's Ministry of Commerce has announced that it will continue plans for the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by the end of the year, as scheduled.
Seoul, Moscow hold FTA talks for service sector
23-Mar-2020     Yonhap News Agency
South Korea launched another round of trade talks with Russia to flesh out details on the two country's pending free trade agreement (FTA) in the service and investment segments.
Joint statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the development of a comprehensive strategic partnership for collaboration in the new era (full text)
20-Mar-2020     Xinhua
The Russian Federation supports the "One Belt, One Road" initiative and China supports the integration process within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Talks on China-EU investment deal will continue, EC president says
20-Mar-2020     South China Morning Post
Delayed negotiations will ‘proactively proceed’, Ursula von der Leyen tells Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in phone call.
Brexit: UK 'will not seek trade talks extension' despite Barnier having COVID-19
20-Mar-2020     Euronews
London insists it won’t request an extension to EU-UK trade talks despite the EU’s lead negotiator Michel Barnier announcing he has contracted COVID-19.
BD-US trade: GSP gone, FTA not in near future
20-Mar-2020     The Financial Express
Early this month, the US-Bangladesh TICFA Council held its fifth meeting in Dhaka. Though there was no concrete outcome in the meeting, media reports suggest that Bangladesh expected some breakthrough in reinstating the GSP.
China pushing for RCEP signing this year
20-Mar-2020     SHINE
China is working with other parties to push for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to be signed as scheduled.
India & Russia plan to open new trade route via Iran despite threat of US sanctions
19-Mar-2020     RT
Opening a long-pending multi-modal transportation corridor via Iran will be a big boost for bilateral trade between Russia and India, but it’s not just the economy at stake. This is a bold move against the threat of US sanctions.
Britain and EU exchange Brexit agreement drafts
19-Mar-2020     Euractiv
Britain and the European Union have exchanged draft legal texts containing their proposals for how relations between the two sides should work after the end of a Brexit transition period.
EU-UK FTA: EU draft text (18 Mar 2020)
19-Mar-2020     European Commission