Tag: Trade Negotiations
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Fifth round of negotiations on a European Union and Malaysia free trade agreement opens with a widened 21-chapter agenda as Brussels accelerates its Southeast Asian tariff strategy KUALA LUMPUR, September 23, 2026 The European Union and Malaysia opened the fifth round of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement this week, with talks running alongside…
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Commission officials arrive in Beijing to prepare an October Trade and Investment Council as Brussels signals harsher measures absent concrete results on market access and rare earths BRUSSELS, September 23, 2026 The European Commission’s director-general for trade was in Beijing on September 21 preparing the ground for Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic’s visit on October 8…
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Ratification completed on both sides sets October 20 entry into force for an agreement that gives every Indian tariff line duty-free access to New Zealand from day one NEW DELHI, September 23, 2026 India and New Zealand confirmed on September 21 that their bilateral free trade agreement will enter into force on October 20, after…
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Brussels and Manila reach substantial agreement on a free trade pact covering more than 94 percent of tariff lines, opening a second Southeast Asian front in the European Union’s Indo-Pacific trade offensive BRUSSELS, September 23, 2026 The European Union and the Philippines announced on September 22 that they had reached what both sides described as…
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Canada says free trade negotiations with ASEAN and the Philippines are more than 90 per cent complete, with India close behind and all three targeted for conclusion before the end of the year. The trade minister insists none of it is about Donald Trump MANILA, September 24, 2026. Canada’s Minister of International Trade told Reuters…
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Ottawa and New Delhi accelerate toward a comprehensive economic partnership agreement as Canada searches for markets beyond a hostile United States, with ministers now targeting a year end conclusion and a doubling of two way trade by 2030 MUMBAI, September 23, 2026 – Canada’s push to conclude a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with India moved…
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Two days of talks in New York failed to settle how long the US China tariff truce will run past Nov. 10, leaving importers to price a summit outcome they cannot yet see NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2026. American and Chinese negotiators spent Sunday at JPMorgan Chase’s Manhattan headquarters working through the terms of an…
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India and New Zealand exchanged ratification instruments on Monday and set 20 October as the date their free trade agreement takes effect. India secures duty-free access for all of its exports from day one; New Zealand gets 57 per cent of its export lines immediately, rising toward 95 per cent. NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON, 21…
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Brussels and Manila land a political agreement covering more than 94 per cent of tariff lines and 97 per cent of bilateral trade, leaving only quota numbers unresolved. For importers, the clock is now running against the Philippines’ 2027 GSP+ cliff edge. BRUSSELS / MANILA, 22 September 2026 The European Union and the Philippines announced…
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Ottawa closes a fourth negotiating round in Mumbai and heads straight into an ASEAN ministerial in Manila, turning trade diversification from a talking point into a deadline-driven file for Canadian exporters MUMBAI and OTTAWA, September 22, 2026 Canada’s trade diversification strategy stopped being theoretical this week. International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu wrapped a two-day mission…