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Official signing of Korea-EU FTA postponed to May
18-Mar-2010 Arirang
The postponement is due to prolonged translation procedure by EU and does not mean changes in substance of pact or delay in implementation schedule (October 2010)
EU-India FTA: Impacts on women
18-Mar-2010 CENTAD
CENTAD, in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, have come out recently with 4 reports on trade and gender. The first is a backgrounder (literature review) while the other three are on the gender impact of the EU-India FTA in the fields of agriculture, services and health.
Palestinian BDS National Committee welcomes landmark EU court ruling
18-Mar-2010 Palestinian BNC
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign National Committee welcomes the long overdue ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that Israeli products originating from Israel’s colonial settlements built on Occupied Palestinian Territory do not qualify for preferential customs treatment under the EC-Israel trade agreement
DPP rejects ECFA report as ‘false front’
18-Mar-2010
A legislative committee meeting to hear a report on the government’s proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China was postponed again after Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers dismissed the report as a “false front.”
Korean, U.S. lawmakers to launch task force to promote KORUS FTA’s ratification
18-Mar-2010
A group of South Korean and U.S. lawmakers will launch a task force to expedite the ratification of the pending free trade deal, South Korean lawmakers said Wednesday.
Brazil readies free trade agreement with Palestine
18-Mar-2010 ANBA
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Development, Industry and Foreign Trade minister Miguel Jorge announced in the Middle East that Brazil and Argentina have already agreed to negotiate a free trade agreement between the Mercosur and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
South Asia Agreement on Trade: 7 countries to ehance trade in services
17-Mar-2010
South Asia Agreement on Trade in Services among seven South Asian countries including Pakistan and India is expected to end by the end of 2010, official sources informed Daily Times on Monday.
Feasibility study on Indo-Australian FTA to be finalised by April
17-Mar-2010
The feasibility study on the Indo-Australian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be finalised by April this year with both governments expected to begin negotiations soon, according to a top Australian official.
The global investment agenda - an OECD perspective
17-Mar-2010 OECD
According to the OECD, there are 3000 bilateral and regional investment agreements in existence today yet a reluctance to enforce investor-state arbitral awards. OECD wants to draw up a "Model Investment Treaty" to harmonise things.
Syria: timing of accord depends on EU ’flexibility’
17-Mar-2010 AFP
Syria said on Tuesday it will soon restart talks with the European Union on a stalled partnership agreement, but that its timing will depend on the flexibility shown to Damascus over certain points.
Danger and little democracy in new trade agreement with the US
17-Mar-2010 Online Opinion
Surveys have consistently shown that most Australians consider the Free Trade Agreement the Howard government signed with the US in 2004 was a bad deal. So why would any Australian government want another trade deal with the US?
US-SA free trade deal still on track
16-Mar-2010 Times Live
Negotiations for a free trade deal between the Southern African Customs Union and the US are not "dead and buried", a US Embassy official said yesterday.
Europe losing Caribbean’s support
16-Mar-2010 Fresh Plaza
The European Commission has made new trade concessions to Colombia, Peru and Central America on sugar, rice, bananas and rum that may well provoke a Caribbean protest — indeed, a turning away
ECOWAS demands EU’s commitment to development fund
16-Mar-2010
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is urging the European Union (EU) to show real monetary commitment to a proposed development fund for the subregion.
Obama not likely to move for Korea FTA’s ratification this year: scholar
16-Mar-2010
The Obama administration will not likely move for ratification of the pending free trade deal with South Korea this year due to health care reform, the economy and other more pressing issues, a scholar said Monday.
Brazilian president in Israel to mark Mercosur FTA
16-Mar-2010 Globes
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva met with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem today and said that Brazil had given its final approval for a free trade agreement between Israel and the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). The FTA will come into effect in April.
NGOs call for human rights protection in Colombia-EU FTA
16-Mar-2010 Colombia Reports
Several South American non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called on the European Union to put better human rights provisions into its free trade agreement with Colombia
Asian business leaders call for deeper regional economic integration
16-Mar-2010 Kyodo News
Japan’s biggest business lobby has been pushing for economic integration within the rapidly growing Asian region, as Japan turns to its neighbors to lift its own economy as it combats deflation.
Imminent EU-S. Korea trade deal will bring £500m benefit to British business
16-Mar-2010 FBT
A new UK government report outlines 100 business opportunities for British firms from the EU-Korea FTA
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A US entry to Asian integration
16-Mar-2010 WPR
The Asia-Pacific is one place where there’s room for US exports to increase dramatically, and a growing TPP would certainly help on that score. However, free trade deals are never an easy sell, and they become tougher still when the domestic jobs picture is bleak.