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The cost of regional pacts
22-Mar-2011
Given the changing international trade environment, India needs to strike the right balance between regionalism and multilateralism.
Kirk says US-Brazil accord will ‘open the doors’ of constrained market
22-Mar-2011
The trade and economic cooperation deal signed by the US and Brazil will open a constrained market and help reach the administration’s goal of doubling exports by 2015, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.
S.Korea and Peru sign FTA
22-Mar-2011
South Korea’s Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and his Peruvian counterpart Eduardo Ferreyros Monday inked the free trade agreement in Seoul after five rounds of negotiations over a two-year period.
Pak-China FTA expansion in June
22-Mar-2011
Pakistan and China will discuss expansion of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries in the coming June with an aim to boost bilateral trade.
South Korea’s global food ambitions: Rural farming and land grabs
21-Mar-2011 Conducive
South Korea’s inability to feed itself should not only be seen as a result of its economic development strategy, prioritization of the urban population and industrial development over agriculture, but also in the long term ties and dependency to the US, its largest trading partner.
EU NZ trade talks ’premature’
21-Mar-2011 NZ Herald
Talks on a free trade agreement between the European Union and New Zealand would be premature at this point, says EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht.
More free trade agreements? When NAFTA failed?
21-Mar-2011 Huffington Post
With the Republicans and the Obama administration attempting to rush headlong into a new trade agreements with Korea, and possibly also with Panama and Colombia, it is incumbent on Americans to apply a bit of empiricism. How have our past trade agreements worked out? Above all, how’s the grand-daddy of them all, NAFTA, doing?
Australia-Korea FTA on the way
21-Mar-2011 JoongAng Daily
Jim Lim, the newly appointed chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Korea, or AustChamKorea, expects the free trade agreement between Korea and Australia to be signed in the first half of this year.
US-Brazil ATEC (2011)
21-Mar-2011 USTR
US, Brazil sign trade, economic agreement as Obama visits
21-Mar-2011 Bloomberg
The US and Brazil signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement which is considered "among the first steps on the road to a free-trade agreement".
US ties visa waivers to progress on beef exports to Taiwan
19-Mar-2011 Taipei Times
Taiwan has been informed that the import ban on US beef products containing ractopamine residue could have repercussions for the nation’s long-standing request to be included in the US visa-waiver program
Obama to announce framework trade deal in visit to Brazil
19-Mar-2011 Reuters
US President Obama hopes to lay the groundwork for more trade with Brazil when he visits there this weekend, with announcements of a framework for negotiating future trade deals and a new round of US-backed financing for American companies bidding on Brazilian projects, foreign trade sources said Thursday.
NGOs urge EU to strike down Colombia trade deal
19-Mar-2011 Colombia Reports
More than 200 non-governmental organizations sign a manifesto calling on the European Union to strike down its free trade agreement with Colombia, EFE reported Wednesday.
HAI Europe on EU-India & EU-Mercosur trade agreements
19-Mar-2011
All eyes are on the EU-India trade agreement, and the repercussions it will have on access to medicines in India and other developing countries. At the same time, the EU is in the process of negotiating other trade agreements that could harm or hinder access to medicines, such as this week’s negotiations between the EU and the Mercosur countries.
Unexpected obstacles hinder ratification of US, EU FTAs
18-Mar-2011 Dong-a Ilbo
Koreas free trade agreements with the US and the European Union, which Seoul hopes to ratify by this years first half, face unexpected obstacles to parliamentary ratification.
Need for early conclusion of investment promotion issue with Nigeria: Anand Sharma
18-Mar-2011 Sify
Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today expressed for an early conclusion of Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) with Nigeria.
Ecuador Congress ends bilateral pacts with France, Sweden
18-Mar-2011 Dow Jones
Ecuador’s National Assembly has approved a request by President Rafael Correa to end bilateral investment-promotion and protection agreements with France and Sweden.
HRW celebra iniciativa para vincular TLC con Colombia a derechos humanos
18-Mar-2011 EFE
El grupo de defensa de los derechos humanos Human Rights Watch celebró hoy la iniciativa presentada por seis miembros del Congreso de EE.UU. para vincular la ratificación del TLC con Colombia a mejoras en los estándares de derechos humanos.
US IP enforcement ambitions in Trans-Pacific trade agreement stir reactions
17-Mar-2011 IP Watch
An alleged official document leaked last week showed that the United States is taking the lead in escalating intellectual property rights enforcement in negotiations for a regional trade agreement among countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.
Govt will protect interests of drug industry: Scindia
15-Mar-2011
Amid concerns expressed by the Indian industry, the government today said in Parliament that it will protect the interest of the domestic drug industry while finalising the free trade pact with European Union.