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East Africa EPA delay frustrates EU
20-Sep-2010 New Vision
The European Union is frustrated at the slow pace of the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement with the East African Community member states according to Harvey Rouse, head of the political and trade section at the EU Mission to Uganda.
US import bill violates NAFTA, Canada’s ambassador warns
20-Sep-2010 Canadian Press
Canada’s ambassador to the United States has issued a stern warning to the most powerful congressional leaders on Capitol Hill over a protectionist piece of legislation that “will have a disproportionally negative impact on intertwined US-Canada supply chains and on jobs in both our countries.”
Free trade deals are not worth the effort, firms say
20-Sep-2010 Stock & Land
Australian businesses feel they are getting little benefit from free trade agreements negotiated by the federal government and think there are better ways to help companies competing abroad.
No US plans for RP, ASEAN trade deals
20-Sep-2010 BusinessWorld
The Philippines may have to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal if it wants a trade pact with the United States, a visiting American official said on Friday.
Appeal to sign on letter to Indian PMO on India-EU FTA
20-Sep-2010 DNP+
We request organizations and individuals across the world to join Delhi Network of Positive People in a sign on letter to issue a appeal to the Indian government to ’not sign on’ to any IP provisions in the FTA negotiations.
Trade deal could limit US dairy exports
19-Sep-2010 Watertown Daily TimesA
One possible outcome of the free-trade agreement between the European Union and South Korea is that terms such as "mozzarella" and "feta" are off-limits for US producers selling cheese to Korea.
"Future lies in a free trade area from Cape to Cairo"
19-Sep-2010 IPS
African governments’ ambitious plan for a tripartite free trade area (FTA), stretching from South Africa to Egypt, could be more realistic than getting existing ineffective regional customs unions on the continent to work.
Carpe diem: businesses to take initiative in FTA
18-Sep-2010
Trade experts say that Vietnamese enterprises cannot take full advantage of multilateral and bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) to boost export because they lack initiative.
Nawaz demands US free trade agreement
18-Sep-2010
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif urged Richard Holbrooke to support Pakistan’s efforts to finalize a Free Trade Agreement with the US and to encourage greater American investment in Pakistan, especially in its energy and power sectors, as these will have a direct bearing on the country’s economy.
Free Trade Deal To Boost Irish Exports To Asia
18-Sep-2010
A landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed this week in Brussels will boost Irish exports to Asia, according to the Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher TD.
’FTAs may close tap on affordable drugs’
18-Sep-2010
Draft decision on EU-Morocco bilateral trade agreement for food and fisheries products adopted
17-Sep-2010 European Commission
"The agreement will reinforce the position of European ag exporters on the Moroccan market, representing a major offensive interest for the EU," says the European Commission
US makes no specific request for easing Japan’s beef import curbs
17-Sep-2010 Kyodo
The United States made no specific request for relaxing Japan’s beef import restrictions over mad cow disease at a two-day bilateral working-level meeting that ended in San Francisco on Wednesday, Japanese officials said Thursday.
Indian farmers against Indo-Japan EPA
17-Sep-2010 Economic Times
A common platform of several farmers groups, the Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements, has charged the Central government with complete lack of transparency on the implications of the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or CEPA with Japan and the inclusion of agriculture on its agenda.
Namibia asks EU to ‘step back’
17-Sep-2010 The Namibian
Namibia has called on the European Union to “take a step backwards from the current excessive demands in the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations to allow Africa the policy space which it requires to advance its development”.
US suspends talks on BIT with Pakistan
17-Sep-2010 Pak Tribune
The United Sates has suspended talks on bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Pakistan, saying that it plans to change its template, a senior official of the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday.
Bring order to investment ’spaghetti bowl’
17-Sep-2010 Korea Times
At an UNCTAD workshop held in Xiamen earlier this month, Korea introduced its model for preventing investor-state disputes through aftercare services.
Black business battling to tap agreements
17-Sep-2010 The Times
South Africa’s black business people are battling to benefit from the numerous bilateral agreements the country has entered into, National Empowerment Fund CEO Philisiwe Buthulezi said on Thursday
‘Call to action’ issued on trade accords
17-Sep-2010 WSJ
“There are 600 trade agreements being worked on right now around the world, and I think the US is focused on single digits–which gives you an idea of the market share we’re losing," says Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing
Report: Free trade deals don’t increase exports
17-Sep-2010 AFL-CIO Now
A new report shows that the US has had better luck getting "Made in the USA" goods into countries other than its 17 FTA partners