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Trilateral treaty of the South
4-Dec-2009 IPS
Negotiations to form a trade alliance between countries of Africa, Asia and South America stepped up to a political level when ministers discussed the issue this week, giving the initiative a further boost.
The ill-advised US certification of Colombia on human rights
4-Dec-2009 COHA
Is certification a signal that Colombia will obtain FTA approval?
Pakistan, Germany sign new bilateral investment treaty
2-Dec-2009 Daily Times
Under the bilateral treaty, the German government would provide insurance guarantees to investments by its companies in Pakistan and cover their political and security risks.
Jordan, Turkey sign free trade deal
2-Dec-2009 AFP
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Jordan’s King Abdullah II signed a long-awaited free trade deal on Tuesday before holding talks on further boosting economic ties, the palace said.
Pakistan wants talks on FTA: Gilani
2-Dec-2009 The News
Addressing the Fifty Years of Bilateral Investment Treaties Conference in Germany, Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said: “We are looking forward to early commencement of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement.”
Pakistan to co-host world’s first international conference on Investment Treaties
1-Dec-2009 APP
Pakistan will co-host with Germany world’s first-ever International Conference on Investment Treaties in Frankfurt from December 1-3, aimed at examining the policy issues that will shape international investment laws in the years to come.
US senators urge renegotiation of US trade deals
1-Dec-2009 Reuters
A group of US senators urged President Barack Obama on Monday to back legislation requiring the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a long list of other trade pacts they blame for millions of lost US manufacturing jobs.
Matrix of FTAs in the world
1-Dec-2009
Contributed by Amalinov
Building Blocks Towards an Asia-Pacific Union
1-Dec-2009 NAUresistance
President Obama has recommitted to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Expanding the TPP would further distinguish it as the only regional free trade agreement that spans both sides of the Pacific, linking Asia with the Americas. It could gradually evolve into a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.
India-New Zealand trade talks likely early next year
30-Nov-2009 Malaysia News.Net
’While Indian agriculture is highly protected, improved access for our agricultural and primary produce, especially in an added-value form, needs to be one of the key focuses of the negotiations,’ India-New Zealand Trade Business Council chairman Wenceslaus Anthony said.
Ukraine and Canada to launch talks on free trade zone agreement in 2010
30-Nov-2009 NRCU
The first round of talks will be held in February 2010.
Sino-Swiss free trade accord weighed up
30-Nov-2009 swissinfo
Switzerland and China have launched a feasibility study aimed at drawing up a free trade agreement between the two countries.
Auto workers slam DTI on JPEPA auto tariff talks delay
30-Nov-2009 Manila Bulletin
A group of 75,000 automotive industry workers has slammed the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry for lack of earnest efforts to negotiate a delay in the tariff elimination of imported vehicles under the signed Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Colombia-US trade deal stuck in the mud
30-Nov-2009 Meat Trade News
The third anniversary of the signing of the US-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing little interest and business groups frustrated by the lack of action on trade deals.
Only half Asean members ratify FTA with India
29-Nov-2009 India Journal
India’s trade with South East Asia will be liberalized only partially from January 2010, as half of the 10-nation bloc has not received parliamentary approval for the Free Trade Agreement signed in August.
Spanish claim Moroccan fraud
29-Nov-2009 Fresh Info
Fepex, the association which represents Spanish exporters, has claimed that fraud is taking place in import activity of tomatoes from Morocco into the EU, making a mockery of the constraints of the existing Association Agreement.
EU, Mercosur may kick-start trade talks at Portugal summit
29-Nov-2009 Dow Jones
While innovation and development is the official theme of the Iberoamerican summit Sunday through Tuesday, Spain and Portugal want to use the meeting to revive long-stalled talks to reach a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur economic bloc.
Syria considers European deal
29-Nov-2009 Syria News Wire
The EU finally agreed to its trade deal with Syria in October. Syria surprised Europe by saying it needed time to decide. Now it has admitted why – Syrian businessmen are concerned about competition from European companies.
Peru signs agreement with European free trade pact nations
29-Nov-2009 Wall Street Journal
Peru formally concluded a joint free trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland on Friday, said trade and tourism minister Martin Perez.
EU wants to negotiate FTA with Vietnam
27-Nov-2009 Viet Nam Net
After failure in FTA negotiation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the last over one years, Schlegelmilch said that the EU wants to seek another approach before the Vietnam-EC Joint Committee’s meeting on November 26-27 in Hanoi.