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Tories hope to work with PQ on its free-trade concerns
22-Sep-2012
International Trade Minister Ed Fast says he expects the federal government will collaborate with a new Parti Québécois government that has serious concerns with the Canada-EU free trade deal, and he remains hopeful the agreement will be competed this year.
’Only tuna industry will benefit from EU-PH trade deal’
22-Sep-2012
If the government pursues a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Euopean Union (EU), only the tuna industry is bound to benefit from it.
HIV patients urge caution on EU FTA talks
22-Sep-2012
People afflicted with the Aids virus have called on the government to proceed carefully on free-trade negotiations with the European Union, as the latter’s demands for copyright protection could make it difficult for patients to access cheap medicines.
FM, Canadian trade minister discuss ties
22-Sep-2012
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Saturday discussed with Canadian minister of International Trade Ed Fast economic ties between the two countries as a Jordanian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement FTA goes into force early next month.
China calls for free-trade deal with Canada within a decade
22-Sep-2012
Canada and China should move quickly toward a free-trade agreement, Beijing’s ambassador has urged, insisting it would provide a longer-term solution to questions about two-way investment sparked by the $15-billion Chinese takeover bid for Alberta oil firm Nexen Inc.
Forget CEPA: Focus on Indo-Lanka FTA
22-Sep-2012
Amidst continuing opposition from professionals and businessmen to the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India, the Sri Lankan government is now shifting gears to strengthening the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a top government official said.
New steel policy in India on docket as FTA pressure builds
20-Sep-2012 Metal Miner
While India’s steel sector debates the finer points in the draft of a new steel policy, the cry to delete steel from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and countries like Japan and Korea just got shriller.
Hamas appeals to Egypt over closure of smuggling tunnels
20-Sep-2012 Reuters
Egypt’s crackdown on smuggling tunnels along its border with the Gaza Strip is making shortages ever tighter. Hamas officials asked Egypt late on Monday to consider alternative trade routes, such as a free trade zone, a direct deal that could boost Hamas tax revenues and circumvent rival Fatah’s and Israel’s control of official imports to Gaza.
The European Parliament is rewarding Israel’s human rights violations
19-Sep-2012 Huffington Post
On 18 September 2012, the European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) passed the Protocol on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA) by a slim margin.
En mon nom, ne le ratifiez pas!
19-Sep-2012 FTA-EU-LatinAmerica
Signe et envoie une lettre à tes député(e)s européen(ne)s pour exprimer ton refus face à la ratification des Accords de Libre Echange et des Accords d΄Association entre l΄Union européenne et la Colombie, le Pérou et l΄Amérique centrale.
In my name, don’t ratify!
19-Sep-2012 FTA-EU-LatinAmerica
Sign and send a letter to your MEPs to reject the ratification of the Free Trade Agreements and Association Agreements between the European Union and Colombia, Perú and Central America.
Sri Lanka to be home to exclusive auto SEZ for Indian companies
17-Sep-2012 Business Standard
The development assumes importance as Sri Lanka did not show positive response to India’s offer to expand FTA between two countries to Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Barroso says EU, Moldova may sign association agreement by September 2013
17-Sep-2012 Kyiv Post
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso believes Moldova and the EU could sign an association agreement within a year, before an Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for September 2013, the Moldovan government reported citing Barroso as saying in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Vlad Filat.
MoF opposes FTA deal with Malaysia
17-Sep-2012 Financial Express
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Finance has opposed the move of striking an agreement on bilateral Free Trade Area with Malaysia fearing the proposed deal, if signed, would only increase the trade deficit for Bangladesh.
DTI spreads awareness of free trade agreements to increase their usage
16-Sep-2012
The Department of Trade and Industry has intensified its information campaign about the country’s free trade agreements in a bid to increase their utilization rate this year.
European chamber to release study on potential EU-Taiwan trade pact
16-Sep-2012
A study on a potential trade agreement between the European Union and Taiwan will be released on Sept. 20 in Taipei, according to the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei (ECCT).
As the China FTA stagnates, Ted Baillieu gets on with business
16-Sep-2012
At first blush, it looks like a suicide mission - taking hundreds of businesspeople to China for a big encounter with a one-party state, just weeks before that one party is to stage a 10-yearly leadership transition that will cascade down through every significant job in the country.
TPP nations put off decision / Delay in trade agreement seen as beneficial to Japan
11-Sep-2012
The United States and eight other nations negotiating an expansion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal have effectively postponed the conclusion of their talks, originally planned for the end of the year.
FTA agreement with CIS to take effect on September 23, says Azarov
11-Sep-2012
The agreement on a free trade area (FTA) with the CIS will take effect on September 23, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
Big Tobacco warning at free-trade talks
11-Sep-2012
Delegates attending trans-Pacific free-trade negotiations in the United States are being warned their countries could end up like Australia if they agree to allow corporations to sue governments in international courts.