More Trade News in Brief Week 5 (27 January – 2 February 2014)

* Handbook of National Accounting by ECB & UN

 

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the United Nations (UN) released a handbook which elaborates on the treatment of financial services, assets and liabilities in the national accounts.

 

Please find the “Handbook of National Accounting: Financial Production, Flows and Stocks in the System of National Accounts” here.

 

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* Slovenia Initials FATCA Agreement with US

 

Slovenia and the United States had initialled the text of a bilateral inter-governmental agreement (IGA) for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

 

Check here for more.

 

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* Liechtenstein & China Ink TIEA

 

Liechtenstein and China have recently signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA).

 

Follow the link for more.

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* European Satellite Navigation Galileo Services

 

The EU satellite navigation programme (Galileo) and the EU Earth monitoring programme (Copernicus) will be operational at the end of 2014.

 

For more information:

* Galileo

* Copernicus

 

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* US – CARICOM Signed TIFA

 

The United States and CARICOM signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) which replace the agreement establishing a Trade and Investment Council (TIC) signed in 1991.

 

Follow the link for more.

 

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* BRICS Launched BRICSMART

 

The BRICS Exchanges Alliance launched its own website to create a single data portal containing information on its member’s financial products and services.

 

The website is called BRICSMART.

 

Kindly follow the link.

 

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* Iran – Indonesia Inked a MoU

 

Iran and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutual trade cooperation.

 

Check here.

 

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* Copernicus – The EU’s Earth Observation Programme

 

The new name of the European Commission’s Earth Observation Programme, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), is Copernicus. The programme aims at providing Europe with a continuous, independent and reliable access to earth observation data and information.

 

Read more here.