FTA Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/fta/ an observatory of Asian economic power Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:10:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://asiapowerwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-logo-Asie-1-32x32.jpg FTA Archives - Asia Power Watch https://asiapowerwatch.com/tag/fta/ 32 32 EU votes to remove UAE from ‘high-risk’ money-laundering list https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:31:19 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3508 I was quoted by Deepthi Nair in an article for The National News on the EU removing the UAE from their AML/CFT list, a list…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-votes-to-remove-uae-from-high-risk-money-laundering-list/feed/ 0 Trump’s Gulf visit looms over new EU-UAE trade talks as president teases ‘very big’ announcement https://asiapowerwatch.com/trumps-gulf-visit-looms-over-new-eu-uae-trade-talks-as-president-teases-very-big-announcement/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-gulf-visit-looms-over-new-eu-uae-trade-talks-as-president-teases-very-big-announcement https://asiapowerwatch.com/trumps-gulf-visit-looms-over-new-eu-uae-trade-talks-as-president-teases-very-big-announcement/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 05:36:00 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3479 I shared more comments with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business on Trump’s coming visit to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar and the potential…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/trumps-gulf-visit-looms-over-new-eu-uae-trade-talks-as-president-teases-very-big-announcement/feed/ 0 EU-UAE trade talks signal strategic shift amid global economic pressures https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-uae-trade-talks-signal-strategic-shift-amid-global-economic-pressures/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-uae-trade-talks-signal-strategic-shift-amid-global-economic-pressures https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-uae-trade-talks-signal-strategic-shift-amid-global-economic-pressures/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 05:33:21 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3475 I shared comments with Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business on the announced talks over the establishment of a free-trade agreement between the EU and…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/eu-uae-trade-talks-signal-strategic-shift-amid-global-economic-pressures/feed/ 0 Rethinking Global Tariffs in the Age of US-China Tensions https://asiapowerwatch.com/rethinking-global-tariffs-in-the-age-of-us-china-tensions/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rethinking-global-tariffs-in-the-age-of-us-china-tensions https://asiapowerwatch.com/rethinking-global-tariffs-in-the-age-of-us-china-tensions/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:22:42 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3459 On the sidelines of the TRENDS Symposium on April 12th at Grand Palais in Paris, I had the privilege to speak on “Trending Echoes“, the…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/rethinking-global-tariffs-in-the-age-of-us-china-tensions/feed/ 0 A World Between Orders. The New Face of Global Geo-economics https://asiapowerwatch.com/a-world-between-orders-the-new-face-of-global-geo-economics/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-world-between-orders-the-new-face-of-global-geo-economics https://asiapowerwatch.com/a-world-between-orders-the-new-face-of-global-geo-economics/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:57:26 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3356 On September 24th, 2024, I had the pleasure of discussing with Şafak Herdem, Managing Partner at HERDEM Attorneys at Law & President of the Turkish…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/a-world-between-orders-the-new-face-of-global-geo-economics/feed/ 0 BRICS: Next expansion could include Turkey, Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria but major rifts remain https://asiapowerwatch.com/brics-next-expansion-could-include-turkey-algeria-indonesia-nigeria-but-major-rifts-remain/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brics-next-expansion-could-include-turkey-algeria-indonesia-nigeria-but-major-rifts-remain https://asiapowerwatch.com/brics-next-expansion-could-include-turkey-algeria-indonesia-nigeria-but-major-rifts-remain/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:07:24 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3332 I was quoted by Tala Michel Issa for Arabian Business, on the potential new members of BRICS+ in the group’s second expansion phase. Indonesia, Nigeria…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/brics-next-expansion-could-include-turkey-algeria-indonesia-nigeria-but-major-rifts-remain/feed/ 0 The challenge of the « 4Bs »: how to navigate a fractured geopolitical world https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-challenge-of-the-4bs-how-to-navigate-a-fractured-geopolitical-world/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-challenge-of-the-4bs-how-to-navigate-a-fractured-geopolitical-world https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-challenge-of-the-4bs-how-to-navigate-a-fractured-geopolitical-world/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:16:57 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3105 As the global landscape enters a “world between orders” and superpower rivalries multiply, businesses will have to navigate an increasingly complex operating environment and supply…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-challenge-of-the-4bs-how-to-navigate-a-fractured-geopolitical-world/feed/ 0 Assessing the effect of trade-based money laundering on terror financing. An Asian perspective. https://asiapowerwatch.com/assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective https://asiapowerwatch.com/assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:23:22 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=3018 Demonstrating a terrorist financing typology, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) documented a case study involving an alternative remittance system (ARS) operator (or hawala facilitator)…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/assessing-the-effect-of-trade-based-money-laundering-on-terror-financing-an-asian-perspective/feed/ 0 The economic rationale for China’s pivot to Vietnam https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 08:12:47 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2996 There has been a lot of media coverage around the recent escalation of high-level negotiations underway between China and Vietnam. Several agreements and MOU’s have…

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]]> https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-economic-rationale-for-chinas-pivot-to-vietnam/feed/ 0 Turkey’s role in the China-Japan economic competition in Africa https://asiapowerwatch.com/turkeys-role-in-the-china-japan-economic-competition-in-africa/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkeys-role-in-the-china-japan-economic-competition-in-africa https://asiapowerwatch.com/turkeys-role-in-the-china-japan-economic-competition-in-africa/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 15:38:55 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=2771 This report was originally published by Japan’s Institute for International Strategy and Information Analysis – IISIA. Thank you to the author and the publishers for…

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