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’Indo-Swiss FTA likely by 2015’
5-Aug-2013 The New Indian Express
A Free-Trade Agreement between India and Switzerland, which is currently under negotiations, could materialise some time in 2015, said Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland, Martin Strub.
EU criticises impasse in Bosnia trade talks
5-Aug-2013 Tax News
The European Commission says that it regrets the ongoing stalemate in trade talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
EU-Central America agreement : International statement
4-Aug-2013 LAMMP
European and Latin-American networks reiterate their recommendations to the European Union and its Member States, in view of the imminent provisional implementation of the commercial pillar of the Association Agreement with con Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua
To free up US banks from Fed and Dodd-Frank suffocation, how about Financial Free Zones?
4-Aug-2013 Forbes
Emerging economies like the UAE have introduced a financial market innovation that could be transplanted to the US and implemented through BITs and FTAs: financial free zones.
FTAs actually restrict free trade
3-Aug-2013
We are told that when trade is free, there will be more trade and nations will prosper. To achieve even freer trade the nations of the world must enter into free trade agreements.
IP Rights chapter of TPP far from final, says ministry
3-Aug-2013
The Intellectual Property (IP) Rights chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is far from being finalised.
Turkey ‘ready’ for free trade deal with Mexico, minister says
3-Aug-2013
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan has said Turkey is ready to sign a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico.
Senator considers Colombia-EU FTA harmful, illegal
3-Aug-2013
The Colombia-European Union (EU) FTA will be as damaging to the country as the one signed with U.S., asserted here Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo, who called the agreement illegal and a violation of the Constitution.
TPPA gets hostile response during public meeting
3-Aug-2013
A public consultation session here intended to gather feedback on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) garnered mostly hostile response from the participants.
FTA with European Union kicks in
2-Aug-2013 Newsroom Panama
Free trade agreements signed by the European Union with Panama, Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua came into force on Thursday August 1.
Turkey ready to sign FTA with Mexico, says minister
2-Aug-2013 World Bulletin
Turkish Minister of Economy Zafer Caglayan said on Tuesday that Turkey was ready to sign a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Mexico.
S. Korea says latest FTA talks with Japan, China constructive
2-Aug-2013
The latest round of talks with Japan and China for a three-way free trade agreement (FTA) ended Friday after what South Korea called "constructive discussions."
ALBA: Anti-imperialist with already nine members
2-Aug-2013 La Arena
The Bolivarian Alliance of Our America held its 12th presidential meeting in Guayaquil in 2013, the first without Hugo Chavez.
Alba alliance ambitions lay bare Latin trade confusion
1-Aug-2013
In the bewildering array of Latin American and Caribbean trade alliances, the left-of-centre Alba group is probably the one that attracts the least attention outside the region.
Why (not) so serious?: US keen to revive Bilateral Investment Treaty
1-Aug-2013 Express Tribune
The United States has asked Pakistan to take the Bilateral Investment Treaty ‘seriously’, as Islamabad plans to bring all domestic stakeholders on board before entering negotiations.
Free-trade deal given shot in arm
31-Jul-2013
Smart political footwork by Prime Minister John Key has put the South Korean free-trade agreement back on the agenda.
EPA negotiations postponed again
31-Jul-2013
The European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, says the EU wants local industries to benefit from the trade agreement and to create added value and jobs.
Nurul Izzah: Don’t bow down to pressure on TPP
31-Jul-2013
Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat VP Nurul Izzah Anwar has accused the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of bowing down to pressure when it agreed to clauses on investor-state dispute settlement in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
China, ROK, Japan launch 2nd FTA talks
31-Jul-2013
China, the Republic of Korea and Japan started their second round of trilateral talks on a free trade agreement on Tuesday.
The world’s worst judicial system?
30-Jul-2013 South News
Frustrated with the BITs and its arbitration, a growing number of governments have retreated from the system.