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Trade agreement ’big deal’ for beef producers
6-Mar-2009 Radio New Zealand
Meat & Wool New Zealand describes the prospect of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and South Korea as a "big deal" for domestic beef producers.
Regional EPA due in June
6-Mar-2009 Modern Ghana
A regional Economic Partnership Agreement encompassing the West African region is expected to be signed later this year as negotiations are far advanced for a draft agreement in June 2009, and subsequently a full pact by the end of the year, the outgoing Head of the EU Delegation to Ghana has hinted.
Canada aims for free-trade talks with Europe
6-Mar-2009 Toronto Star
The federal government hopes to open formal negotiations within months toward a free-trade deal with the European Union.
New Asian cattle trade deal
6-Mar-2009 Weekly Times
Australia’s red meat and live cattle export trade to South-East Asia received a boost last week, with the signing of a new trade deal.
Pakistan seeks UAE’s help for FTA with GCC
6-Mar-2009 Daily Times
Pakistan has sought market access from Canada and help from UAE for early completion of Free Trade Agreement with Gulf Cooperation Council.
Beef industry keen to see Korean FTA signed
6-Mar-2009 ABC
Australia’s beef industry will be the big winner if free trade talks between the Government and South Korea are successful.
India’s trade talks with EU may collapse
6-Mar-2009 Daily Times
India’s trade negotiations with the 27-nation European Union, the country’s largest trade partner accounting for 21 percent of merchandise exports, are threatened to collapse because of the non-trade issues like human rights and democracy issues including investigations into the alleged “extra judicial killings” in Jammu and Kashmir injected in the talks.
China seeks ‘comprehensive’ economic pact with Taiwan
6-Mar-2009 Bloomberg
China will push for a comprehensive economic accord with Taiwan and wants to broaden discussions to involve military issues, Premier Wen Jiabao said.
Sign the petition to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
6-Mar-2009 Long Live Palestine
Activists from The Peace Cycle will cycle from the International Courts of Justice in the Hague to the European Parliament in Brussels, to hand-deliver this petition to the European Parliament on 31 March 2009.
ASSOCHAM seeks early India-ASEAN pact to boost trade
6-Mar-2009 Reuters
India needs to expedite a free trade pact with the South-east Asian nations to boost exports in the face of a global economic downturn and rising protectionism, an industry body said on Thursday.
EP wants to see EU-India Free Trade Agreement signed by end of 2010
6-Mar-2009 Khabrein Info
Disappointed with the slow pace of negotiations, the European Parliament would like to see a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and India signed the end of 2010.
Despite Nuclear deal, US sees hurdles in trade with India
6-Mar-2009 The Hindu
While the India-US civil nuclear deal has opened "the door even wider" for US exports, Washington says India’s tariff and tax regime, intellectual property rights policies, investment climate and regulatory hurdles still pose a problem.
Controversy surrounds Peru-Chile free trade agreement
5-Mar-2009 Santiago Times
The Peruvian opponents’ principal argument is that Congress should have approved the FTA, as decreed by article 56 of the Constitution.
"We oppose free trade negotiations with Vietnam" - Johnson, NCTO
5-Mar-2009 Fibre2Fashion
At a hearing on proposed free trade negotiations with countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership area (TPP), the US National Council of Textile Organisations opposed the proposed inclusion of Vietnam in the negotiations and said the textile industry would oppose any agreement that included Vietnam.
Lawmakers postpone Korea-US FTA bill
5-Mar-2009 Chosun Ilbo
Ruling and opposition party lawmakers have tentatively agreed to postpone until April a decision on ratifying the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement concluded in 2007.
Education outcomes of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
5-Mar-2009
Normally the services chapter of an FTA covers movement of persons from one country to another in order to supply a service. This FTA is unusual because it contains both a chapter on trade in services and a separate chapter, and accompanying schedule of commitments, in respect of the movement of natural persons.
South Korean president supports Aust FTA
4-Mar-2009 TVNZ
South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak Lee will announce the start of formal negotiations towards a free trade agreement with Australia in Canberra on Thursday.
US lawmakers rally against Panama FTA
4-Mar-2009 Panama Star
54 democrat congressmen sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to forego the Free Trade Agreement with Panama, because it has refused to sign any tax information exchange treaties.
Trade Wars: The Rise of Protectionism?
4-Mar-2009 Blacklisted News
Around the world, many are looking to President Barack Obama for leadership and feel that he is the one who can save the current global trading system. Does this system really work? Is it worth saving?
Add human rights to FTA talks: EU
4-Mar-2009 Business Standard
A draft report prepared by Members of the European Parliament could potentially derail negotiations between India and the European Union on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement involving duty-free trade of goods, services and investment. The report calls for the inclusion of human rights and democracy issues in the CEPA talks and an international investigation into “extra judicial killings” in Jammu & Kashmir.