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Korea, China to start FTA talks in fall
23-Jun-2010 Chosun Ilbo
The two governments will start preliminary talks on sensitive items such as agriculture and automobiles in September
US trade official: Ready to draft text for Pacific trade deal
23-Jun-2010 WSJ
Most important to the Obama administration’s hope of making its first negotiated trade deal a "21st-century" agreement, enough consensus existed on new issues like harmonizing regulations and supply systems to move toward text.
Europe and India push to seal free-trade deal
23-Jun-2010 New York Times
European companies are increasing their presence in emerging markets like India in part to offset sluggish domestic growth. That is also true for Spanish companies that have traditionally focused on former Latin American colonies rather than on Asia.
Export duty halts signing of agreement with EU
23-Jun-2010
Export duty is one pending issue that needs to be resolved before an EU-GCC free trade agreement is signed, disclosed Tomas Dupla del Moral, Middle East and south Mediterranean External Commissioner with the European Commission in an email exchange with the Kuwait Times this week.
‘One-China’ policy stands; no FTA with Taiwan
22-Jun-2010 Manila Bulletin
Short of shooting down a proposed bilateral free trade agreement between Taiwan and the Philippines, Trade and Industry Secretary Jesli A. Lapus said the country’s “One-China” policy stands and that commercial relations between the two economies are adequately covered under the Philippines-Taiwan Joint Economic Conference.
India-EU FTA likely by year-end, says Sharma
22-Jun-2010 Business Standard
Both multilateral trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) like the India-EU (European Union) FTA, need to be speedily concluded in order to aid global recovery from the economic crisis, Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma said on Monday.
Econometric unreality and Taiwan-PRC trade
22-Jun-2010 Taiwan News
A new econometric forecast by two US-based economists of the benefits that could accrue to Taiwan in the wake of the signing of the proposed China-Taiwan FTA ironically highlights the lack of utility of such findings in persuading Taiwan’s people to accept the touted pact.
Australia, China sign deals, push free trade
22-Jun-2010 Global Times
Currently, Australia is the biggest exporter of iron ore, alumina, coal and liquefied natural gas to China, and China is Australia’s biggest trading partner and biggest exporting market as well as the biggest importer.
Malaysia eyes new FTA partners
21-Jun-2010 Bernama
The government will expand investment and trade opportunities by signing new free trade agreements, particularly with nations in West Asia and other emerging markets.
Stop the shameful EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
21-Jun-2010 éirígí Sligeach
Already this year, more than 30 union activists have been murdered.
Botswana in fragile balancing act at EPA talks
20-Jun-2010
Botswana has emerged as the dealmaker in the contentious Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations aimed at finding middle ground between the European Union on one side and South Africa, Namibia and Angola on the other.
EU-GCC relations enter new phase
20-Jun-2010
The European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) last week celebrated 22 years of their relationship by launching a three-year Joint Action Programme (JAP) to move forward to stronger cooperation with confidence and optimism.
Recall midnight EOs, trade group urges Aquino
20-Jun-2010
The multi-sectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FTA) is calling on incoming President Benigno Aquino III to prioritize the review and recall of controversial “midnight” Executive Orders issued by outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
’EU trade deal could take 1.5 years to pass’
20-Jun-2010 Colombia Reports
Colombia’s free trade agreement with the European Union could take one and a half years to be ratified by the European parliament, according to the EU’s Deputy Director for External Relations.
EU wine diplomacy and Indian exports
18-Jun-2010 IWA
The EU has many bilateral agreements on wine in order to aggressively protect its corporate interests
Korea ranks 6th among G20 nations in number of investment deals
18-Jun-2010 Arirang
An OECD report shows that as of end May, Korea had 106 international investment agreements, most being bilateral deals.This puts Korea in a tie with the United States
France, Spain, Italy jointly ask to quit EU-Morocco FTA
18-Jun-2010 Green Med
The fresh produce organizations members of the Joint French-Spanish-Italian Committee wrote to the European Parliament to claim their vote against the renewal of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.
China opening trade doors to Pakistan
17-Jun-2010 Asia Times
China has pledged to provide trade concessions to Islamabad that it is not getting from the United States and European Union
Businesses urged to capitalise on free trade deals
17-Jun-2010
New Zealand should be looking to become the food bowl of Asia and use free trade agreements to do it, according to financial services firm KPMG.
GCC close to meeting monetary union plan
17-Jun-2010
At the end of 2009, all GCC countries, with the exception of UAE and Oman which disengaged from the plan, were within the fiscal convergence criteria needed for the regional monetary union, the Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) said.