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UK FTA offers Australia political not economic boost

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AUSTRALIA

Reaching an agreement with the UK government will support Australia’s efforts to secure new markets for goods affected by political tensions with China, but early benefits once…

Australia-New Zealand-EU trade talks will be tough

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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/EU

The economies involved could collectively gain as much as 12.3 billion US dollars from market liberalisation under the FTAs by the EU’s estimate. Australia and New Zealand would…

India will intensify push for trade deals

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INDIA

Delhi notably pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the final stages of that pact’s negotiation, but since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, it…

ASEAN-EU free trade pact will take time to materialise

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ASEAN/EU

The two sides have long been dialogue partners. They are widely expected to step up negotiations over an inter-regional free trade agreement (FTA).

ASEAN-UK trade deals hold promise, amid bottlenecks

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ASEAN/UK

UK post-Brexit trade with ASEAN.

UK trade policy will now be more considered

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UNITED KINGDOM

Sunak prefers a more considered approach to free trade agreements (FTAs), placing greater emphasis than his predecessors on optimising the terms rather than securing swift deals…

Canada will struggle to diversify trade

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CANADA/INT

US efforts to renegotiate NAFTA were already tense, but this round of talks comes after Canada filed a wide-ranging complaint at the WTO over US trade practices. Meanwhile, the…

Benefits of key Asia-Pacific trade pact will be uneven

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ASIA/PACIFIC

RCEP, which involves the ten ASEAN states and five of the bloc’s Asia-Pacific partners, will be the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA), covering more than half its exports…

Farmer protests will disrupt EU trade relations

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EU

Potential deals with Mercosur and Australia are already in doubt, partly due to agricultural sensitivities, and other projected agreements, for example with Thailand, could also…

Bilateralism will be central to Indian trade policy

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INDIA

The IPEF, led by the United States and designed to deepen economic cooperation between members, involves four key pillars. India was the only member not to agree to the…