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Maldives backs new Chinese investment bank, pursues free trade deal
22-Dec-2014 Minivan
Maldives Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Dr Mohamed Shainee has revealed that China is to become the Maldives first free trade partner.
NZ-Korea FTA (2014)
22-Dec-2014 NZ Ministry Foreign Affairs
as initialled on 22 December 2014
Korea, New Zealand agree free trade pact
22-Dec-2014 Korea Herald
Korea and New Zealand on Monday initialed their free trade agreement, negotiations for which concluded on Nov. 15, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said.
Canada considers free trade with Thailand despite internal warnings
19-Dec-2014 Globe and Mail
The Canadian government is exploring the idea of free trade with Thailand despite internal warnings from Foreign Affairs officials that Ottawa should hold back while the Asian country remains under control of a military junta.
Farmers, unionists protest EU-US free trade talks
19-Dec-2014 Associated Press
Hundreds of farmers and trade unionists are protesting in Brussels against negotiations to set up a trans-Atlantic free trade zone, which they fear will leave them out in the cold at the expense of big multinationals.
Mainland China, Macao sign deal to promote free trade
19-Dec-2014 Yibada
China’s mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) signed a deal on Dec. 18, Thursday, to solidify a free trade agreement between their regions.
EU leaders seek to overcome hostility to US trade deal
19-Dec-2014 Reuters
EU leaders defended plans for the world’s biggest trade deal with the United States, seeking on Thursday to counter hostility in Europe and clear the way for the accord to be agreed by the end of 2015.
Dairy farmers warned of possible New Zealand/EU trade deal
19-Dec-2014 Agriland
Concerns have been voiced for the Irish dairy farmers as New Zealand pushes for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU by Sean Kelly MEP for Ireland south.
OZ: Chinese property ‘buying spree’ to accelerate in 2015
19-Dec-2014 Mortgage Business
Australia’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China is expected to boost Chinese acquisitions of Australian residential land banks, hotels, office buildings and agricultural landholdings
Europe should have FTA with China: Italian official
19-Dec-2014 Xinhua
Italy’s Deputy Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda said he pushed for the start of FTA negotiations with China when he chaired a European trade ministers’ meeting in November in Brussels.
Elizabeth Warren: Obama trade deal could undermine Wall Street reform
19-Dec-2014 Huffington Post
US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday warned that a major trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration could hamstring Wall Street reform efforts.
Why are weapons-makers excited by TTIP?
19-Dec-2014 EU Observer
The arms industry is hoping that the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will provide it with greater opportunities.
CETA: A bad trade for women
19-Dec-2014 CCPA
Does the federal government know how the Canada-European Union Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will affect Canadian men and women? The answer is ‘no.’
Free trade and austerity: an explosive cocktail
18-Dec-2014 Mediapart
On 19 December 2014, thousands of Europeans will gather in Brussels to surround the European Summit of Heads of State.
Lebanon signs Latin American free trade pact
18-Dec-2014 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Busines...
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil signed a free-trade agreement with the Mercosur countries of Latin America, stressing the importance of maintaining good relations with the bloc.
Why is govt in a hurry to pay TCC for Reko Diq?
18-Dec-2014
The Nawaz Sharif government is in an unnecessary haste to settle and pay millions, possibly billions, of dollars as compensation for the Reko Diq gold and copper mines to a discredited and ousted Canadian-Chilean mining consortium, a decision if made may resemble the infamous circular debt payment of Rs500 billion in the early days of the PML-N government.
Europe’s business community’s "clarion call" for vital EU-US trade deal
18-Dec-2014 Global Trader
"TTIP could be worth up to €120bn to the EU every year" claims Confederation of British Industry as it hosts a business lobby meeting to trumpet for an EU-US trade treaty.
FTA talks with Nigeria on the cards
18-Dec-2014
Pakistan is working on a proposal for early initiation of negotiations with Nigeria on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade.
Vietnam, Customs Union wrap up FTA talks
18-Dec-2014 Thanh Nien News
Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have concluded negotiations on their free trade agreement that covers trade, investment, rules of origin, intellectual property, customs facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures among others.
Vietnam and South Korea complete free trade agreement
18-Dec-2014 Vietnam Briefing
South Korea and Vietnam have concluded negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement that will remove import tariffs on more than 90 percent of all products.