29-Nov-2012
The government aims to secure a stable supply of resources such as natural gas and oil by entering negotiations Monday with Canada to conclude an economic partnership agreement. Whether Japan can overcome differences of opinion with Canada over liberalization of agricultural products will be a test for the government in promoting other trade negotiations, including those for the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade talks.
29-Nov-2012
Argentina faces 42 claims at the World Bank’s ICSID in which the plaintiffs are demanding compensations for almost 65 billion dollars, revealed Eduardo Barcesat legal advisor to the Argentine Treasury and one of several lawyers who has defended the country in those litigations.
29-Nov-2012
Senators on Thursday approved legislation to implement the agreement, which will lead to almost all Australian goods being able to enter Malaysia free of import duties.
29-Nov-2012
On November 27, a conference relating to the ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea was held in Ho Chi Minh City.
29-Nov-2012
To enable import of gas from the US, India has asked the US Government to consider a free trade agreement (FTA).
29-Nov-2012
Hopes were running high Thursday that EU ministers will decide to start talks on a free trade deal with Japan, which together with the 27-member bloc accounts for more than a third of world output.
26-Nov-2012
The European Union wants Canada to agree to compensate European companies for any losses that stem from changes to health, environment or safety rules in Canada, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press.
26-Nov-2012
All of the necessary technical procedures for the signing of the agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on the creation of a deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) will be completed by the end of 2012, Minister for Economic Development and Trade Petro Poroshenko has said.
26-Nov-2012
Japan and Canada opened their first round of talks Monday on a bilateral free trade agreement that would eliminate tariff barriers on both sides.
26-Nov-2012
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MoPNR) has written a letter to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to persuade the Balochistan government to settle the Reko Diq issue out of court, fearing a penalty of Rs39 billion by the International Centre for Settlement Investment Disputes (ICSID).
26-Nov-2012
Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel Monday said his ministry is agreeable to cutting duty on luxury cars imported from Europe as part of the proposed India-European Union free trade agreement.
26-Nov-2012
Ministers of commerce from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea are meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to initiate talks on a free trade area between the three countries, despite the deadlock in bilateral relations between China and Japan because of Japan’s purchase of China’s Diaoyu Islands.
26-Nov-2012
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The neoliberal political plan, of which BITs are an integral and specific component, is highly incompatible with the nation-state and furthermore with the national-democratic state.
26-Nov-2012
NZ Herald
New Zealand won’t sign up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal unless it includes an agreement to progressively abolish tariffs on agricultural products exported to North America, Prime Minister John Key said today.
23-Nov-2012
Turkey is offering to pursue a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Bangladesh, but the two sides have not taken a potential Free Trade Agreement (FTA) off the table, officials said at a recent meeting of top economic officials here.
23-Nov-2012
Malaysia aims to conclude the Asean-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the services and investment sectors by early December, said Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
23-Nov-2012
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov Wednesday urged to speed up Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiations with Vietnam.
23-Nov-2012
The Commerce Ministry is gearing up to negotiate the Thai-European Union Free Trade Agreement following pressure from the private sector for the pact to come into force in 2015.
23-Nov-2012
South Korean firms operating in China have called on Beijing to conclude a free trade deal with South Korea as soon as possible to help create an integrated economy in the region, officials said Friday.
23-Nov-2012
Taiwan should focus on joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), instead of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), local scholars said Friday.
