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Aus, India close to complete feasibility study on FTA
24-Aug-2009 Zee News
Australia and India are close to complete a feasibility study to establish a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in a wide range of areas, an Australian official said on Monday.
EA trading ‘free’ as Europe deal lapses
24-Aug-2009 East African
The East African Community is trading “free” with the European Union — without a binding agreement — following the expiry of an interim arrangement and the failure by teams negotiating from both parties to settle on a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Trade blocs agree to simple rules of origin
24-Aug-2009 East African
Three leading regional trading blocs in Africa — EAC, COMESA and SADC — have simplified the rules of origin to be applied by all member states in a move aimed at boosting intra-continental trade.
NZ closer to Middle East trade deal
24-Aug-2009 NZ Herald
Plans to further relations between New Zealand and the Middle East are on track and a trade agreement looks close to being finalised next year, one business expert says.
Colombia - Free trade agreement on back burner
23-Aug-2009 Poder 360
Some say that domestic issues will dominate Barack Obama’s agenda for the rest of the year.
Corn Products awarded damages in NAFTA dispute
21-Aug-2009 World-Grain.com
US-based Corn Products International has been awarded damages of over $58m in a dispute with Mexico over violations of the North America Free Trade Agreement.
Protecting Chinese investments in Latin America
21-Aug-2009 Pillsbury Law
As with Western BITs, bilateral investment treaties between China and numerous Latin American countries potentially protect Chinese investors by authorizing them to bring legal claims related to their investments against the host country government directly and to settle those disputes in international arbitration, rather than in the domestic courts
NAFTA is our real problem
21-Aug-2009 EGP News
What do immigration, border security, swine flu and environmental concerns have in common? If you answer that they all somehow relate to NAFTA, you would be so right.
China-Australia free trade talks go ahead: report
21-Aug-2009 China Daily
Free trade talks between China and Australia will go ahead in Beijing next month despite rocky relations between the two countries, Australia’s Trade Minister Simon Crean was reported as saying on Friday.
Annul FTA: Solidarity to Centre
19-Aug-2009 New Kerala
The Solidarity Youth Movement in Kerala today urged the Cental Government to immediately abrogate the Free Trade Agreement signed with the 10-nation bloc ASEAN as it would adversely affect the country as a whole.
ESA bloc to sign interim EPA with EU 29 August
19-Aug-2009
The Eastern-Southern Africa bloc will sign an interim Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union on 29 August in Mauritius, PANA learnt Tuesday from an official source.
Minister asks for delay in ASEAN-China FTA start-up
19-Aug-2009 Jakarta Post
Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said on Tuesday that his ministry’s stance remained firm that the FTA — which will open up various sectors in both markets by gradual reduction of import duty tariffs — would bring more harm than benefits to Indonesia, given China’s superiority over Indonesia with regard to competitiveness.
Africa: Industry sees red over red line
19-Aug-2009 The Namibian
Various participants in a talk in Namibia on the economic partnership agreement with the European Union yesterday saw red when Finance Permanent Secretary Calle Schlettwein dared suggesting that the veterinary fence in the North be gradually moved further North to offer those farmers the same market access as those south of the fence.
Brazil-Mexico: Free trade to reduce dependence
18-Aug-2009 IPS
Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Felipe Calderón of Mexico agreed Monday to explore the possibility of a free trade agreement as part of a strategy to reduce their dependence on the industrialised world.
Les présidents brésilien et mexicain appellent à une alliance stratégique entre les deux pays
18-Aug-2009 Radio Chine Internationale
Le président brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva et son homologue mexicain Felipe Calderon ont appelé lundi à une alliance stratégique entre les deux pays, sur la base du libre-échange et de la coopération entre les compagnies énergétiques d’Etat Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) et Petrobras.
Panama lifts beef ban ahead of Canada FTA
18-Aug-2009 Grainews.ca
Panama has lifted its six-year-old BSE-related ban on Canadian beef as it concludes talks on a new free trade agreement with Canada that will improve access for other ag commodities.
West Africa: Traders reject EPA
18-Aug-2009 AllAfrica.com
The National Association of Nigerian Traders have voiced concerns over what it calls inflexibility on the part of the European Union in the ongoing negotiations between it and the Economic Community of West Africa States over the Economic Partnership Agreement.
FTA with ASEAN should be mutually beneficial:Bajaj
17-Aug-2009
The Free Trade Agreement signed by India with the 10-member bloc of ASEAN should be mutually beneficial, leading industrialist Rahul Bajaj has said.
Project helps Guatemalans learn about international trade, agricultural marketing
17-Aug-2009
Through its Food for Progress efforts, the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture is helping farmers, agribusiness people and others in Guatemala make the most of producing, marketing and exporting a variety of agricultural products, said a project coordinator.
Mexico’s president favor trade deal with Brazil
17-Aug-2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he supports the idea of a free trade agreement between Brazil and Mexico, the two biggest economies in Latin America.