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Vietnam - No human rights issues in trade acts
7-Dec-2009 VNA
A leading Vietnamese Government official has asked that the US leave democratic and human rights issues out of its trade acts
Kenya exports to EU face taxes
7-Dec-2009 Nation
The European Union has for the first time indicated that the failure by the East African Community to sign a new trade agreement will lead to introduction of taxes on Kenyan exports to Europe.
Ecuador seeks to block Chevron
7-Dec-2009 WSJ
The government of Ecuador asked a US court on Friday to intervene in its long-running environmental battle with oil giant Chevron Corp.
German investor launches ICSID case against Costa Rica over alleged expropriation of land near endangered turtle habitat
7-Dec-2009 ITN
German investor Reinhard Unglaube, a resident of Costa Rica, has commenced arbitration against his host country over the latter’s refusal to grant the appropriate permits to extend his eco-tourist hotel complex in Playa Grande, Costa Rica.
EU delays free-trade, accession pacts with Ukraine
7-Dec-2009 Bloomberg
The European Union will delay signing free-trade and accession accords with Ukraine because of growing skepticism about the former Soviet state’s commitment to economic and political restructuring.
S. Korea, Colombia open 1st round of free trade talks
7-Dec-2009 Yonhap
Trade officials from South Korea and Colombia kicked off their first round of negotiations here Monday aimed at forging a free trade agreement (FTA) to boost the flow of goods and investment.
Belgium urged to support efforts for Pak-EU FTA
7-Dec-2009 Pakistan Times
Belgium, being the Capital of Europe and centre of European politics and policy making, should support the efforts for signing free trade agreement between Pakistan and European Union, says the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
China-Peru FTA comes into effect
7-Dec-2009 CCTV
Peruvian President, Alan Garcia, has declared the free trade agreement between Peru and China in effect from Sunday.
Caribbean: Closer ties with Latin America jolted by EU banana deal
4-Dec-2009 IPS
As the European Union gets ready to sign an agreement with Latin America to end a 16-year trade war over bananas, Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries are expressing their frustration at the perceived double standards of the Latin Americans leaders.
Trilateral treaty of the South
4-Dec-2009 IPS
Negotiations to form a trade alliance between countries of Africa, Asia and South America stepped up to a political level when ministers discussed the issue this week, giving the initiative a further boost.
The ill-advised US certification of Colombia on human rights
4-Dec-2009 COHA
Is certification a signal that Colombia will obtain FTA approval?
Pakistan, Germany sign new bilateral investment treaty
2-Dec-2009 Daily Times
Under the bilateral treaty, the German government would provide insurance guarantees to investments by its companies in Pakistan and cover their political and security risks.
Jordan, Turkey sign free trade deal
2-Dec-2009 AFP
Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Jordan’s King Abdullah II signed a long-awaited free trade deal on Tuesday before holding talks on further boosting economic ties, the palace said.
Pakistan wants talks on FTA: Gilani
2-Dec-2009 The News
Addressing the Fifty Years of Bilateral Investment Treaties Conference in Germany, Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said: “We are looking forward to early commencement of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement.”
Pakistan to co-host world’s first international conference on Investment Treaties
1-Dec-2009 APP
Pakistan will co-host with Germany world’s first-ever International Conference on Investment Treaties in Frankfurt from December 1-3, aimed at examining the policy issues that will shape international investment laws in the years to come.
US senators urge renegotiation of US trade deals
1-Dec-2009 Reuters
A group of US senators urged President Barack Obama on Monday to back legislation requiring the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and a long list of other trade pacts they blame for millions of lost US manufacturing jobs.
Matrix of FTAs in the world
1-Dec-2009
Contributed by Amalinov
Building Blocks Towards an Asia-Pacific Union
1-Dec-2009 NAUresistance
President Obama has recommitted to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Expanding the TPP would further distinguish it as the only regional free trade agreement that spans both sides of the Pacific, linking Asia with the Americas. It could gradually evolve into a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.
India-New Zealand trade talks likely early next year
30-Nov-2009 Malaysia News.Net
’While Indian agriculture is highly protected, improved access for our agricultural and primary produce, especially in an added-value form, needs to be one of the key focuses of the negotiations,’ India-New Zealand Trade Business Council chairman Wenceslaus Anthony said.
Ukraine and Canada to launch talks on free trade zone agreement in 2010
30-Nov-2009 NRCU
The first round of talks will be held in February 2010.