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India, SA trade agreement on track
18-Aug-2010 Daily Dispatch
India’s government hopes to “wrap up very quickly” negotiations around a free trade agreement with South Africa.
CIS may have its free trade deal by the end of 2010
17-Aug-2010 The Voice of Russia
A free trade agreement between the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) may be signed by the end of the current year, Executive Secretary of the CIS, Sergey Lebedev, told journalists Tuesday.
Japan, India to agree on FTA by year-end: sources
17-Aug-2010
Japan and India are expected to reach a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
FTA, Customs Union SADC priorities - Salomao
17-Aug-2010
Consolidation of the Free Trade Area and preparations towards a Customs Union remain SADC’s priorities in order to deepen regional integration, SADC Executive Secretary Dr Tomaz Salomao said in remarks at the 30th anniversary jubilee summit of Heads of State and Government, in Windhoek, Namibia yesterday.
Uruguay calls for a Mercosur with “open regionalism” for smaller members
17-Aug-2010
Uruguay called on Brazil and Argentina to allow Mercosur junior members to reach unilateral trade agreements with third countries helping to boost the group’s dynamism.
English version of trade pact with China to be posted online
17-Aug-2010
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs decided Monday to make a virtue of necessity by granting a request by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party to make public the English version of Taiwan’s economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China.
South Korean ambassador touts free trade pact
17-Aug-2010
South Korea’s ambassador to the United States said ratification of a free trade agreement between this country and his would benefit both countries, including an increase in U.S. jobs.
Free trade, disputed waters
17-Aug-2010 The Irrawady
The full story of China-Asean relations is a mix of good and bad.
Pork becomes pawn in US-Mexico trade dispute
17-Aug-2010 Des Moines Register
Mexico has put US pork on its list of retaliatory goods in response to what it says is unfair restriction by the US of Mexican truckers, in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Skewed Afghan transit trade ‘pact’
17-Aug-2010
A trade agreement between any two countries is based on mutually beneficial terms while Pakistan has inked the Afghan – Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement that tends to compromise our national interests and will eventually hurt the domestic industry.
Romulo warns Aquino against hasty decision on NAIA 3 case
16-Aug-2010
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo advised President Aquino against deciding hastily on the case involving the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3), warning the government could be at a disadvantage.
Dancing Around the WTO
16-Aug-2010
Whether possessing formal statehood or not, Taiwan like all other 152 members of the World Trade Organization has to elbow its way through foreign trade disputes. Sometimes it loses, sometimes it wins. But it has to abide by WTO regulations, one of which requires the reporting of trade agreements.
Commerce Dept: No intention to hide facts in CEPA
16-Aug-2010
The Government has no intention to hide the facts in the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Sri Lanka and all the details will be made public before agreement is signed, a senior official said.
In pursuit of mutual prosperity
16-Aug-2010
Asia’s re-emergence as a global economic powerhouse is creating a greater degree of economic interdependence while at the same time helping to increase regional security among the Asean member nations.
FTA talks likely to figure in Indo-Mexican meet
16-Aug-2010
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks may be high on the agenda when Mexican foreign minister Patricia Espinosa arrives in India on Monday on a three-day visit.
Iran, Syria plan to sign FTA
16-Aug-2010
Iran is in talks with Syria to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) after Damascus and Ankara reached a similar deal, says the Iranian commerce minister.
Indian people’s call for ’Freedom from FTAs’
16-Aug-2010
On India’s Independence Day on 15th August 2010, recalling the fight against colonial powers that came in through the trade route, a people’s call for ’Freedom from FTAs’ has been given out through the Forum Against FTAs in India
Colombia, Venezuela to negotiate free trade
16-Aug-2010 Buenos Aires Herald
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos unveiled that during the meeting he had with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez they agreed to continue with the creation of a judicial frame to allow free commerce between both countries.
Africa-EU economic agreement stalls
15-Aug-2010 Oxford Analytica
A meeting in Brussels in late July set a new—and ambitious—end-2010 deadline for conclusion of a full SADC EPA agreement. However, as only four countries have so far signed an interim EPA, conclusion of a full agreement still appears a distant goal.
Speed of PACER-plus negotiations unfair on Pacific Island nations
15-Aug-2010 Epoch Times
Australia and New Zealand are being accused of fast-tracking the Pacific-wide free trade agreement, PACER-Plus. Civil society organisations want a moratorium on negotiations.