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Russia to draft free trade area agreement within CIS
28-Jun-2010 Voice of Russia
Russia is going to draft an agreement before the end of the year on a CIS free trade area involving at first Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, says the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
US pledges to revise South Korea free trade agreement
28-Jun-2010 FT
The US said at the weekend it will seek to complete a long-stalled trade deal with South Korea, while the G8 acknowledged deep troubles in global trade talks by shifting the focus to bilateral pacts.
Free market stealth economics at G20
27-Jun-2010 Toronto Media Co-op
Behind razor sharp security walls and thousands of armed police, Canada’s Conservative government is utilising the G20 summit as a political platform to push forward bilateral trade agreements globally, according to recent statements from the Canadian government.
An ECFA will destroy middle class: TSU head
27-Jun-2010 Taipei Times
"How will Taiwan survive if our export-oriented industries relocate to China and our domestic market-oriented companies are replaced because of competition from Chinese products?" asks the head of Taiwan Solidarity Union.
EU’s ’divisive’ trade deal comes under fire at SADC conference
27-Jun-2010 Business Day
Southern African Development Community (SADC) executive secretary Tomáz Salomão yesterday criticised the European Union for trying to "impose" a preferential free-trade agreement on countries in the region.
Sri Lanka rejects EU’s rights conditions for trade benefits, saying they violate sovereignty
26-Jun-2010 Canadian Press
Sri Lanka’s trade benefits with the world’s biggest consumer market are due to expire Aug. 15. The EU had asked Sri Lanka to give a written commitment by July 1 pledging to improve human rights before it would consider renewing them.
Taiwan-China: No such thing as a free trade
26-Jun-2010 The Economist
Economic success has not trickled down to many Taiwanese, and for them the ECFA is an abstract idea of frighteningly radical engagement with China, writes The Economist
EU and Philippines initial partnership, cooperation deal
26-Jun-2010 Bloomberg
The European Union and the Philippines initialed on Friday in Brussels the text of a new partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA), following its completion on June 3. The PCA is not a free-trade agreement. However, should the EU and Philippines decide to negotiate an FTA, the PCA would facilitate its conclusion.
Tens of thousands rally in Taiwan against China pact
26-Jun-2010 AFP
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday as Taiwan prepares to seal a major trade deal with Beijing that opponents fear is a step towards Chinese control.
The Bolivarian FTA
26-Jun-2010 TC Digital
The 10th Summit of ALBA concludes with an announcement that its members undertake to speed up the conclusion of a trade agreement.
10th ALBA summit starts in Ecuador
25-Jun-2010 Agencia Prensa Rural
The 10th summit of the Bolivian Alliance for the Peoples of America - People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) began on Friday in the Andean city of Otavalo, Ecuador.
ECFA to be signed amid optimism, concerns
25-Jun-2010
Taiwan and China finalized details of a key trade pact Thursday to cut export tariffs and allow more market access to each other, but Taiwan’s opposition is planning a massive rally Saturday to protest the deal.
WTO DG Pascal Lamy describes FTAs as "politically convenient" instruments
25-Jun-2010
Asean has been interested in using Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) as instruments for promoting trade in the globalised economy.
’India and the EU are both committed to universal values’
25-Jun-2010
The European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and vice-president of the European Commission, Catherine Ashton, is currently visiting India to enhance Indo-EU ties. Ashish Ray asked her a few questions:
Groundwork done, FTA talks with Canada soon
25-Jun-2010
India and Canada could start negotiations on a free trade agreement for opening up markets in goods, investments and services by the end of this year.
Taiwan, China finishing important trade pact
24-Jun-2010 AP
The deal, which is expected to be signed next week in Chongqing, ultimately ties Taiwan’s high-tech economy to China’s lucrative markets and paves the way for much closer political relations between the sides.
Green light from Trade Committee for safeguard clause in EU-South Korea trade accord
24-Jun-2010 EP
The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee gave its approval on Wednesday to draft legislation implementing a safeguard clause in the EU-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA).
IFG and allies rally for "New deal or no deal" at TPP talks in SF
23-Jun-2010 IFG
International Forum on Globalisation protest at TPP negotiations in San Francisco
Korea, China to start FTA talks in fall
23-Jun-2010 Chosun Ilbo
The two governments will start preliminary talks on sensitive items such as agriculture and automobiles in September
US trade official: Ready to draft text for Pacific trade deal
23-Jun-2010 WSJ
Most important to the Obama administration’s hope of making its first negotiated trade deal a "21st-century" agreement, enough consensus existed on new issues like harmonizing regulations and supply systems to move toward text.