The European Union is willing to implement a sweeping free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis, the head of the EU’s executive commission said Friday, despite a vote by the EU parliament to delay ratification for legal review.
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement on Saturday, capping more than a quarter-century of torturous negotiations to strengthen commercial ties in the face of rising protectionism and trade tensions around the world.
Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Thursday that his country looks forward to supporting reconstruction in Ukraine with investments and a free trade agreement.
President of Argentina Javier Milei reportedly plans to have the South American nation sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Israel.
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would consider signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with President Javier Milei of Argentina.
President of Argentina Javier Milei announced Wednesday that his administration is preparing a structural tax reform that will eliminate 90 percent of existing taxes in 2025.
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between Nicaragua’s communist regime and China has had little to no effect on improving the Nicaraguan economy, the local newspaper La Prensa reported on Friday.
The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, signed a “Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)” alongside South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on Wednesday, dramatically expanding trade between the two countries.
Salvadoran Economy Minister María Luisa Hayem announced on Tuesday evening the official start of El Salvador’s negotiations with communist China intended to culminate with the signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Nicaragua’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China came into effect on January 1, marking both a new stage in the relationship between the communist nations and another victory for China’s growing influence in the rogue Central American nation.
With its growing economy, India has been high on London’s list of trade deal targets since Britain left the European Union last year.
The United Kingdom is embracing its freedom from the EU and forging new partnerships, with the international trade secretary saying Brexit Britain could join a major trading bloc in as little as one year.
The United Kingdom has reportedly made “rapid progress” in securing a post-Brexit trade deal with the British commonwealth nation of New Zealand, which would see British companies enjoy greater access to the market and cheaper food imports back to the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have his Brexit resolve tested this week, with his October 15th crunch deadline set to result in either a deal, no deal, or another soft deadline extension.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has predicted that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will compromise with the European Union over a trade deal which might result in a soft Brexit, where the UK is still tied to some EU rules.
Fruit industry leaders in Chile and China signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week to reinforce trade ties, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Friday.
Downing Street has indicated that it wants to sign a trade deal with the European Union by September, as leading Brexiteers have urged the prime minister to reject any calls from Brussels for a “compromise” that could see the UK surrender on fishing or regulations.
The UK has launched post-Brexit trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand, with the Australian high commissioner saying that a deal is “top priority” for Canberra, which he expects could be signed “fairly soon”.
The UK has launched the beginning of negotiations for a free trade deal with Japan, the talks commencing as reports suggest discussions between Brexit Britain and the European Union could collapse over fishing and regulatory alignment.
In a scathing letter to Brussels bureaucrat Michel Barnier, David Frost criticised the European Union’s offer of a “low-quality trade agreement” which contains provisions that no “democratic country could sign”.
European Union member states want to be able to suspend elements of a future trade deal with the UK as part of their arsenal of punishments should Britain disobey rulings by a dispute panel overseeing the agreement.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has headed to Australia to begin a tour of south Pacific nations to open discussion for the UK’s “high-priority” trade deals.
The United Kingdom has retaken her independent seat at the World Trade Organization after formerly being represented by the European Union.
Boris Johnson has called for a Canada-style FTA with the EU and said that he would rather accept tariffs than restrictive regulations.
The European Union is reportedly planning to offer the UK a trade deal with worse terms than it signed with countries such as Japan or Canada.
President Donald J Trump has again confirmed that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will not form any part of future UK-U.S. free trade deal negotiations even if it was served to the U.S. “on a silver platter”.
The EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has reportedly said Brussels would prioritise a post-Brexit trade deal — but it will come at the cost of the UK adhering to the bloc’s rules on environmental protection and workers’ rights.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly removed a pledge in a key Brexit document that would stop the UK becoming a competitor of the EU.
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that America will “be ready on the doorstep, pen in hand”, to sign a trade deal with the UK post-Brexit.
Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice has said the single-currency eurozone is “destined to fail” and that to ensure the future prosperity of Brexit Britain, the country must strengthen trade relationships with the rest of the world.
The United States is looking to “deepen and expand” its trade relationship with the United Kingdom, according to the White House, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prioritises the country’s future outside of the EU over surrendering the country to the “vassalage” of Brussels.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set up a “War Cabinet” focused on delivering Brexit by October 31st, with the government working on the “assumption” that the UK will leave the EU in a clean break, without a deal.
Conservative Party leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson is reportedly planning to meet with President Donald Trump soon after taking over as prime minister to arrange a limited, short-term trade deal with the U.S., the UK’s first post-Brexit trade deal.
U.S. officials have become frustrated with the lack of progress on a free trade agreement with the UK, according to leaked documents seen by The Telegraph.
Nigel Farage has said that he plans to lead an independent trade delegation to the U.S. to negotiate a post-Brexit free trade deal between the U.S. and UK. Mr Farage, speaking to Fox Business, said: “The UK Government are simply
President Donald J Trump has said that the UK will have a “phenomenal trade deal” with the U.S. after the UK leaves the EU.
President Donald J Trump has said that he is ready to strike a bilateral U.S.-UK trade deal once Britain frees herself from the “shackles” of the European Union.
A think tank has warned that remaining in regulatory alignment with the European Union — in a customs union — would hurt the United Kingdom’s longterm global trade opportunities.
The United States ambassador in London Robert “Woody” Johnson has said President Donald Trump and the American people are eager to make a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
The collapse of American manufacturing thanks to decades of international free trade agreements acted as the catalyst for the general economic decline of the U.S. white working class and black Americans, a new study reveals.
