Colombia y Estados Unidos no lograron cerrar ayer el Tratado de Libre Comercio que negocian desde hace 21 meses, pero sí quedaron a las puertas de lograrlo en los próximos seis días.
Panamanian unions and civilian groups Friday warned they would continue pressuring the government in order to hamper signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US and support a similar pact with Chile.
Panamá, 11 ene (PL) La renuncia de un ministro clave en las negociaciones del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Panamá y Estados Unidos calentó aún más la caldeada atmósfera nacional, que apuesta hoy por la revitalización del movimiento sindical
The resignation Wednesday of a key minister at Panama-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks added more fuel to the national atmosphere, which looks like it’s heading for a revival of the union movement.
Panama’s agriculture minister resigned on Tuesday, alleging that a proposed free trade deal with the United States could expose the country to bird flu, foot and mouth disease and mad cow disease.
Thailand is unlikely to gain much benefit from service sector liberalisation in a free trade area (FTA) agreement with the United States, a Thai trade negotiator says as the talks reach their halfway point.
Ricardo Buitrago advierte, con cifras en mano, los peligros que podría representar para el sector agrícola el TLC si no hay un viraje en la negociación
La Mesa de Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias logró al cierre de sus reuniones en el marco de la Undécima Ronda de Negociaciones del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC), que concluye hoy en Miami, formalizar un texto de borrador de consenso entre los países andinos y Estados Unidos.
Si hace unas semanas el jefe negociador de Perú, Pablo de la Flor, se había aventurado a estimar que al paso actual el proceso sólo podría estar cerrado en septiembre, hoy esto parece un hecho.
Press release from NZ government outlining key features of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore.
Fruit exporters seeking to enjoy tariff-free access to China must ensure that their products come from orchards certified by local authorities, starting on May 1.
Australia is fortunate to be one of few countries to remain free of BSE, the degenerative
brain disease in cattle that causes the deadly variant CJD in people. But the Free Trade
Agreement recently signed with the United States may change this.
While the main
US goal on agriculture in many FTA
negotiations often is to secure non-SPS
related concessions such as lower tariffs,
the foreign partners often see the FTA as
an opportunity to resolve outstanding
SPS issues with the US as well as seek
accelerated new market access to the US
for their animal and plant products.
Australia has always enjoyed rigorous national food standards that were applied equally to both domestically produced and imported food. The capacity to maintain and apply these standards, however, is now being undermined by international trade agreements and procedures for settling trade disputes with a result that challenges to public health are being significantly increased.
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) are receiving increasing attention within the framework of international trade. SPS measures are meant to ensure that imports do not undermine national health and safety.
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