11-Feb-2020
South China Morning Post
The European Commission, which is responsible for negotiating the EU’s free trade deals, recognises Vietnam’s human rights record as a cause for concern. It stresses, however, that the deal will provide a platform to address such issues.
11-Feb-2020
Outlook India
After signing a trade deal with China, the US is likely to finalize a trade agreement and a defence deal with India during the visit of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump later this month.
11-Feb-2020
Colombo Gazette
Sri Lanka maintains a strong and close relationship with China. The country supported Sri Lanka during the war and also in postwar development via the issuance of loans.
11-Feb-2020
Yonhap News Agency
Consider India as the key partner of the country’s New Southern policy, South Korea need to further beef up the economic cooperation.
11-Feb-2020
East Asia Forum
The fact that China, Japan and South Korea (CJK) engaged in an agreed-upon trilateral summit framework, and bilateral dialogues on the sidelines, was no small achievement given heightened tensions between the three countries.
10-Feb-2020
Financial Express
A US team is likely to visit India to finalise talks on the proposed trade package ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump.
10-Feb-2020
The East African
One of Tanzania’s concessions to Barrick in the new deal is the right to seek international arbitration in case of disputes.
10-Feb-2020
Business Europe
Keeping the EU-UK future economic relationship as close as possible whilst preserving the integrity of the single market and a level playing field is a central concern of the European business community.
10-Feb-2020
The Jakarta Post
The IA-CEPA has been ratified by the legislatures of both countries and is thus strongly based on a national political consensus, allowing for immediate implementation..
10-Feb-2020
Yonhap News Agency
South Korea held the fifth round of free trade talks with a group of South American countries, including Brazil, with a goal of striking the deal this year.
10-Feb-2020
Nikkei Asian Review
The U.K.’s foreign secretary landed in Australia on Thursday as part of a four-nation swing through the Asia-Pacific region to push for "ambitious" trade deals, but translating the government’s post-Brexit swagger into concrete deals may be a long and bumpy process.
10-Feb-2020
Republic World
New Delhi and Washington are all set to seal a long-term Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during US President Donald Trump’s visit to India in the last week of Feb.
