November
07 November 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet Chile-Paraguay Trade Agreement: Chilean Senate's Foreign Relations Commission unanimously approves modernization of the Agreement
bullet Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA): DEPA Members agree to establish Working Group for the accession of Costa Rica
bullet Costa Rica-United Arab Emirates: Second round of negotiation of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on Trade and Investment between Costa Rica and the United Arab Emirates
bullet Ecuador and South Korea sign the Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement
bullet Honduras-China: Second round of trade negotiations
bullet Central America-United Kingdom: First Meeting of the Association Council of the Central America-UK Association Agreement
bullet MERCOSUR - Singapore: Meeting of Chief Negotiators of the Mercosur-Singapore Agreement
bullet Paraguay and the United States hold Second Meeting of the Trade and Investment Council Spanish versionPDF
bullet CARICOM and the United States hold the Ninth Meeting of the Trade and Investment Council PDF
bullet United States - Kenya: Negotiating Round Under the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership
bullet Chile-Uruguay Economic Complementary Agreement: Meeting of the Small and Medium Enterprises Committee
bullet Central America-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement: Guatemala and Korea sign Joint Ministerial Declaration for the Accession of Guatemala to Agreement
bullet Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement: Canada tables legislation at Parliament to approve the modernization of the agreement

July
31 July 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet Canada-Mexico-United States Agreement (USMCA): Joint Statement of the Third Meeting of the Free Trade Commission
bullet Costa Rica-United Arab Emirates: First round of negotiation of the Comprehensive Economic Association on Trade and Investment
bullet Chile-Paraguay: Foreign Relations Commission of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile approves project that contains the Trade Agreement between Chile and Paraguay
bullet Central America - European Union Association Agreement: Meeting of the Association Agreement
bullet Peru-China Free Trade Agreement: Fifth round of negotiations for the optimization of the FTA
bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): Signature of incorporation of the United Kingdom
bullet Honduras-China: Start of free trade agreement negotiations

10 July 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet Canada-Ukraine: Joint Declaration on Conclusion of Negotiations for the Modernization of the Canada-Ukraine FTA
bullet Chile-South Korea: VII round of negotiations to modernize the trade agreement between Chile and South Korea ends
bullet Chile-Gulf Cooperation Council: Second round of negotiations for a trade agreement between Chile and the United Arab Estimates
bullet Chile-Thailand: IV meeting of the Chile-Thailand Free Trade Commission
bullet Brasil-Chile Free Trade Agreement: First meeting of the Trade and Environment Committee. First meeting of the Group for the Implementation of Chapter 18 on Trade and Gender.
bullet Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA): Conclusion of negotiations for the entry of South Korea to the Agreement
bullet Chile-Trinidad and Tobago: Fourth round of negotiations for a Partial Scope Agreement
bullet Ecuador-China: Free Trade Agreement signed.
bullet Text of the Ecuador-China Free Trade Agreement. Spanish versionPDF

June
01 June 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet Office of the United States Trade Representative: 2023 Special 301 Report
bullet Chile-Uruguay Free Trade Agreement: III Meeting of the Administrative Commission
bullet Chile-European Union Association Agreement: Chile and the EU advance in the last stage of the legal review process of the Advanced Framework Agreement
bullet United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement: Readout of the 9th Joint Committee Meeting
bullet World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Policy Reviews: El Salvador
bullet World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Policy Reviews: The Dominican Republic
bullet Global Trade and Gender Agreement: Costa Rica and Ecuador join Agreement
bullet United States-Kenya: Texts proposed by the U.S. side in negotiations between the United States and Kenya under their Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP)
bullet Trade Policy Review: WTO Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
bullet Antigua and Barbuda
bullet Dominica
bullet Grenada
bullet Saint Kitts and Nevis
bullet Saint Lucia
bullet Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

April
21 April 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet U.S. Trade Representative 2023 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE)
bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) - Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam: Substantial conclusion of the negotiations for the accession of the UK to the CPTPP
bullet United States and New Zealand Meet Under Bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement PDF
bullet Chile-European Free Trade Association (EFTA): V round of negotiations to modernize the Agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
bullet Peru-Hong Kong: begin first round of trade negotiations for the signing of an FTA
bullet Peru - Australia celebrate three years of their Free Trade Agreement
bullet Ecuador-South Korea: Technical closure of negotiations of the Economic Association Agreement Ecuador - Republic of Korea
bullet Costa Rica - Israel: Costa Rica and Israel announce the decision to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
bullet Costa Rica - United Arab Emirates: Costa Rica will negotiate a trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates
bullet Chile-Hong Kong, China: The new and modernized chapter on Trade in Services of the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Hong Kong, China enters into force

March
23 March 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet USTR: 2023 Trade Policy Agenda and 2022 Annual Report
bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) - Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam: CPTPP enters into force for Chile
bullet United States - Kenya: First Negotiating Round under Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership
bullet United States - Taiwan: USTR Releases Summaries from U.S.-Taiwan 21st Century Trade Initiative Negotiations
bullet Costa Rica - Ecuador: Signing of the Costa Rica-Ecuador Trade Association Agreement

February
16 February 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet United States-Taiwan: Readout of January Negotiating Round Under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade
bullet Canada-Mexico-United States (USMCA):  Joint Statement on the Second USMCA/CUSMA/T-MEC Deputies Meeting
bullet Chile-European Union:  Chile and the EU intensify the legal review process of the Advanced Framework Agreement
bullet Chile and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announce the start of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
bullet United States - Kenya: Round of meetings of the U.S.-Kenya Trade and Investment Partnership
bullet Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity 

January
17 January 2023
Trade Policy Developments
bullet Ecuador-China: Teams from China and Ecuador successfully closed, at a technical level, the negotiation process of the Ecuador-China Free Trade Agreement
bullet United States and Taiwan to hold negotiating round for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st -Century Trade
bullet Costa Rica and Ecuador successfully conclude negotiation of a Trade Association Agreement

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