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Govt to address plantation growers’ woes on FTA
23-Oct-2009 Hindu Businessline
Grievances of plantation growers over India agreeing to cut duties on import of pepper, black tea, coffee and palm oil will be addressed by a Ministers’ panel next week, an official said.
China, Japan likely to debate trade bloc at Asia summit
23-Oct-2009 WSJ
A summit this weekend between Asia’s main economies is likely to morph into a contest between China and Japan over whether to establish a free-trade bloc in the region as it recovers from the global slump.
Trade ministers to begin talks on Pacific deal
22-Oct-2009 AFP
Trade ministers from Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island countries will meet in Brisbane for two days from Friday as negotiations are launched for the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER-Plus).
Key to join free trade talks with Asean nations
22-Oct-2009 National Business Review
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will be asked this weekend to sign up to an ambitious bid to create what could become the largest multi-national free trade agreement in the world.
Lack of transparency and debate in India-EU free trade agreement
22-Oct-2009 The Hindu
The total lack of transparency, democratic process and public debate on the India-EU FTA highlighted
Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009 The Age
In every Australian free trade agreement the results have been dismal.
EU gives ASEAN 4.5 million euros for intellectual property project
21-Oct-2009 DPA
The money will serve to train IPR enforcement agencies and introduce protection for geographic indications, in the context of an eventual EU-ASEAN FTA
USTR releases preliminary analysis of Korea-EU free trade agreement
21-Oct-2009 USTR
There is no investment chapter or investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Korea-EU FTA (competency for investment matters rests with the individual EU Member States), whereas KORUS features investor protections.
Look East policy comes of age
21-Oct-2009
This is an important week for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Over the weekend, at the Fourth East Asia Summit in Thailand, he will witness the final fruition of the second most important foreign policy initiative he took during his first term in office — the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement.
Giant new Asian trade deal on agenda
21-Oct-2009
Prime Minister John Key will discuss a new Asia-wide trade agreement in Thailand this weekend.
Free-trade deals are a losing gamble
21-Oct-2009
Horse racing’s spring carnival is upon us. It is the only time when most Australians bet on the horses. After our experience of the past year, many people would think that stockmarket and financial-derivatives investment is not that different to a punt on the Melbourne Cup. There are always a lot of predictions based on form analysis but most of us find a way to lose money on the day.
US presses for TIFA
20-Oct-2009 BD News
Visiting US assistant trade representative Michael J Delaney has stressed that Dhaka sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with his country to increase bilateral trade. But it’s a controversial issue in Bangladesh.
S.Korea-EU FTA indicates European beef imports may resume
20-Oct-2009 The Hankyoreh
According to a draft of the free trade agreement between South Korea and the European Union, once the FTA takes effect, European beef that has a higher risk for mad cow disease than U.S. beef could be allowed into the country.
India, Indonesia set to launch talks for FTA
20-Oct-2009 Times of India
After signing India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement as one of the 10 members of the bloc, Jakarta and New Delhi are set to launch negotiations for a similar bilateral deal to open trade in goods and services.
Seventh ALBA Summit prioritises the planet and developing nations
20-Oct-2009 Venezuelanalysis
ALBA countries signed an agreement to implement the common currency "Sucre" (Unified System of Compensation of Reciprocal Payments). The point of the new currency is to use it instead of the US dollar for commercial exchange between member countries.
EU-Korea FTA (2009)
20-Oct-2009
U.S.-Canada Regional Economic and Energy Integration
19-Oct-2009 NAUresistance
Trilateral initiatives, such as NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) have further advanced North American integration. It is also at a state and provincial level that regional integration is being achieved in areas of trade, the environment and energy.
Lawsuit Would Further Expose Secretive SPP Agenda
19-Oct-2009 NAUresistance
The SPP, along with NAFTA have already laid much of the groundwork for a North American Union.
AMCHAM chief rules out FTA renegotiation
19-Oct-2009 Korea Times
The new chief of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea said Monday that the long-stalled Korea-US free trade agreement will not undergo renegotiation, but didn’t rule out "further bilateral discussions" regarding provisions related to the auto sector.
ALBA Alimentos to dodge food crisis
19-Oct-2009 Inside Costa Rica
ALBA Alimentos will emerge as a grand national project aimed at fighting the regional food crisis, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).