India and Oman have finished discussing the text of most of the chapters of policy areas that their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a senior official said on Friday, reported FE.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was greeted by Britain's King Charles III and a military honor guard on Tuesday at the start of a state visit aimed at strengthening trade and defense ties between the two countries. The king and Queen Camilla greeted Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee at Horse Guards Parade, a military parade ground in central London. Heir to the throne Prince William and government ministers also attended the welcome ceremony, where the king and president inspected rows of soldiers from the Scots Guards in grey tunics and bearskin hats.
The leaders of Britain and South Korea will seek to strengthen trade and defense ties between their countries during a state visit to the U.K. by President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon landed at Stansted Airport near London on Monday. Britain hopes his formal three-day visit will help cement an “ Indo-Pacific tilt ” in its foreign and trade policy.
The U.S. and its Indo-Pacific Economic Framework partners need to regroup and "recalibrate" their trade pillar negotiations early next year after three negotiating rounds in the past two months fell short of substantial agreements, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi told Reuters on Thursday. Bianchi said in an interview that USTR will announce that progress had been made on the language of IPEF trade chapters, but that work will continue. "We’ve got to recalibrate in the new year with our partners," Bianchi said on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.
President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will meet in San Francisco on Friday as both countries dive into high-stakes presidential elections in 2024. The two leaders are meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where Biden has already met jointly with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and…