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Seoul to limit fallout of China FTA on farm sector
4-May-2012 ThePoultrySite
South Korea will draw up safeguard measures to minimise the fallout of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China on its farming sector, the Seoul government said.
Kaesong Complex could be given special status
3-May-2012
South Korea and China have agreed to designate the Kaesong Industrial Complex an outward processing zone (OPZ). The agreement was made shortly before the two countries’ trade ministers declared the opening of negotiations for a South Korea-China free trade agreement (FTA).
Long, bumpy road to FTA with China
3-May-2012
Trade minister Park Tae-ho has declared the opening of free trade agreement negotiations with China, but a rough road lies ahead. In addition to concerns about the major blow an FTA would deal to the domestic agriculture and fishing sectors and small manufacturers, questions are also being raised about the economic effects of recent FTAs with the European Union and United States.
Free trade plans with China announced
3-May-2012
On May 2, South Korea and China formally announced the beginning of negotiations toward a bilateral free trade agreement.
Agriculture at risk under FTA with China
3-May-2012
Major concerns about a potential South Korea-China free trade agreement are already being voiced by the agriculture community and small manufacturers.
Argentina: Towards a possible new withdrawal from ICSID?
2-May-2012
As long as States, like Argentina and many others, accumulate a large amount of cases against them or obtain sistematically wrong results before ICSID arbitrators — which is the rule, with a very few exceptions — it is possible that the list of ICSID withdrawals will increase in the Americas.
Treaties that gave away the store
1-May-2012 The Hindu
As India grapples with the Vodafone and 2G fallout, the Bilateral Investment Treaties it signed a few years ago are coming back to haunt it.
Supreme Court recommends renegotiation of ISD clause
30-Apr-2012 The Hankyoreh
Controversial KORUS FTA clause could lead to ‘legal chaos’, says Korea’s top legal body
Iran, Syria set to implement free trade agreement
29-Apr-2012 Eurasia Review
Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Commerce Mehdi Ghazanfari says the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Islamic Republic and Syria is set to be implemented, according to Press TV.
Canada: The real cost of free trade
28-Apr-2012 Operation Maple
EU and Asean confirm objective of free trade agreement
27-Apr-2012 The Nation
Foreign Ministers of the EuropeanUnion and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) re-stated their commitment Friday to an eventual free trade agreement between the two economic zones.
Blasting ‘weak-kneed’ skeptics, Tories fan out to plug EU trade deal
27-Apr-2012 Globe and Mail
The Harper government’s PR machine will be working overtime Friday as 40 per cent of the Conservative Canadian cabinet fans out across the country to shore up support for a free trade deal with the European Union.
Treaties that gave away the store
27-Apr-2012
As India grapples with the Vodafone and 2G fallout, the Bilateral Investment Treaties it signed a few years ago are coming back to haunt it.
EPAs will take the EAC countries to early grave
26-Apr-2012
East African governments are negotiating for Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU). The EPAs are free trade agreements based on the principle of reciprocity. They require Africa to open up its borders to duty and tariff-free goods and services from Europe. But numerous studies posit that this unequal partnership will have disastrous consequences on African citizens.
’Gringo superpigs’ threaten Colombia’s pork trade: Report
26-Apr-2012 Colombia Reports
The new FTA with the U.S. will bring "gringo superpigs" to Colombia, threatening the country’s domestic pork trade, newspaper Diario Del Huila claimed Wednesday.
CETA: foundering on the agricultural issue
25-Apr-2012 La France Agricole
Canada and the European Union hope to conclude a free trade agreement by November 2012, however discussions stumble on supply management of Canadian farm products.
Labor action and inaction in Colombia free trade deal
25-Apr-2012 In These Times
As the media swarmed over the scandal surrounding the Secret Service’s alleged carousing with prostitutes in Colombia, another questionable financial transaction slipped quietly through the backdoor of hemispheric diplomacy.
Thousands in Japan protest Asia-Pacific trade pact
25-Apr-2012 AFP
Thousands of farmers rallied in Tokyo Wednesday against a Pacific-wide free trade pact as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s prepares for a visit to the United States.
Mad-cow scare stalls US beef sales in Sth Korea
25-Apr-2012 NZ Herald
South Korean agriculture officials are considering whether to formally suspend delivery of US beef to stores by halting quarantine inspections, preventing it from clearing customs.
Canada-EU negotiators are talking. But is it a round?
25-Apr-2012
Canadian and European negotiators are back at the table in Brussels this week to pick through unresolved issues in the Canada-European Union free trade talks.