Chief negotiators from Mercosur and the European Union (EU) met in Brasilia, Brazil earlier this month to resume attempts to conclude an inter-regional free trade agreement (FTA) after new proposals from both sides tabled...more
Following the entry into force of its FTAs with Australia and New Zealand, the UK continues to pursue a negotiation-focused trade agenda by signing up to the CPTPP and initiating a new FTA dialogue with Türkiye....more
The United Kingdom's free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand entered into force on May 31, 2023. As a significant milestone in the UK's post-Brexit future, these FTAs are the first two independently...more
6/23/2023
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The US-Africa Leaders Summit took place from December 13-15, 2022 in Washington DC, and featured top-level government-to-government talks, private sector engagements, and resulted in a number of trade-related outcomes...more
Vietnam's revised Law on Investment (Law No. 61/2020/QH14)("LOI 2020") enters into force from January 1, 2021. The National Assembly adopted the LOI 2020 on June 17, 2020. It will replace Law No. 67/2014/QH13 ("LOI 2014"),...more
After eight years of negotiations, Economic Ministers from 15 Asia-Pacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on November 15, 2020 during a virtual signing ceremony on the sidelines of the...more
A new landmark free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Union entered into force on 1 August 2020.
The agreement provides expansive preferential treatment for both goods and services, recognition and protection...more
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Fifteen of the 16 members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) announced on November 4 the conclusion of negotiations on the text of the mega-regional trade agreement. Only India withheld agreement during...more