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Facts are stubborn things when it comes to trade
10-May-2010 The Hill
We’re all entitled to our own opinion about NAFTA-style trade pacts, but we’re not entitled to our own facts. The most peculiar claim is that the US has trade surpluses with its FTA partners, when in fact the data show we have a deficit.
Panama, Canada To Sign Free Trade Agreement
9-May-2010 Inside Costa Rica
Panama’s Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez will fly to Toronto, Canada, to sign on May 14 a free trade agreement.
India to keep EU, Japan out of govt procurement
8-May-2010 The Economic Times
India is not likely to entertain requests for opening government procurement in its FTA negotiations with EU and Japan respectively.
Free trade with Europe?
7-May-2010 Toronto Star
Canadian critics of the EU free trade deal believe that Harper’s real aim in the negotiations is to get rid of barriers to free trade within Canada.
US keen for Malaysia to join trade pact
7-May-2010 AFP
The United States said Thursday it was keen for Malaysia to enter negotiations on a trans-Pacific trade deal after the two countries shelved talks on a bilateral agreement.
East Africa hopeful for EU trade deal soon-official-INTERVIEW
7-May-2010 Reuters
The EU said in February it wanted a clear timetable for signing the deal, but Tanzania’s trade minister said then the EAC would not budge unless Brussels gave firm commitments on development assistance, especially for infrastructure.
La France opposée à la reprise des négociations avec les pays du Mercosur
7-May-2010 AFP
Le gouvernement français s’oppose à une reprise des négociations avec les pays du Mercosur (Argentine, Brésil, Uruguay et Paraguay) qui pourraient fragiliser l’agriculture française et européenne
Malaysia: Government urged to start FTA talks with EU
7-May-2010 Bernama
The Malaysian business community hopes the government can speed up the decision to start free trade agreement negotiations with the European Union, Malaysia-China Business Council Joint Secretary-General Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh said.
Ma is whittling sovereignty away
6-May-2010
On Wednesday, China once again put conditions on the government of President Ma Ying-jeou. This time it was Wang Yi, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, who set the conditions by saying that, as long as the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can work together to oppose Taiwanese independence and uphold the “1992 consensus,” that will be the political guarantee for cross-strait cooperation.
Australia endorses study into India trade
6-May-2010
Australia Thursday said it had taken a major step towards a free trade agreement with India, with a study carried showing a bilateral deal would offer "significant economic benefits" to both sides.
MOEA official: ECFA would be void if rejected by referendum
6-May-2010 Taiwan Today
The Ma Ying-jeou administration would seek to nullify the economic cooperation framework agreement expected to be signed with mainland China if the Taiwanese people vetoed the pact via a referendum, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said in the Legislative Yuan May 5.
Taiwan working toward goal of signing ECFA in June
6-May-2010 Focus Taiwan
The Taiwanese government working toward the goal of signing the proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China in June
EU-India FTA - IP chapter (draft Apr 2010)
6-May-2010
US inches a BIT closer to China
6-May-2010 Asia Times Online
The US-China Congressional Committee has released a study it commissioned in June 2009 for the purposes of investigating why the United States and China have not yet executed a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
Call for MPs to have say in foreign trade deals
6-May-2010 BusinessDay
Parliament’s trade and industry committee wants South African MPs to play a greater role in negotiating international agreements and has urged that the legislative framework and rules for dealing with them be reviewed.
EU seeks to reestablish negotiations with Mercosur
5-May-2010 Buenos Aires Herald
The European Commission has proposed to reactivate its negotiations with the Mercosur bloc, stagnant since 2004, with the objective of reaching an association agreement.
Major step towards a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and India
5-May-2010 AFN
A joint study finds that an Australia-India FTA will bring billions of dollars to both countries.
A divided agenda
5-May-2010 Southeast Asia Globe
The European Union adopts a piecemeal approach to trading with Southeast Asia.
Canada will resist EU demands in trade agreement talks
5-May-2010 Feedstuffs.com
The Canadian government will resist pressure from European Union trade negotiators to open the domestic dairy and poultry markets to European product in talks on a free trade agreement, the country’s number-two agriculture minister said May 3.
Taiwanese remain skeptical about free trade deal with China
5-May-2010 Vancouver Sun
Despite a persistent propaganda campaign by Ma’s Kuomintang (KMT) administration, most Taiwanese people appear to continue to worry that any kind of free trade agreement with Beijing will expose domestic industries to the threat of cheap, subsidized Chinese products.