14-Nov-2011
First Post
Admitting that some issues are blocking the finalisation of the Free Trade Agreement with India, the European Union on Monday voiced hope that negotiations would be completed by the next India-EU Summit scheduled to be held in February.
14-Nov-2011
GMA News
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting the Philippines on Tuesday to initiate the Obama administration’s Partnership for Growth (PFG) program for devising measures to facilitate trade and investments in conflict, poverty and graft stricken countries
14-Nov-2011
Interest.co.nz
New Zealand drug-buying agency Pharmac may not be hit with any changes under the Trans Pacific Partnership deal being negotiated with United States, although the finer details of the Pacific trade agreement are yet to be ironed out, Prime Minister John Key says.
14-Nov-2011
Arirang
The rate of imports has overwhelmed that of exports for the past three months from July when the Korea-EU FTA kicked into effect.
14-Nov-2011
Hankyoreh
Tens of thousands of laborers hold a “Nationwide Workers’ Rally” hosted by Korea Confederation of Trade Unions in front of Seoul City Hall, Nov. 13 against the far-reaching implications of the Korea-US FTA
14-Nov-2011
Hankyoreh
With the passage of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), the American medical industry expects to widen its opportunities to establish for-profit hospitals in South Korea in addition to limiting domestic authority to close them once they are established, according to a report by the US Department of Commerce released Sunday.
14-Nov-2011
Reuters
Impatience with long-running world trade talks, and a desire to snap out of slow economic growth, explain why countries are flocking to a US-led Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said on Sunday.
14-Nov-2011
Mainichi
The United States on Sunday welcomed Canada and Mexico’s willingness to join negotiations on a Pacific free trade accord.
14-Nov-2011
Reuters
Japan has denied a White House statement that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told US President Barack Obama he would put all goods and services on the negotiating table for trade liberalisation. The White House stood by its statement, issued on Saturday, despite Japan’s denial.
14-Nov-2011
Reuters
Tens of thousands of South Koreans, most of them members of trade unions and farmers, staged a rally on Sunday against a free trade deal with the United States, vowing to block what they called a “pernicious” pact.
13-Nov-2011
Prime Minister Stephen Harper signalled a shift in his government’s economic and trade policies Sunday, announcing Canada will apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will further look to sell its oil and gas to Asian countries following American delays in approving the Keystone XL pipeline.
13-Nov-2011
Daily Times
Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) signed by Germany and Pakistan in 2009 has been ratified by German parliament and sent to European Commission for final approval.
12-Nov-2011
The US is halting the "natural expansion" of a fledgling Asia-Pacific free trade deal with hostile rhetoric towards China, Beijing’s state-run Global Times said in an editorial Saturday
12-Nov-2011
Negotiations have begun between Canada and Costa Rica on the proposed modernization of their existing free trade agreement (FTA), it has been announced.
12-Nov-2011
Trade ministers from nine countries agreed Thursday to forge the broad outline of an expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement this week.
12-Nov-2011
Ria Novosti
Ukraine and the European Union agreed the entire text of the association agreement and free trade zone deal, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Friday.
11-Nov-2011
IANS
Britain has made the European Union (EU)-India free trade agreement (FTA) "as its number one priority", a British member of the European Parliament said.
10-Nov-2011
WSJ
“I believe the Korea-US FTA is a clear infringement on Korea’s sovereignty,” Kang Ki-kab said. “Foreign investors will, I would say, rule the country.”
10-Nov-2011
WSJ
South Korea’s ruling party on Thursday deferred ratifying the country’s free-trade agreement with the United States for the second week in a row, aiming to strike a deal with opposition politicians to avoid a violent protest that would mar a vote.
10-Nov-2011
Japan Times
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Thursday postponed his widely expected announcement that Japan will join the US and other countries in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying he wanted to sleep on the issue for a day before making his final decision.
