UAE, Belize sign bilateral trade dealThe UAE said it has signed a bilateral trade agreement with Belize that will serve as a foundation to catalyse private sector investments from the UAE, as well as government-to-government funding. The agreement will also ac More… |
World trade deal not dead says IndiaIndia is willing to sign a global trade deal, which it has torpedoed, if other World Trade Organization members can agree to its parallel demand for concessions on stockpiling food, senior officials in New Delhi said. The deadline More… |
Major Bahrain-UK trade deals on cardsMany business synergies between Bahrain and the UK have been identified and there could be a number of deals on the cards, the events organiser of the Great British Week has said. Sportique88 managing director Martin Whitaker told More… |
Pacific trade deal could help save species: USTrade in illegally poached and harvested wildlife and wild plants could be curbed, possibly saving endangered species such as the New Zealand Kakapo parrot, by a proposed Trans-Pacific trade deal, a top US trade official said on Monday. More… |
US deals blow to global trade deal hopesThe United States dealt a heavy blow to struggling global trade talks on Tuesday, saying the race to produce a working deal text by Easter could do 'more harm than good'. The negotiations are aimed at opening up world trade for th More… |
Obama touts new trade deal as modelUS President Barack Obama has vowed to work with Republicans and Democrats to pass a free-trade pact with South Korea that he said was a model for future agreements he would seek in Asia and around the world. US and South Korean neg More… |
EU should be flexible on Gulf trade dealGulf oil producing countries would sign a long-delayed free trade agreement with the European Union immediately if the bloc shows flexibility over export duties, a Gulf Cooperation Council official said. Both camps started negotiating a fr More… |
GCC-EU trade deal on wayA free trade agreement bonding the GCC and EU may be sealed next year, according to a top Bahrain official. 'Bilateral talks are progressing steadily,' said Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Dr Essam Fakhro. More… |
India says rich must give more for WTO dealIndia's trade minister dismissed on Wednesday a move by the United States to unblock world trade talks but behind closed doors, negotiators were inching forward in their bid to rescue a deal, officials said. Arriving at crunch World Trade More… |
GCC-Korea set to seal FTASouth Korea and six Gulf states have agreed to forge a free trade deal by the end of next year, a chief negotiator from the Seoul side said. "At today's opening session, the chief delegates from both sides agreed in principle to conclude n More… |