Trade Agreements

The Lede: Kong Xianhua, China’s Consul-General in Mumbai said the country is “keen to promote a balanced trade with India,” in times when China is importing over $2 trillion worth of merchandise from across the globe, with India only accountable for $30 billion. What we know: * Kong Xianhua made

The Lede: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he wants the European Union and Indonesia to establish a trade agreement as Germany shifts its reliance away from China. What We Know: * Indonesia is the partner country of this year's Hannover Fair in Germany. At the opening of the

The Lede: China has laid out a path of cooperation with the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan at a Central Asian regional conference hosted in Samarkand by Uzbekistan What We Know: * The meeting was attended by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, and Russian Foreign

The Lede: Australia and China have reached an agreement to cooperate on resolving a trade dispute over Australian barley exports What We Know: * Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced they had reached a partial truce in a years-long trade dispute with China over sanctions on Australian products worth an estimated

The Lede: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has justified the Biden administration’s reluctant approach to free trade agreements while delivering a policy speech at American University's Washington College of Law. Instead, she claims that the focus should be on easing non-tariff barriers, which would benefit workers,

The Lede: Pakistan is taking the lead as one the first countries that utilize RMB (Chinese Yuan) for conducting international trade, according to the Daily Times, an English-language Pakistani newspaper. The decision comes after Russia adopted RMB as one of the main currencies for international trade and Brazil reached an