Members of Africa’s new free trade area should complete their tariff reduction schedules and finalise essential rules of origin by July, according to a senior official at the bloc’s secretariat.

The points were part of the report of India’s seventh Trade Policy Review (TPR), which began on January 6 at the World Trade Organization

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the WTO have launched a new webpage providing comprehensive access to the WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers, a joint academic effort aimed at stimulating analysis and debate on intellectual property (IP) issues, particularly of interest to developing countries. The launch marks the 25th anniversary of the bilateral agreement between the two organizations which laid the foundation for cooperation in providing technical assistance to the developing world.

The Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) between New Zealand, Singapore, and Chile will enter into force today Singapore and New Zealand to enter digital trade agreement

South Korea plans to speed up negotiations on free trade in the investment and services areas with Russia and China, President Moon Jae-in said Monday.

A free trade deal (FTA) signed between Turkey and the United Kingdom will help the two allied nations to create a strategic partnership with effects beyond trade and economy, the British envoy to Ankara has said, informing that Ankara and London have also agreed to negotiate on a more ambitious and comprehensive agreement.

Vietnam has prepared the best conditions to spur its economic growth as the global economy is grappling with the severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have said.

China plans to expand the country’s free trade network with agreement negotiations with Norway and other countries.

Fruit and vegetable producers and exporters from Serbia and other Western Balkan countries will continue to sell their goods to the EU customers duty-free in the next five years. In addition to apples,

South Korea will accelerate work on signing free trade agreement with Uzbekistan, President Moon Jae-in said in his 2021 New Year’s address.