17-Jun-2010
South Korea and Colombia began Monday their third round of free trade negotiations in Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported the trade ministry as saying.
17-Jun-2010
A Chinese political and trade delegation to New Zealand has been lauded as a positive continuance of a burgeoning relationship between the two countries by Trade Minister Tim Groser.
17-Jun-2010
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary-General Sindiso Ngwenya on Tuesday urged China to enter into joint ventures with Africa’s largest regional trading and economic grouping to capitalize on the customs union that was launched last year.
16-Jun-2010
AMI
The US meat industry is doing all it can to get ratification of pending US trade agreements, so it can sell more product overseas (just when the US Department of Agriculture is calling on US residents to lower their meat consumption to improve health).
16-Jun-2010
Signing of the East African Community (EAC) Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) agreements that were expected to be signed in June have been postponed to November this year after the negotiations are concluded.
16-Jun-2010
A second round of negotiations towards the Transpacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA) is taking place this week in San Francisco. New Zealand is one of eight parties along with the US, Australia, Singapore, Chile, Peru, Brunei and Vietnam, and others may join.
16-Jun-2010
The negative list of South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) comprises 53 per cent of the total trade between the regional countries, therefore, fully implementation on the agreement would not even yield the desired results, a senior official said on Tuesday.
16-Jun-2010
Key members of the United States food industry have come out in support of comprehensive free trade deal including New Zealand.
16-Jun-2010
US president Barack Obama modified the provisions in the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (Cafta) to allow imports of sugar from Costa Rica starting today.
16-Jun-2010
Turkey has embarked on the road to a “Middle Eastern Union” as an alternative to the European Union, according to some observers, after Ankara unveiled its vision for a giant free-trade zone spanning from the Bosphorus to Sudan and Morocco.
16-Jun-2010
The Board of Investment (BoI) has been tasked to formulate Special Economic Zone Act (SEZA), update the existing Promotion and Protection of Investment Act 1976 and conclude Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with other countries specially the United States.
15-Jun-2010
LeFasoNet
Le dialogue de sourds entre l’Union européenne et l’Afrique de l’Ouest concernant les APE est loin d’être terminé. C’est du moins ce qui ressort du point de presse de la société civile, à l’issue des négociations intervenues au cours de la semaine dernière.
15-Jun-2010
Globe & Mail
Canada’s free-trade agreement with Colombia passed Monday in the House of Commons with the backing of the Liberals, sealing a deal much criticized by human rights groups
15-Jun-2010
Bloomberg
Canadian lawmakers approved a free trade agreement with Colombia, a move that may give its agricultural producers an advantage over US competitors in the Latin American country. The deal now moves to the Senate for final approval.
15-Jun-2010
BBC
Everyone is watching closely for the results of a visit by an EU delegation to Quito on 14-16 June.
15-Jun-2010
EuroJar
After four years of intensive negotiations between the European Union and Morocco, the agreement on trade in food products has been initialed. It still needs to be concluded after adoption by the European Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. And yet, this initiative is not receiving unanimous support.
15-Jun-2010
PTT
We call on civil society organisations to pressure their governments to end free trade agreements (FTAs) with Israel, and implement an immediate arms embargo against it, as was called for previously by Amnesty International after Cast Lead
15-Jun-2010
MONLAR
A joint India-Lanka people’s statement for cultivating peace and not free trade agreements
14-Jun-2010
Focus Taiwan
A new model patterned after the Taiwan-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) will be introduced in negotiations across the Taiwan Strait
14-Jun-2010
Taiwan News
Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party will invite former President Lee Teng-hui to join 100,000 protesters at a June 26 rally against the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China, reports said yesterday.
