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US to join budding Asia-Pacific FTA
22-Sep-2008 The Age
The United States has agreed to join Singapore, New Zealand, Chile and Brunei in a free trade agreement which could set the pace for a broader Asia-Pacific free trade area, officials said.
Korea, India aim to find middle ground on farm goods at Cepa talks
22-Sep-2008 Yonhap
"The aim of the talks will be to ensure the greatest possible protection for sensitive items, so that if a CEPA pact is signed, the fallout for local farmers can be minimized," a Korean ministry official said. He added that talks are entering the home stretch.
Lefhoko urges entrepreneurs to look beyond SACU
22-Sep-2008
The Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Duke Lefhoko, has urged manufacturers to widen their marketing scope beyond the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), given the impending new trade arrangements that Botswana is negotiating with other countries.
India moving fast to complete FTA talks with Japan, S Korea
22-Sep-2008
After clinching a deal for an FTA with ASEAN, India will move fast to complete negotiations in the next few months for pacts with Japan and South Korea that will open trade in goods as also services for Indian firms.
GCC, India FTA talks on track for early deal
21-Sep-2008
Talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) and India have made substantial progress with the two sides committing to conclude the deal as early as possible.
Displaced people: NAFTA’s most important product
21-Sep-2008 NACLA
Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993, the US Congress has debated and passed several new bilateral trade agreements with Peru, Jordan and Chile, as well as the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Congressional debates over immigration policy have proceeded as though those trade agreements bore no relationship to the waves of displaced people migrating to the United States, looking for work.
NLC, Liberian labour oppose signing of EPAs
21-Sep-2008 The Punch
The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Liberia Labour Congress have joined their voices in the clamour for West African governments not to sign the Economic partnership Agreements, as proposed by the European Union.
Turkey aims to sign free trade deal with ASEAN members
21-Sep-2008 World Bulletin
Turkey expressed its views to sign free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, indicating that serious initiatives may be launched within the scope of Asia-Pacific strategies.
EU-Canada free trade could change US-Canada relations
21-Sep-2008 Epoch Times
Canada is moving toward a far-reaching free trade agreement with the European Union that advocates say will end a long-standing dependency on the US market.
Cafta: Trade deal has hidden qualities
21-Sep-2008 FT
In May 2004, when government officials from the US, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala gathered in Washington to sign a 2,400-page trade agreement, there was a sense of achievement in the air. Four years later, that early enthusiasm and optimism has come down several notches.
Caterpillar hoping for US-Colombia free trade agreement
21-Sep-2008 Colombia Reports
Coal mines in Colombia may not become the gold mines they could have been for Caterpillar Inc should a stalled US-Colombia free trade agreement fail to progress through Congress.
Labor and the Colombia free trade agreement
21-Sep-2008 FPIF
The only way the Colombian deal will remain the first accord of its kind defeated in Washington, it’s clear, is if organized labor continues to play the central role in establishing the terms of debate around basic human rights and keeping Democratic members of Congress in line.
Trade Unions told to recommit themselves to protecting poor and underprivileged in society
20-Sep-2008 CBC
The President of the National Union of Public Workers says the Barbados trade union movement missed a golden opportunity to make its views known on the proposed economic partnership agreement between Caricom and the European Union.
Trade pact with Japan to open door wider for Vietnamese exports
20-Sep-2008 Thanh Nien
A free trade agreement between Vietnam and Japan will bring new opportunities for Vietnamese products to enter the Japanese market thanks to lower tariffs, a senior official says.
State to harmonise new import rules with Comesa policy
20-Sep-2008
Government officials are reviewing the new sugar import licensing rules drafted by Agriculture ministry to ensure conformity with Comesa regulations.
What’s so new about Rudd’s Pacific policy?
20-Sep-2008
The Rudd Government has made much of its “new approach” to Australia’s island neighbours, but the view from the Pacific is that not much has changed.
Canada-EU trade proposal rivals scope of NAFTA
20-Sep-2008
Canadian and European officials say they plan to begin negotiating a massive agreement to integrate Canada’s economy with the 27 nations of the European Union, with preliminary talks to be launched at an Oct. 17 summit in Montreal three days after the federal election.
Bush renewing push for Colombian free-trade deal
20-Sep-2008
President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe renewed their push on Saturday for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign for re-election.
Pak-China 4th-round of negotiations on FTA in service sector successfully completes
20-Sep-2008
The 4th round of negotiations on FTA in service sector to make the existing FTA more comprehensive has been successfully completed,
Indonesia, Turkey take first step toward FTA
20-Sep-2008
Indonesia and Turkey have pledged to enhance their economic partnership, introducing a plan to formulate a comprehensive trade and economic partnership — an initial step toward a free trade agreement.