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Key says child labour not part of FTA
4-Jul-2011 Otago Daily Times
India’s use of child labour is unacceptable but free trade agreement negotiations are not the forum to deal with it, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says.
India rejects clause on litigation
4-Jul-2011
Despite a demand by the European Union (EU), India is unlikely to allow a clause in a proposed trade pact with the bloc that permits an overseas investor to sue a host country at an international dispute settlement agency.
South Korea’s FTA strategy
4-Jul-2011
A free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the European Union took effect on July 1. A close look at South Korea’s strategy for securing FTAs with EU and the United States — although the U.S. Congress has not approved the deal — could give us a fresh perspective for reviewing Taiwan’s economic strategy.
ACT UP-Paris wakes up the European Commissioner for Trade in Belgium
3-Jul-2011 ACT UP-Paris
This morning, in a small town in the region of Gent, Belgium, activists from Act Up-Paris woke up the European Commissioner for Trade in front of his house. They unfurled a banner which said ‘De Gucht, AIDS accomplice’.
Mercosur pushes for early EU trade pact
2-Jul-2011
Latin America’s Mercosur trade bloc is impatient for progress on free-trade talks with the European Union to lead to an early agreement, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said.
US investors seek hassle-free entry into Indian economy
2-Jul-2011
Officially, the mission of Pranab Mukherjee’s just-concluded trip was to attend the second annual meeting of the India-US Financial and Economic Partnership. The finance minister brought with him perhaps the most star-studded Indian economic team to visit Washington for a bilateral event.
BoC seeking help from China
2-Jul-2011
Determined to get to the bottom on the use of fake Free Trade Agreement (FTA) certificates that has defrauded government of billions of pesos in taxes, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) has sought the help of its Chinese counterpart to expose the modus operandi.
GOP calls free trade talks "noxious," blocks deals
2-Jul-2011
Senate Republicans today said discussions with Democrats over three pending free trade agreements have become so "noxious" that they’ve decided to block them.
Free-trade discord takes toll on flower importers
2-Jul-2011
Since Valentine’s Day, Miami flower importers have watched their expenses climb, contending with rising fuel prices and surcharges and, most vexing of all, the expiration of an Andean trade program that allowed them to bring in flowers from Colombia and Ecuador without paying duties.
US Trade Rep. "Dumbfounded" by Republican Boycott of FTA Vote
2-Jul-2011
The United States’ top trade official, Ron Kirk, says he is "dumbfounded" by Republican senators who failed to show up for a hearing Thursday to take action on three pending free trade agreements, including the one with Korea.
Unbalanced power in trade
2-Jul-2011
The EU and ASEAN states have been discussing the possibility of signing a Free Trade Agreement since 2007. Thankfully, the Indonesian government has decided that another one to two years is needed to fully investigate the effects of the FTA before signing.
Some 1,500 Taiwan products to be affected by EU-Korea FTA: officials
2-Jul-2011
Around 1,500 Taiwanese products are facing a growing threat from South Korean exports in the European market as a result of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and South Korea, which took effect July 1, economic officials said Saturday.
A-G questions agreement merits
1-Jul-2011
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has questioned the merits of trade agreements that serve to benefit the economically powerful more than developing economies.
PACER Plus ineffective without Fiji: AG
1-Jul-2011
Any regional economic agreement that excludes Fiji will be an ineffective instrument for trade and development says Trade Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
Intra-SADC trade edges up
1-Jul-2011
Non-tariff barriers (NTBs) are still the biggest stumbling block to countries raising current low levels of intra-regional trade.
S. Korean biz bodies hail implementation of EU FTA
30-Jun-2011
South Korea’s leading business organizations on Thursday welcomed the scheduled implementation of the free trade pact with the European Union (EU), vowing full support for the deal that promises to promote trade and economic growth.
"Time out" on the promises of European Union Partnership
30-Jun-2011
In October 2008, when the 15 member countries of CARIFORUM (CF) individually signed a full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the collective European Union (EU) of 27 countries, much was made of the promise of increased benefits to Caribbean countries. Two and half years later, the promise remains unfulfilled.
S. Korea-EU trade deal will impact globally: envoy
30-Jun-2011
A sweeping free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union will have a worldwide impact, the EU’s ambassador in Seoul said Thursday, on the eve of its implementation.
India-Malaysia FTA takes effect today
30-Jun-2011
The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Malaysia will come into effect from July 1, 2011, giving Indian professionals like accountants, engineers and doctors access to the key Southeast Asian nation
Tunisian free trade talks on the horizon
30-Jun-2011
Canada is expected to enter into negotiations toward a free trade agreement with Tunisia next year, and is looking at another deal with Qatar.