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Moldavskie Vedomosti: The dangers of the free trade zone
2-Mar-2011
The negotiations over a free trade zone between Moldova and the EU will begin this summer and end in 2015. This is when the two sides will establish actual economic relations.
Thousands of people with HIV protest India-EU trade deal restricting access to cheap drugs
2-Mar-2011
Thousands of people with HIV and cancer marched through the streets of India’s capital Wednesday to protest a planned trade deal with the European Union that they claim would restrict access to affordable medicines.
European buyers to increase Korean imports after FTA
2-Mar-2011
Korean exports to the European Union are expected to register solid gains once a bilateral free trade agreement takes effect, a local trade organization said Wednesday.
India, Asean to ink economic pact by year-end: Anand Sharma
2-Mar-2011
India will sign a comprehensive economic partnership agreement with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) by the end of this year, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said Wednesday.
Five years post-CAFTA
2-Mar-2011 CEICOM
Five years after the entry into force of CAFTA-DR, several international bodies declared this trade treaty made little or no contribution to El Salvadoran economy.
Chile-Turkey free trade agreement takes effect
2-Mar-2011
The Chile-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (FTA) became effective Tuesday, with 98 percent of bilateral trade now tax-free and the rest to follow suit within six years.
New envoy says EU, Japan not yet ready to start trade talks
2-Mar-2011
New European Union Ambassador to Japan Hans Dietmar Schweisgut said Tuesday that the European Union and Japan have not yet reached the point of starting negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, while reiterating the need for Tokyo to make efforts to lower so-called nontariff barriers.
CAFTA-DR partners agree to fix technical flaws in agreement
2-Mar-2011
The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Commission held its first meeting last week in El Salvador and approved several changes to CAFTA-DR rules of origin
Import duty cuts on budget agenda
2-Mar-2011
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is expected to announce a slew of import duty cuts in Union Budget 2011-12 to fulfil the commitments in India’s free-trade agreements (FTAs).
EU mulls individual FTAs for ASEAN
2-Mar-2011
Despite ASEAN emerging as a fast-growing market of 591 million people, one major trading partner — the European Union (EU) — still won’t ink a free trade agreement with the bloc, preferring to strike individual deals.
India, EU kick off fresh talks on free trade agreement
2-Mar-2011 Business Standard
John Clancy, spokesperson for the European Commission’s trade directorate, told Business Standard this week’s talks would focus on “tariffs and services”.
Military coups are good for Canadian business: The Canada-Honduras free trade agreement
2-Mar-2011 Upside Down World
Last week Canadian negotiators met with their Honduran counterparts in Tegucigalpa to discuss a free trade agreement (FTA).
China’s official proposes immediate start of E Asia FTA talks
2-Mar-2011 Xinhua
East Asia should wait no more for the opening of dialogues over the establishment of a free trade area (FTA) that will help facilitate the global economic recovery, a Chinese commerce official said in Anhui on Tuesday.
Perimeter security and the future of North American integration
1-Mar-2011 Be Your Own Leader
While the NAFTA framework remains intact, a recent announcement by Canada and the US to work towards a trade and security perimeter agreement without Mexico, has some questioning the future of the whole trilateral process.
Gov’t gets mixed responses on Pacific FTA in 1st public dialogue
1-Mar-2011 Mainichi Daily News
The Japanese government began a series of debates to win public backing for its policy of pursuing freer trade, at a time when concerns are growing that Japan’s possible participation in a Pacific free trade pact may negatively affect the farm sector and other aspects of everyday life. "By joining the TPP, I am afraid that our culture, and even history, may be affected," said one participant.
Southern Africa: A region of winners and losers, not partners
1-Mar-2011 IPS
Critics want southern Africa to look at Latin America’s Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) as an approach to achieving regional economic integration based on fulfilling basic human needs and the services that are required to meet them instead of trade liberalisation with the EU, within the BRICSA group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa) or within the region itself.
‘FTA with EU will kill HIV patients’
1-Mar-2011 Free Malaysia Today
Ghana’s chicken farmers ended up with a mere 11% domestic market share as opposed to the previous 95% market share when country’s chicken tariffs were cut and was flooded with subsidised EU chicken — and the same could happen to Malaysia.
RI not to rush to sign FTA with EU
1-Mar-2011 Antara
Indonesia will not rush to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union just because others have done it, said Deputy Trade Minister Mahendra Siregar
The bubble bursts for Ukraine’s ’Champagne’
1-Mar-2011 The Independent
Ukrainian winemakers will be forced to stop labelling their sparkling white wines as "Champagne" as part of a free trade agreement with the European Union due to be signed later this year.
Malaysians protest EU free trade agreements
1-Mar-2011 Press TV
Hundreds of people protested outside the venue where the second round of free trade negotiations between Malaysia and the European Union were taking place.