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Aquino urged to disclose details of pact with EU
4-Jul-2010 Inquirer
Trade activists urged the newly-installed administration of Filipino President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to publicly disclose the content of a political framework agreement the Philippine government signed with the European Union early June.
EU must boldly address the issues!
3-Jul-2010
As you may be well aware, Namibia has yet to sign the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). It is gratifying to see the EU, in the face of Namibian insistence, eventually shifting and being prepared to further listen to Namibia, negotiating and thrashing out Namibia’s reservations about the contents of the IEPA.
Cabinet hopes ECFA can be passed by late August
3-Jul-2010
Despite a partisan dispute over procedural issues, the Executive Yuan hopes that the legislature will pass the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China by late August to facilitate its implementation Jan. 1, 2011, an official said Saturday.
Indo – Lanka FTA not up to expectations since a decade
3-Jul-2010
Ten years after the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Sri Lanka which came into full existence in March 1, 2000, most heads of Sri Lankan chambers of commerce and industries say that its performance is not up to expectation even after a decade.
Plata says Colombia to sign investment treaty with Japan
2-Jul-2010 Bloomberg
Colombia’s Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata says the pact with Japan may be signed "in the next couple of weeks" and he will visit South Korea to sign another treaty,
East Africans celebrate the common market
2-Jul-2010
We welcome the East African Common Market. Granted, what is being celebrated today has not come with all the freedoms associated with such an entity.
Taiwan has chance to sign FTAs with trading partners: president
1-Jul-2010
Taiwan has a chance to sign free trade agreements (FTAs) or similar economic cooperation agreements with its trade partners after the signing of a trade pact with China, President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday.
Korea seeking to resume FTA talks with Mexico
1-Jul-2010
President Lee Myung-bak will hold a summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderon Thursday (local time) to discuss an early resumption of talks on signing a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), Cheong Wa Dae said.
Korea not to budge on FTA concessions with U.S.
30-Jun-2010
Kim Jong-hoon, the trade minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said yesterday that there would be no renegotiations or changes made to the original Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement.
Ghana wins arbitration dispute with German investor
30-Jun-2010 GNA
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has, in a landmark ruling, granted an award in favour of Ghana over an arbitration dispute instituted against her on September 24, 2007 by a German investment company, Gustav F. W. Hamester.
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the U.S.- South Korea Trade Agreement
30-Jun-2010
We remain deeply concerned about and strongly opposed to the U.S.-South Korea trade agreement as negotiated by the Bush Administration. The agreement would exacerbate our already lopsided trade relationship with South Korea, putting at risk thousands of good U.S. jobs in the auto, steel, and other industrial sectors.
Korea seeks FTAs with C. American nations
30-Jun-2010
South Korea is seeking to boost its partnership with Panama, a small Central American country that has strong ties with the United States, politically and economically, and explore the possibility of signing free trade agreements with regional players with the nation’s help.
S. Korea, Panama agree to boost trade, economic ties
30-Jun-2010
South Korea and Panama agreed Monday to forge a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) at an early date and expand economic partnership.
Lee administration considers expansion of US beef imports
30-Jun-2010 Hankyoreh
Experts say measures implemented after the 2008 candlelight vigil demonstrations may be sacrificed for ratification of the KORUS FTA　
G20 leaders drop Doha target, see smaller deals
29-Jun-2010 Reuters
World leaders dropped a commitment on Saturday to complete the troubled Doha trade round this year and vowed to push forward on bilateral and regional trade talks until a global deal could be done.
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) - consolidated text of the Investment and Services Chapter
29-Jun-2010
Consolidated CETA text of the Investment and Services Chapter as of at 13.1.2010
China and Taiwan sign landmark deal
29-Jun-2010 FT
The agreement that negotiators signed in the Chinese city of Chongqing represents the first phase in trade liberalisation rather than a comprehensive free trade agreement. It also has China doing most of the economic opening in the initial round.
AmCham urges FDI reforms in US
28-Jun-2010 Shanghai Daily
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has urged the United States to depoliticize its regulatory process of identifying investment deals chosen for review, to boost Chinese outbound investment in the US.
Criticism swells around reported OPCON-KORUS FTA exchange
28-Jun-2010 Hankyoreh
At the South Korea-US summit in Toronto on Saturday, Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Barack Obama reached agreement on two major issues: a delay in the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) and “adjusting” the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Criticism is mounting that a trade was made between the two.
S’pore firms jump onto bandwagon ahead of Taiwan-China trade deal
28-Jun-2010 CNA
Singaporean firm Oceanus, the world’s leading producer of abalone, is counting on Taiwan’s trade deal with Beijing to expand in China.