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Economic growth strategy should include EPAs, regulatory reforms
16-Jan-2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has started to move on its economic policies. Abe likens bold monetary easing, flexible fiscal policies and growth strategy aimed at promoting private-sector investment to “three arrows.”
MFN status to Pakistan remains fruitless for agri sector: USAID
16-Jan-2013
The Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan could not prove instrumental in increasing agriculture exports to India, observed a report sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Commission defends privileged access for big business in court
16-Jan-2013 CEO
In an oral hearing at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg on Friday, 11 January 2013, the EU Commission defended its practice of sharing sensitive information with big business lobby groups while withholding the same information from the general public.
Foreign business ass’n urges movement on PHL-EU FTA negotiations
15-Jan-2013 GMA
The Philippine government and the private sector should move on setting up free trade agreement (FTA) negotations with the European Union, a foreign business association said.
VDA urges heads of state to fast-track EU-US FTA
15-Jan-2013 just-auto.com
Germany’s automotive industry association (VDA) is calling for any revamped European Union-US Free Trade Agreement to concentrate on establishing common standards in a bid to slash billions of dollars from development costs.
Seventh round of India-Canada FTA talks likely in Feb
15-Jan-2013
In a bid to fast track talks for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), India and Canada are likely to hold the seventh round of negotiations in February in New Delhi, a Canadian envoy said today.
Bank in push for a single monetary unit
14-Jan-2013
African Development Bank is stepping in to help East and South African region accelerate the push towards a common currency status. To achieve this, it has drafted a stringent set of financial guidelines to steer the process.
Counterclaims by states in investment arbitration
14-Jan-2013 IISD
It is quite common in investment arbitration for the respondent state to include in its defense to treaty claims one or more criticisms of the investor’s underlying conduct.
FTA between India and EU : Meet insists on informed consent
14-Jan-2013 Sangal Express
A public discussion on the Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union held today at Waiton Community hall in Manipur insisted that the matter should be deliberated thoroughly at the Parliament and State Assemblies and prior informed consent of the public should be obtained before signing the agreement.
Pak-India ties to pave way for S Asia Free Trade Zone
13-Jan-2013
There are several safeguarding measures under WTO regime to save industry even after normalisation of trade with India, as delay in this regard will jeopardise the process of liberalisation of trade between the two neighbours.
’India receives positive indications from EU on FTA’
13-Jan-2013
The long pending negotiations for the India-European Union free trade agreement may finally move ahead with the EU’s chief negotiator scheduled to visit New Delhi this week, amid positive signals emanating from the 27-nation bloc.
Let’s prove ‘detractors’ wrong
11-Jan-2013
News that German ambassador Hans Gnodtke has warned his country might pull out of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly due to be held in Victoria Falls later this year if government does not guarantee protection of its nationals must be a worrying development for Zimbabwean Tourism minister Walter Mzembi who has worked hard to make the event a success.
Govt to sign more bilateral agreements
11-Jan-2013
Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Desire Sibanda on Thursday said following the success of investment road shows carried out last year, government was optimistic of concluding more BIPPAs with several investor countries.
Industrial cooperation offers way to expand trade with ASEAN
11-Jan-2013
Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reached a record high of $400.9 billion in 2012 and the biggest progress in trade facilitation was a consensus on the launch of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Wanted: answers on TPP impact
11-Jan-2013
This will be a big year for Japan in trade talks. Expanding trade is important for the Japanese economy because Japan lacks natural resources. In conducting trade talks, Japan must (1) try to find agreements beneficial to all negotiating partners while (2) protecting national interests, especially by preventing trade agreements from tearing up communities and from undermining the social policy fabric that Japan has painstakingly established over many decades.
Firm makes history after suing Mauritius in Comesa Court of Justice
11-Jan-2013
Kenyan firms — regardless of their size — can now sue the government in the Common Market for Southern Africa (Comesa) Court of Justice, the highest in the intergovernmental organisation, if its actions break rules of the trading bloc.
Free trade should follow fair elections
11-Jan-2013
Should Australia be signing up, and giving the gift of a Free Trade Agreement with countries that are manifestly undemocratic and authoritarian?
First Nations seek to hold up ratification of Canada-China foreign investment treaty
11-Jan-2013 Toronto Star
First Nations groups have added their voices to opposition to Canada’s planned foreign investment agreement with China, notifying the Harper government they are going to court in an attempt to hold up ratification of the controversial treaty.
Thailand to sign FTA with Pakistan
11-Jan-2013 Pakistan Today
Thailand has expressed its intention to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan to further promote trade and economic relations between the two countries.
Red Electrica seeks arbitration over Bolivia nationalisation
10-Jan-2013
Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica said on Tuesday it had begun to seek World Bank arbitration over Bolivia’s expropriation of its transmission business TDE.