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SKorea gets head start over rivals in India with FTA
7-Aug-2009 AFP
South Korea and India Friday signed a pact to scrap or reduce most trade tariffs over the next decade, giving Seoul a head start over its rivals in a market of 1.1 billion people.
Apparently facing farmers’ ire, DPJ backpedals on US FTA
7-Aug-2009 Japan Times
The Democratic Party of Japan plans to revise its proposal for a free-trade agreement with the United States, apparently due to concern over a potential backlash from farmers, top DPJ official Naoto Kan said.
Ecuador shakes up international fora
6-Aug-2009 ICTSD
Exiting ICSID and joining ALBA and UNASUR,along with the customs restrictions it applied on its CAN neighbours, are the recent measures that have been taken by the government of Ecuador to demonstrate that there is an alternative trade policy.
Agreement between MERCOSUR and EU becomes a priority
6-Aug-2009
The negotiation of a free trade agreement between MERCOSUR and the UE has become, for Brazil, a greater priority than the trade liberalization debates at the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Britain backs Syria-EU pact despite concerns
5-Aug-2009 Reuters
Britain supports signing an economic pact between Syria and the European Union despite its concerns about human rights violations by Damascus, a British official said Tuesday.
EU defends fleet
5-Aug-2009 Fiji Times
Fiji is on the verge of signing off on an economic partnership agreement with the European Union. But one of the main beneficiaries of the agreement —our fisheries sector— cannot enjoy any of the duty-free, quota-free access because it does not meet stringent EU rules and regulations.
Pacific island countries set to block regional trade deal
5-Aug-2009 AFP
Opponents say island countries’ local industries would be destroyed by cheaper imports and govts would lose much of their revenue if tariffs and duties were lifted on Aussie, NZ goods
Pakistan wants trade agreement with US at any cost
4-Aug-2009 The News
In a new development, Pakistan has decided to reinitiate the stalled process of technical dialogue with the US authorities to finalise the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) by December this year, The News has learnt.
Chinese FTA better than ECFA: forum
4-Aug-2009 Taipei Times
The administration of President Ma Ying-jeou should ask Beijing to sign a free trade agreement under the framework of the WTO, rather than seeking to ink an economic cooperation framework agreement under the “one China” principle, participants at an economic forum said yesterday.
Chile, Malaysia begin fresh FTA talks
4-Aug-2009 Xinhua
Chile and Malaysia on Monday began a 6th round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, which is expected to be signed this year.
VS asks PM to make FTA details public
4-Aug-2009 Indian Express
The India-ASEAN FTA issue is fast becoming a topic of political one-upmanship in Kerala with the Congress and the Left trying to score points over each other.
Free trade will bind India
4-Aug-2009 DTE
30 agreements to be signed. They violate public interest, say activists
Australia continues to harbour concern over Pacific trade talks
4-Aug-2009 Radio Australia
Australia has been hoping that this week’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will approve the formal start of negotiations on the proposed PACER-Plus regional free trade deal. But for months Canberra has been rejecting growing claims by regional opponents of a deal that its been unfairly pressuring Pacific nations to agree to the process.
India to protect farmers in goods agreement with ASEAN: PM
4-Aug-2009 Xinhua
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ensured that the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement would protect the interests of Indian farmers by yielding no tariff concession to ASEAN countries, said a senior Indian government official on Monday.
Foreign Direct Investment in Infrastructure and the Regulatory Risk. Latin American Case
3-Aug-2009
Imminent deal to liberalize Korea’s India investments
3-Aug-2009 Korea Herald
Investments in India for Korean companies will become easier once the two trading partners ratify their bilateral free trade agreement, Seoul’s Trade Ministry said yesterday.
US team to push for easy investment laws
3-Aug-2009 Economic Times
A team from Washington will visit New Delhi next week to discuss liberalisation of investment laws that had taken a back seat due to elections in both the countries.
The South Korea-US trade deal: No time soon
3-Aug-2009 Hankyoreh
Those expecting the US Congress to ratify the trade pact with South Korea any time soon are going to be badly disappointed. The trade pact is not even on the political radar screen at the moment and the Obama administration would like to keep it that way.
Signing of FTA will push fishing sector into deep crisis
3-Aug-2009 New Kerala
Stating that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN countries would push the fishing sector into deep crisis in the state, Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) today urged the Centre to go back from its decision to sign the agreement.
Bush regrets delay in FTA ratification
3-Aug-2009 Korea Times
Bush attributes the delay in the ratification of the Korea-US FTA to protectionism in Washington