After walking out of negotiations on the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, the government said it would renegotiate its existing Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and redouble its efforts to conclude other trade negotiations. The task is likely to swamp both the Commerce and Industries Ministry (CIM) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) negotiators in 2020. ...

Boris Johnson is preparing to set up a dedicated new Brexit team by the end of next month as he seeks to take control of talks on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union. The unit – reportedly named ‘Taskforce Europe’ – will replace the Department for Exiting the European Union when it shuts down on 31 January, the date on ...

The Free Trade Agreement, which has plagued the European Union and Australia for the past eighteen months, will open up vast opportunities for Croatian companies to step into the large, and hitherto poorly explored, Australian market, which has been continuously recording positive growth rates for the last thirty years. Despite a diaspora of about 200,000 expatriates from Croatia and their ...

Australians could be free to live and work in the United Kingdom without a visa under a post-Brexit free trade agreement between the countries. Visa-free travel between the Commonwealth nations could become a reality next year after Boris Johnson’s recent election victory. Australia is tipped to be one of the first countries to sign a free trade agreement with Britain ...

Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, expressed support for trade deal between US, Canada and Mexico on better enforcement of its labor provisions. President Donald Trump and top administration officials put pressure on Pelosi and Congress to approve the trade agreement through scores of coordinated interviews with talk radio stations and aggressive social media postings. They are pressing for ...