Israel

Canada, Israel modernise free trade agreement

22-Jul-2015 Xinhua

This updated version of the existing Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement will provide expanded market accesss for agricultural, fish and seafood products if Canada’s Parliament approves it.

Palestinians to EU: Suspend trade agreements with Israel to protest demolition of homes

20-Jul-2015 Jerusalem Post

Residents of the Palestinian village of Sussiya on Sunday called on the European Union to suspend its trade agreements with Israel to protest the pending demolition of unauthorized homes in their herding community in the South Hebron Hills region of the West Bank.

What Palestine needs is for Europe to honour its own agreements

29-Jun-2015 Palestinian News Network

What we, as Palestinians, are asking from Europe is nothing more than that the EU protects their own 20-year-long investment in the two-state solution by respecting its own obligations under domestic and international law.

Lawmakers are using trade rules to blacklist critics of Israel

29-Jun-2015 Foreign Policy in Focus

Legislation to fast track new trade pacts specifically targets supporters of the BDS movement against the Israeli occupation.

US Trade Promotion Authority (2015)

29-Jun-2015 US Congress

US Congress passes anti-BDS legislation, key trade bill

25-Jun-2015 i24News

The so-called trade promotion authority bill passed by Congress requires US negotiators to make the rejection of the BDS campaign a principal trade objective in negotiations with the European Union.

US trade bills seek to halt boycotts of Israel

13-Jun-2015

Amendments to Obama’s sweeping trade package would fight BDS, but Democrats opposed to other sections are holding things up.

Could massive EU-US trade deal be extended to Israel?

11-May-2015 Electronic Intifada

The idea that Israel would be eligible to join TTIP is being mulled over by the cognoscenti in both Brussels and Washington, reports David Cronin.

Israeli envoy pitches for FTA with India

7-Apr-2015 Deccan Herald

Israel’s Ambassador to India has been pushing for the signing of a free trade agreement between the two countries, adding that he is "not immensely optimistic that this will happen very soon."

Ukraine to sign FTA with Canada, Israel, Turkey and other countries

18-Mar-2015 The Financial

According to Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine now plans to sign FTAs with Canada, Israel, Turkey, Serbia and Vietnam.

China, Israel to begin FTA talks

17-Mar-2015 Xinhua

China will kick off negotiations on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Israel this year, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday.

How EU-US trade deal could thwart “boycott Israel” campaign

20-Feb-2015 Electronic Intifada

Two members of the US Congress have introduced a bill that would turn a giant trade deal between the EU and US into a devastating weapon against the people of Palestine and all those seeking justice alongside them.

Ukraine and Israel agree to intensify free-trade area talks

13-Feb-2015 Ukrainian Journal

Ukraine and Israel have agreed to intensify their talks over the creation of a free trade area (FTA), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlov Klimkin has said.

AIPAC behind new US/EU trade legislation designed to thwart BDS

12-Feb-2015 Mondoweiss

AIPAC is behind the draft US legislation that would make the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being negotiated between the US and EU conditional on whether the EU takes action to stop BDS, according to US sources.

US bill seeks to tie massive trade pact to EU rejection of BDS

11-Feb-2015 Times of Israel

A new US Congressional bill, "The Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act", seeks to make rejection of BDS a requirement for Washington to sign TTIP.

India, Israel FTA not likely to be signed soon

11-Feb-2015 Business Standard

The India and Israel free trade agreement is not going to be reality soon, even as Israel plans expand its footprint in the Indian market in areas such as water management, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

Indian, Israeli officials to meet next week on free trade pact

6-Feb-2015 Economic Times

Officials of India and Israel would discuss next week issues related to the proposed free trade agreement between the countries

Ashrawi praises MEPs call on suspending EU-Israel Association Agreement

29-Jan-2015 PNN

"It is time for the EU to reconsider its political and trade relations with Israel and agreements, including the EU-Israel Association Agreement which Israel has persistently violated,” PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi said.

Israel interested in a free trade zone with Eurasian Economic Union

27-Jan-2015

Israel is interested in creation of a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.