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Indo-Israeli FTA talks to ride on equal trade opportunities
19-May-2010 TOBOC
A free trade agreement between India and Israel, proposed by the latter about four years ago, has all the trappings for an early completion.
Trade pact with Israel to give foothold in West Asia
23-Apr-2010
India will seek access to Israel’s expertise in areas such as bio-technology and water management as it begins discussions on a free trade agreement in Delhi next month, but the pact is likely to have strategic undertones as well. India already has many trade agreements with other countries, but this is the first Israel will be getting into, indicating the importance it gives to economic relations with India.
US-Israel trade pact must be updated: senator
16-Apr-2010 AFP
The United States and Israel must modernize their 1985 free trade agreement to better reflect high-tech commerce between the staunch allies, a US senator urged Thursday.
Mercosur-Israel free trade agreement becomes effective
25-Mar-2010 MercoPress
The free trade agreement between Mercosur and Israel, the first out of the region for the South American block, became effective this week for Paraguay. For the rest of Mercosur full members, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay the official date is April first.
EU boosts Israel ties, ignores illegal settlements
23-Mar-2010 IPS
Diplomats representing the European Union have drawn up a new plan for strengthening their relations with Israel despite the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestinian BDS National Committee welcomes landmark EU court ruling
18-Mar-2010 Palestinian BNC
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign National Committee welcomes the long overdue ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that Israeli products originating from Israel’s colonial settlements built on Occupied Palestinian Territory do not qualify for preferential customs treatment under the EC-Israel trade agreement
Brazilian president in Israel to mark Mercosur FTA
16-Mar-2010 Globes
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva met with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem today and said that Brazil had given its final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). The FTA will come into effect in April.
EU highest court: Israeli goods produced in the West Bank not free from custom duties
1-Mar-2010 EJP
The European Court of Justice has ruled that under the EU-Israel FTA, duty-free entry to the EU only applies to industrial goods made within Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
India prioritises Israel on trade pact
12-Feb-2010 Financial Times
Trade negotiations with New Delhi are a big step for Israel
Palestinians declare war on Jewish settlements’ products
17-Jan-2010 Xinhua
The PNA campaign is accompanied by an international campaign to boycott any product made in Israeli settlements that the PNA considers illegal.
Join the 2nd Global BDS Day of Action - 30 March 2010
15-Jan-2010 Global BDS Movement
The Global BDS Day of Action aims to promote a freeze or cancellation of free trade and other preferential agreements as a crucial and urgent step towards full-fledged sanctions against Israel
Israel pushing for trade pact with India
12-Jan-2010 The Hindu
Israel on Monday said it wants to push for a free trade agreement with India with an objective of tripling bilateral commerce to USD 12 billion over the next four-five years.
Palestinians seek to shut down settler trade
10-Jan-2010 Reuters
Prime Minister Fayyad said if Palestinians wanted to persuade the European Union to ban trade with the settlements — considered illegal under international law — they would have to do it themselves first.
Brazilian business leaders look to Israeli know-how
15-Nov-2009
The decision by Brazil’s House of Representatives last week to approve a free trade agreement for Israel with Mercosul, the South American free trade area, could have enormous economic consequences for the Jewish state, a member of the delegation traveling with Peres has told reporters in the president’s entourage.
Israeli Prez Peres Must Carry Palestinian Answers to Brazil
9-Nov-2009
Israeli President Shimon Peres should have answers to the Palestinian issues during his Latin American sojourn if he aspires to strengthen ties with them, particularly, in light of growing opposition in Brazil over the ratification of Mercosur-Israel FTA. A Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defence has recommended to the Brazilian parliament in September not to ratify Mercosur-Israel FTA until “Israel accepted the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”.
Bahrain: MPs ban Israel links
29-Oct-2009 Gulf Daily News
MPs yesterday voted to jail for up to five years any Bahraini who deals directly with Israel and to resurrect the Israeli Boycott Office, closed to make way for the Free Trade Agreement with the US.
Brazilian Parliament recommends freezing out Israelis from third largest export market
12-Sep-2009
“This decision is an enormous blow for Israel’s economy and foreign relations”, says Jamal Juma’ of the Stop the Wall Campaign. The Brazilian Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations and National Defense has recommended that the parliament should not ratify the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and the State of Israel until “Israel accepts the creation of the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders”.
EU puts Middle East policies on hold until US talks
11-Sep-2009 EU Observer
EU diplomats in Brussels on Thursday (10 September) put off a decision on signing an Association Agreement with Syria until October at the earliest. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels next week were due to discuss the pact. But it was dropped from the agenda after the Netherlands said it would veto the existing text on human rights grounds.
Human rights campaign sues European Union over continued economic ties with Israelis
3-Sep-2009 PNN
The European Campaign to Lift the Siege on Gaza, in cooperation with European institutions and individuals, has filed a lawsuit against the European Union to force the EU to end its economic partnership agreement with the Israelis.
AIPAC and the US-Colombia free trade deal
14-Jul-2009 IRMEP
By paying off IAI and laying the groundwork for future Israeli weapons purchases, the Colombian government clearly hopes to win the support of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to help pass the US-Colombia FTA.