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The North American Leaders Summit and Reviving Trilateral Integration
27-Mar-2012 Be Your Own Leader
While it is unlikely that the upcoming leaders summit will bring about any grand new plan, it could be used as a starting point to revive the whole trilateral process. With the NAFTA framework still intact, the vision for a North American Union has not been abandoned.
Free trade with Japan will only worsen trade deficit, CAW president says
27-Mar-2012 CAW
Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza is raising serious objections to the new free trade discussions with Japan, charging that a free trade deal with Japan is unnecessary and would hurt the Canadian economy.
TCI to invoke India-UK treaty against govt
27-Mar-2012 Business Standard
London-based hedge fund, The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), on Monday said it will initiate legal action against the government under the provisions of the India-UK bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
Korea, Turkey sign tentative FTA
26-Mar-2012
The governments of Korea and Turkey on Monday provisionally signed a bilateral free trade agreement, completing three years of negotiations.
Kenya’s dilemma at EU trade talks
26-Mar-2012
Revelations that Kenyan flowers will be subjected to 16 per cent duty should Kenya fail to ratify Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by June raises concern about their role in boosting trade on the continent.
Obama says to suspend trade benefits for Argentina
26-Mar-2012
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he was suspending trade benefits for Argentina because of the South American country’s failure to pay more than $300 million in compensation awards in two disputes involving American investors.
Let spirit of give and take prevail in EPAs deadline
26-Mar-2012
After breaking several self-imposed deadlines for concluding a binding trade pact with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, the European Commission is turning to legal means to end what is fast becoming a circus.
ACP calls for understanding from Europe
26-Mar-2012
Spirited calls from Parliamentary Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) have appealed for flexibility, empathy and "practical reason" from European authorities, regarding stalled free trade negotiations with their regions, an ACP statement said.
Taiwan makes lemonade from SKorea-US FTA
26-Mar-2012
The news this week that the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement came into force sent jitters through the ranks of Taiwan exporters. It is no secret that the island’s businesses have been doing it tough recently, and the last thing needed was more pain in sectors where they have been fighting hard to remain competitive.
Key plugs free-trade deal with Seoul
26-Mar-2012
Time is running out for New Zealand to secure a quality free-trade agreement with Korea, Prime Minister John Key has admitted.
New Zealand eyes FTA with S. Korea this year
26-Mar-2012 Xinhua
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key would like to see a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea agreed this year in order to bolster bilateral trade links, despite admitting Monday that some South Korean industries would resist a deal.
Canadian prime minister says free trade pact with Thailand to be negotiated
23-Mar-2012 AP
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his country will hold exploratory talks with Thailand on a free trade agreement.
Coalition calls for comprehensive US-EU FTA
22-Mar-2012 Poultry Site
An ad hoc coalition of 40 food and agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council in a letter sent yesterday to the Obama administration and Congress expressed concern that a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union might fall short of long-established US objectives for trade pacts.
Asia investment pact could lead to free-trade talks
22-Mar-2012 WSJ
Japan, South Korea and China have wrapped up a three-way investment treaty seen as an important stepping stone toward the far more ambitious goal of forging a free-trade zone among the Asian neighbors despite a history of tension and distrust that have hindered closer ties.
Flower sector in jeopardy as EU mulls over EPA deadline
22-Mar-2012 The Standard
Kenya’s flower exports to the European Union will be subjected to a 16 per cent duty should a proposal to impose a deadline on the Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations sail through the European Parliament this year.
African nations risk losing tax-free access to Europe -EU official
22-Mar-2012 Reuters
Some African countries could lose tax-free access for exports to the European Union if they fail to sign a deal by next year to replace preferential agreements that the World Trade Organisation has rejected, an EU lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Join TPP but also expand in Asia: economist
21-Mar-2012
Japan should adopt a two-pronged trade strategy — participate in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement and further deepen economic ties with the rest of Asia — to achieve economic growth, according to the top economist at the Asian Development Bank Institute.
US eyes suspending trade benefits for Argentina
21-Mar-2012
The United States could soon suspend trade benefits for Argentina because of that country’s failure to pay awards in two long-running investment disputes with U.S. companies, a U.S. trade official said on Monday.
Meat Controversy: Ma says US beef policy will help boost trade relations
21-Mar-2012
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday said he was concerned about the nation’s economic development after a free-trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the US came into force last week, adding that the government’s plan to partially lift a ban on US beef imports would help facilitate trade relations with other countries.
European Union whines despite India agreeing to halve import duty on its wines
21-Mar-2012