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2 July 2012
OECD countries approved new rules to strengthen environmental and social due diligence processes and to create financially incentives to support advanced climate-friendly technologies.
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climate-friendly technologies, environmental and social due diligence processes, Greener Export Credit Rules, OECD
Brazil and China have signed a Currency Swap Agreement in order to pay for trade transactions in local currencies (the real and the yuan or renminbi).
Furthermore, Brazil revealed that similar currency swap agreements were under study with all the members of the BRICS group of nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
On the other side, China have signed similar agreements with Australia, Hong Kong and Japan.
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Australia, Brazil, BRIC, BRICS, China, Currency Swap Agreement, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and South Africa, Japan, Russia, trade transactions
5 June 2012, Islamabad
On the first EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue the two sides expressed their intention on improve bilateral cooperation
and shared views on regional and international issues of mutual concern.
More on the EU’s Press Release.
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bilateral cooperation, EU, EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, Pakistan, regional and international issues, trade news
4 June 2012, Riyadh
The GCC‘s Market Regulators approved several draft rules and principles on Initial Public Offerings (IPO) all over across GCC’s Countries Members and propose two-year grace period before unified IPO rules become compulsory.
More on CPI Financial.
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GCC, GCC Market Regulators, GCC’s Countries, Initial Public Offerings, Initial Public Offerings (IPO), IPO
31 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur
ASEAN announced the establish of a trading link which will integrate ASEAN capital markets.
The ASEAN Trading Link will start with Bursa Malaysia and Singapore Exchange (SGX) in June, with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) coming in in August, and the rest when they are ready.
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ASEAN, Bursa Malaysia, capital markets, Singapore Exchange, Stock Exchange of Thailand
30 May 2012
The European Union (EU) endorsed four agreements with Russia that give the EU exclusive trading benefits in four sectors — Russian wood exports, trade in car parts, duties on raw materials and the services market.
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31 May 2012, Brussels
After Malaysia and Singapore, Vietnam is the third ASEAN’s country with which EU will negotiate a free trade agreement.
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ASEAN, EU, EU- Vietnam Negations on FTA, EU-Vietnam, free trade agreement, FTA, Malaysia, Singapore
22 May 2012, London
EU and US will star the negation on a broad trade agreement soon, the US Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk said. The accord is expected to be completed by the middle of 2014, assure the EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.
The two side have the world’s largest bilateral economic relationship, but they are unable to reach agreement in areas such as agriculture, health and safety standards and regulations.
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agriculture, EU, EU Trade Commissioner, free trade agreement, FTA, health and safety standards, standards and regulations, Trade Agreement, US, US Trade Ambassador
15 May 2012
EU announced the major review of its European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) through the European External Action Service (EEAS).
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) represent the EU’s desire for strengthening the prosperity, stability and security for its neighbours. This ENP framework is proposed to the 16 of EU‘s closest neighbours – Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.
More information about the revised reports on the EEAS’s News webpage.
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14 May 2012, Brussels
On 14 May taken affect the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concluded between EU and four Eastern and Southern African states Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Zimbabwe.
The interim EPA provides duty and quota free access to the EU market for exports from above mention African countries. The last ones will gradually open their markets to European exports, with exceptions for certain products the countries consider sensitive. The trade and development agreement covers provisions on rules of origin, development cooperation, fisheries, trade defence instruments and dispute settlement.
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African countries, development, dispute settlement, Eastern and Southern African states, Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, EU, Madagascar, Mauritius, rules of origin, Seychelles and Zimbabwe, trade and development, trade defence instruments
