This commitment is epitomized by the full conclusion of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 upgrade negotiations, which was announced in May and is an achievement that promises to bolster economic ...

NEW DELHI. Dec 5 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have asked government bodies to step up efforts to negotiate an agreement on the promotion and ...

Leaders from China and the 11 ASEAN member states shake hands during the 28th ASEAN-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya The Association ...

Africa has few initiatives seeking to boost economic integration that benefit all countries on the continent. This is precisely what the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative aims to ...

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area Upgrade Protocol, or CAFTA 3.0, in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, marking the latest step in regional ...

Afreximbank has reaffirmed its commitment to scaling up intra-African trade, industrialisation, and value-chain development under the African Continental Free Trade Area, pledging stronger ...

The global trade landscape is shifting, and not in the way free traders had hoped. For decades, the belief that economic openness could foster peace and stability reigned supreme. Trade, it was argued ...

The AfCFTA Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade (hereinafter the Protocol) is an international legal instrument and an integral part of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Modern Free Trade Areas ...

African Heads of government agreed, in 2012, to establish a Continental Free Trade Area, and negotiations to this end, started in 2015. The AfCFTA commits countries to removing import duty, on 90 per ...

Egypt’s position as a gateway for exports to Africa, and its membership in the African Continental Free Trade Area, provides Greek companies access to an extensive consumer base and new opportunities ...

French billionaire Bernard Arnault said he would like to see a free-trade area between Europe and the U.S., laying out hopes for a new transatlantic relationship as European officials seek to cut a ...