Trade agreement

Britain is urgently looking to reset its trading relationship with the European Union, and sees international commerce as key to reviving U.K. growth, Trade Minister Douglas Alexander has told AFP.

Alexander said Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU caused "significant disruption" to its trade policy and the country needed to recalibrate its global trade outlook.

China has requested for consultations with Türkiye at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over additional tariffs Ankara imposed on imported electric vehicles and other vehicles from China.

"This discriminatory action is a violation of WTO rules and a typical protectionist practice," China's Commerce Ministry said in a statement.

What he said about the postal vote, the agreement to strengthen economic relations with Canada

The U.K. has launched a "Call for Input" seeking views from the U.K. and Turkish businesses and the wider public on objectives for a new, modernized free trade agreement (FTA) between the U.K. and Türkiye.

New Zealand and Australia have ratified the multilateral trade agreement, considered the largest in the world, said today the Minister of State for Trade and Export Growing of Wellington Phil Twiford.

Turkey and Azerbaijan should aim for a free trade agreement, the Turkish trade minister said on April 1. 

The newly agreed preferential trade agreement, which into effect on March 1, only includes a limited number of products, and a free trade agreement is suitable for both countries, Ruhsar Pekcan said during her visit to Baku, the Azerbaijani capital.

Turkey and Azerbaijan will sign a preferential trade agreement in a strategic cooperation summit in the capital Baku on Feb. 24. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev will co-chair a High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting. Erdoğan is expected to visit Azerbaijan on Feb. 25.

A protest against the ratification of CETA - the trade agreement between Canada and the European Union.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. It has been provisionally applied, thus removing 98% of the preexisting tariffs between the two parts.

In a step towards a trade deal, Beijing on Nov. 7 announced that China and the U.S. agreed to remove additional tariffs on their goods, local media reported.

Turkish trade body announced on Aug. 27 that Turkey and Mexico agreed last week on resumption of negotiations for Free Trade Agreement.