Free trade

Business community support, even for an agreement that contains more understandings than binding agreements, will result in IPEF partners becoming more inclined to implement an agreement. While the business community can invest regardless…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government sees membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which includes Australia, Japan and Canada, as a boost for economic growth and geopolitical…

BOOSTING INVESTMENT FLOW Among the priorities are ensuring that British businesses and those throughout the region can reap the benefits of CPTPP to increase trade and investment, Ms Owen told CNA938.  On whether entering the trade pact…

RULES OF ORIGIN BENEFITS Sam Lowe, Partner at Flint Global said that exporters could benefit from CPTPP membership even when trading with countries where there is a bilateral FTA. To benefit from preferential tariffs, exporters must…

MAKING FRANCE MORE APPEALING  Mr Becht was speaking on the sidelines of a visit to Thailand to deepen long-standing bilateral ties, following French President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic push in Southeast Asia last November.  Thailand is…

For several years now, India’s annual budget — presented at the beginning of the year — has included a few lines that dismayed economists. Successive finance ministers have raised tariffs, reversing a quarter-century-long trend dating back…

Dr Camroux noted that while the summit’s joint statement did show a majority of ASEAN countries criticising the Russian actions, it was not a unanimous decision. “But it wasn't really expected that the ASEAN countries would go further than…

The UK and India kicked off talks in New Delhi on Thursday to lock in a new free trade agreement. It's the most ambitious round of trade talks that Britain has launched since Brexit. The UK is looking to bolster its trade volumes, which…

India is striving to conclude several early harvest agreements with proposed free trade agreement (FTA) partners so that their benefits could reach industry soon, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.…