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European FTAs with Asian countries may harm Bangladesh
5-Nov-2009 Daily Star
The European Union’s bilateral free trade agreements with India, Southeast Asian nations and South Korea may be a potential threat to Bangladesh, officials of the European Commission said yesterday.
Beyond TRIPS: The Current Push for Greater International Enforcement of Intellectual Property
5-Nov-2009 Event and Webcast at American University
Passing on the Mantle of Deep North American Integration
4-Nov-2009 NAUresistance
All the talk of renegotiating NAFTA appears to have revived the trade accord and renewed the push for North American integration. This could lead to NAFTA’s expansion into a North American Union and might serve to further spread its failed model to other parts of the Western Hemisphere.
Nov. 19 Nl: Workshop on Global Europe and strategies on European Free Trade Agreements
4-Nov-2009
Australia-Malaysia FTA Should Be Comprehensive - Envoy
3-Nov-2009
Australia is looking forward to a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia but has set no timeframe to conclude negotiations on it.
NZ agrees trade deal with six Gulf states
3-Nov-2009
New Zealand has successfully concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with six oil-rich Gulf states, Trade Minister Tim Groser announced yesterday.
Nepal: US floats TIFA for zero-duty facility
3-Nov-2009 Republica
The US Trade Representative has floated an option of Washington and Kathmandu signing a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement and it has forwarded a text of the TIFA to the Commerce Ministry for necessary study for further negotiations.
Liser urges firmer ties between US, COMESA
3-Nov-2009 The Post
US assistant trade representative for Africa Florizelle Liser yesterday said there is need to strengthen her country’s relationship with the COMESA region through various trade and investment agreements.
Leuthard keeps to agriculture course
3-Nov-2009 swissinfo
Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard is keeping to the policy of liberalising agriculture, and negotiating an FTA with the European Union, despite mounting criticisms and boot lobbing by angry farmers.
Dairy sector welcomes FTA with Gulf States
3-Nov-2009 TVNZ
The New Zealand industry expects to make substantial gains through preferential market access to the GCC and leverage off growing dairy consumption in the region.
India-EU summit on Friday
3-Nov-2009 IANS
The daylong India-EU summit is expected to give a decisive political push to negotiations over the long-deliberated, broadbased trade and investment pacts that are currently dragging due to differences over the EU’s bid to bring in non-trade issues into the talks.
EU agreement on hold pending Honduras crisis
2-Nov-2009 TicoTImes
The Honduran crisis is delaying trade agreement negotiations between Central America and the European Union, as diplomats wait to see how the political situation there plays out.
Syrian-EU partnership deal needs to serve Syria’s interest: Assad
2-Nov-2009 Xinhua
On Oct. 8, the EU said it was ready to sign a Syrian-European partnership agreement on Oct. 26 in Luxembourg. However, Damascus has officially asked to postpone the signing to an unspecified date, saying it needed taking more time to consider the agreement and assess its impact on the Syrian economy.
Free trade plan urged for Taiwan, Japan: report
2-Nov-2009 AFP
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) in Taipei is calling for an FTA between the two sides, despite the fact that Japan, like most countries, officially recognizes Beijing instead of Taipei
Japan, EU jockey for position in effort to ink India trade pact
2-Nov-2009 Japan Times
Whichever FTA is signed first — Japan’s or the EU’s — will put pressure on the other pair of negotiators to reach pragmatic compromises. The race for India is on.
New Zealand and Gulf states finalize free trade pact
2-Nov-2009 Monsters and Critics
New Zealand and the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have concluded a free trade agreement, Trade Minister Tim Groser announced Monday.
EU agrees to talk on FTA in Feb
1-Nov-2009
The European Union has finally agreed to initiate talks on Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan and the first round of negotiations would be held in February 2010.
Ecuador prepares for new hearings in Occidental case
31-Oct-2009 Dow Jones Newswires
Occidental is seeking $3.2 billion in damages for Ecuador’s May 2006 decision to cancel the company’s operating contract
European trade group urges Taiwan to sign trade deals with China
31-Oct-2009 Taiwan News
Pellegrin argued that the sooner Taiwan signs an ECFA with China, the quicker political impediments to other countries, including the EU, signing economic agreements with Taiwan will be removed.
Bumpy road ahead for India-EU FTA
31-Oct-2009 Economic Times
Sources say that the two sides are nowhere close to an agreement.