2020-07-01

Trade

Global trade updates for all tracked agencies.

September 2020 Brazil - Trade balance has a record US $ 6.6 billion surplus in August

UK - Government announces new Board of Trade

UK - UK-Japan Agreement: Response to media outlets

US - Federal Reserve Board releases corrected stress test results stemming from an error in projected trading losses and as a result, revised the capital requirements for two banks

US - CFTC Further Extends Certain No-Action Relief to Market Participants in Response to COVID-19

August 2020

China - Designation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Foreign National and Hong Kong Entity under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

Korea - International Investment Position (End of June 2020)

Switzerland - BIS Innovation Hub and HKMA invite global innovators to participate in a trade finance digitisation TechChallenge

Switzerland - SwisCapital LTD./swiscapital.com: BaFin prohibits unauthorised proprietary trading

UK - Guidance: Exporting to Azerbaijan

UK - Department for International Trade: Care Leaver Covenant offer

UK - Notice of Determination: anti-dumping duties on biodiesel originating in the USA

UK - Public attitudes to trade tracker (PATT): wave 2

UK - Guidance: Notice to exporters 2020/13: open general licences revised and revoked

UK - Guidance: Exporting to Vietnam from 1 January 2021

UK - Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC)

UK - Guidance: Existing UK trade agreements with non-EU countries

UK - Policy Paper: Trade advisory groups (TAGs)

July 2020

Europe - The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposes a fine in cross-border proceedings

India - Guidelines for Issue and Listing of Structured Products/ Market Linked Debentures-Amendments

India - RBI signs Currency Swap Agreement with Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Switzerland - CPMI report identifies steps to enhance cross-border payments

UK - Statistics at DIT - UK

UK - Joint Statement of the 14th Meeting of the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee

UK - Official Statistics - Statistics on DIT export support objectives (2019 to 2020)

UK - Department for International Trade annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020

UK - UK approach to negotiating a free trade agreement with New Zealand

UK - UK's approach to negotiating a free trade agreement with Australia

UK - Negotiations on the UK’s future trading relationship with New Zealand: Update

UK - UK-Indonesia Joint Trade Review: second round of discussions

UK - Applying for a trade remedies investigation

UK - UK and India agree to deeper trading relationship

US - Entry into Force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

US - CFTC Withdraws “ANE” Staff Advisory and Issues New Cross-Border No-Action Relief

US - CFTC Approves Final Cross-Border Swaps Rule and an Exempt SEF Amendment Order at July 23 Open Meeting