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Sino-Swiss free trade accord weighed up
30-Nov-2009 swissinfo
Switzerland and China have launched a feasibility study aimed at drawing up a free trade agreement between the two countries.
Auto workers slam DTI on JPEPA auto tariff talks delay
30-Nov-2009 Manila Bulletin
A group of 75,000 automotive industry workers has slammed the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry for lack of earnest efforts to negotiate a delay in the tariff elimination of imported vehicles under the signed Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Colombia-US trade deal stuck in the mud
30-Nov-2009 Meat Trade News
The third anniversary of the signing of the US-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing little interest and business groups frustrated by the lack of action on trade deals.
Only half Asean members ratify FTA with India
29-Nov-2009 India Journal
India’s trade with South East Asia will be liberalized only partially from January 2010, as half of the 10-nation bloc has not received parliamentary approval for the Free Trade Agreement signed in August.
Spanish claim Moroccan fraud
29-Nov-2009 Fresh Info
Fepex, the association which represents Spanish exporters, has claimed that fraud is taking place in import activity of tomatoes from Morocco into the EU, making a mockery of the constraints of the existing Association Agreement.
EU, Mercosur may kick-start trade talks at Portugal summit
29-Nov-2009 Dow Jones
While innovation and development is the official theme of the Iberoamerican summit Sunday through Tuesday, Spain and Portugal want to use the meeting to revive long-stalled talks to reach a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur economic bloc.
Syria considers European deal
29-Nov-2009 Syria News Wire
The EU finally agreed to its trade deal with Syria in October. Syria surprised Europe by saying it needed time to decide. Now it has admitted why – Syrian businessmen are concerned about competition from European companies.
Peru signs agreement with European free trade pact nations
29-Nov-2009 Wall Street Journal
Peru formally concluded a joint free trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland on Friday, said trade and tourism minister Martin Perez.
EU wants to negotiate FTA with Vietnam
27-Nov-2009 Viet Nam Net
After failure in FTA negotiation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the last over one years, Schlegelmilch said that the EU wants to seek another approach before the Vietnam-EC Joint Committee’s meeting on November 26-27 in Hanoi.
ACP countries: Sidelined by Europe again?
27-Nov-2009 Carbbean Net News
The European Union (EU) has not included in the Lisbon Treaty a crucial article that was a feature of treaties between the EU and African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.
Arusha meeting key to breaking deadlock over EPAs trade deal
27-Nov-2009 Business Daily
Representatives of East Africa Community governments and the private sector hope to use a two-day meeting that starts in Arusha on Friday to break the deadlock with the European Commission over Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.
Japan PM suggests trade pact to new EU leader
27-Nov-2009 EU Business
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stressed the need for a free trade pact with Europe in a phone conversation on Thursday with incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy, the foreign ministry said.
Farmers protected from Zimbabwe deal
27-Nov-2009 Times Live
South African farmers in Zimbabwe will not forfeit their land or investments as a result of a bilateral agreement still to be signed, a Pretoria judge ordered.
US asks Japan to join Pacific-rim trade talks, Nikkei ays
27-Nov-2009 Bloomberg
The US government wants Japan to join talks for a proposed free trade agreement involving Pacific Rim countries, Nikkei English News said. Australia, Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei have said they will enter the negotiations.
Australia to review impact of bilateral and regional trade agreements
27-Nov-2009 The Gov Monitor
The review will examine the effects of bilateral and regional trade agreements on Australia’s trade and economic performance.
Warning to the government against the corporatization of the Land and the Sea: Blockade!
26-Nov-2009
On 23/11/2009 the South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movement (SICCFM) organized a mass rally and blocked the new Mangalore port in Karnataka against the corporatization of land and sea, and the destructive cheap imports of food and crops because of WTO and FTAs
SA farmers threaten legal action over new investment pact with Zim
26-Nov-2009 SW Radio Africa
The imminent signing of a new bilateral investment protection treaty (BIPPA) between Zimbabwe and South Africa could be halted, if an application in the Pretoria High Court on behalf of more than 200 farmers proves successful on Thursday.
Get ready for Asean-China free trade pact: Indonesian Industry Minister
26-Nov-2009 Jakarta Globe
The FTA will allow thousands of products from China to enter Indonesia with no import duties. Millions of workers in the manufacturing sector may be affected.
FTA with Gulf council on the backburner as talks put off
26-Nov-2009 Financial Express
In a significant setback to India’s ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Free Trade Agreement discussions between the two sides have been postponed indefinitely.
Farmers protest import of edible oils
25-Nov-2009 Mangalorean
Hundreds of farmers from across the State led by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha blocked the main entrance of the New Mangalore Port on Monday in a symbolic protest against the Union Government’s policy allowing the duty-free import of edible oils.