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Steel should be set aside from FTA with Japan and Korea: JSW Steel
11-Sep-2012
In view of growing imports of steel from Japan and Korea into India, leading private sector firm JSW Steel today demanded removing steel from the purview of free trade pact with the two Asian economic superpowers.
’Take steel out of FTA with Japan and Korea’
11-Sep-2012
Worried over the growing import of cheap steel from Japan and South Korea, Indian steel giant JSW Steel, on Tuesday, demanded that steel be removed from the purview of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the two Asian economic powers.
SADC free trade agreement coming soon: Davies
10-Sep-2012
An agreement to lower barriers to trade and improve cross-border commerce in the SADC should be implemented this year, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says.
Batting for $100-billion BPO industry: India links free trade agreement with EU to data-secure tag
10-Sep-2012 Economic Times
India has upped the ante in its bid to get data-secure status from the European Union by linking it with free trade agreement.
Free trade deal hinges on PM’s charm offensive
9-Sep-2012
Vladimir Putin has serious form in the macho stakes: He’s tranquilised a Siberian tiger to save a TV crew, attached a tracking device to a polar bear, ridden horses bare-chested and was this week filmed at the sharp end of a motorised hang-glider (suitably frocked-up in a white jump suit and goggles) teaching young cranes to fly on a new migration path.
Chile signs free trade agreement with Hong Kong
9-Sep-2012
President Sebastián Piñera signed a free trade agreement with Hong Kong on Friday at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Piñera also concluded free trade negotiations with Thailand, an agreement he hopes to implement “as soon as possible.”
’India, EU free trade agreement facing bureaucratic hurdles’
7-Sep-2012 PTI
Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb blames special interests and bureaucratic obstacles for the delay in signing of the EU-India FTA.
Beef move to aid TPP entry / Relaxing controls on US imports likely to boost Japan’s bid
7-Sep-2012 Yomiuri Shimbun
Japan’s decision to ease regulations on imports of U.S. beef will likely provide a boost to the government’s plan of joining negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.
Canada, Costa Rica conclude latest FTA talks
7-Sep-2012 Tax News
Canada and Costa Rica have concluded the fifth round of talks towards the modernization of their existing free trade agreement (FTA).
Russian FTA hangs in balance - Key
7-Sep-2012 Stuff
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says a free trade deal with Russia "hangs in the balance" after Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov expressed nervousness about the deal, especially the impact on agricultural exports.
Trade deal to curb generic-drug use
6-Sep-2012 Nature
Some countries whose governments purchase drugs with a set budget are also alarmed by signs that the TPP may grant new negotiating powers to the industry.
Algeria delays implementation of FTA with EU
5-Sep-2012 Tax News
Algeria has won a trade concession from the European Union, according to which the EU-Algeria free trade agreement should be fully phased-in by 2020, and not by 2017.
Study to consider free trade agreement
4-Sep-2012
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has finished a study that will look into potential industries that will benefit from a potential free trade agreement with Europe and recommend a scope of such an agreement.
FTA between Ukraine and the EU: Effective only after 2015?
4-Sep-2012
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Minekonomiky) is initiating Ukraine’s accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). This will provide Ukrainian manufacturers simplified access to WTO procurement tenders involving 43 countries, including 27 EU members and the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland whose legislation is very close to that of the European Union).
Korea, Vietnam Hold 1st Round of FTA Talks
3-Sep-2012
The first round of free trade agreement talks between Vietnam and Korea kicked off on Monday in Seoul. During the talks that will continue until Tuesday, the two countries will discuss how to proceed with the negotiations. Seoul’s foreign ministry expects the bilateral trade pact to enhance an existing free trade agreement with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations that took effect in 2007.
Regional cooperation or ‘free trade’?
3-Sep-2012 Liberation News
Ché Guevara once summarized “free trade” between the imperialist and underdeveloped countries as a “free fox among free chickens.”
Pact among ASEAN, partners could kickstart Japan’s stalled policy
3-Sep-2012 Yomiuri Shimbun
The agreement reached Thursday to start negotiations in November for a new regional economic and trade area among ASEAN countries and six partners, including Japan, is a lifeline for the nation, as its trade policy has come to an impasse.
Free trade agreements ’more political than economic’
3-Sep-2012 Rappler
State-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said Free Trade Agreements are only political agreements more than economic.
S. Korea proposes talks on bilateral economic partnership with Russia
2-Sep-2012
South Korea’s finance minister proposed resuming talks with Russia on bilateral economic partnership in order to establish a stronger cooperation framework between the two countries, his officials here said Wednesday.
Nation Must Review Its Trade Pacts, Kadin Says
2-Sep-2012
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce said that the nation is not yet ready to enter into a trade pact known as the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with another country because deficits are widening in Indonesia’s trade balance.